Simmons & Simmons has boosted its IP practice in the Netherlands by hiring a partner from leading Dutch firm NautaDutilh. Willem Leppink started at the UK firm's Rotterdam office together with senior associate Hilde Pors on 1 September. The hire is the second time Simmons has raided a local firm to bolster its Dutch practice following July's hire of tax adviser Peter Flipsen from De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek.