Simmons & Simmons Hires SFO Fraud and Corruption Co-Head
Camilla de Silva joins the firm after six years at the Serious Fraud Office.
February 12, 2020 at 05:12 AM
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Simmons & Simmons
Simmons & Simmons has hired the U.K. government Serious Fraud Office (SFO) co-head of fraud and corruption.
Camilla de Silva will join the U.K. top 50 firm as a partner in its dispute resolution practice in London in May, Simmons announced Wednesday.
She joined the SFO in 2014 as a lawyer in its LIBOR investigations department before becoming a case controller on the Rolls Royce and the Rio Tinto investigations the following year.
In 2017, she was promoted to the role of co-head of the agency's fraud and corruption department, according to her LinkedIn.
Prior to her time at the SFO, de Silva spent 13 years as a barrister at 9 Bedford Row International, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Stephen Gentle, Simmons head of crime group, said in a statement: "Camilla is a highly talented lawyer with exceptional experience and background, who also has some of the most valuable recent experience available in the market.
"She will give us a unique perspective and her arrival at the firm is great news for our U.K. and international clients. We have no doubt she will be a success and her contribution will further enhance the firm's market-leading dispute resolution practice."
De Silva's departure comes over a year after former SFO director David Green left the agency to join Slaughter and May.
Last year, the firm hired Gowling WLG's U.K. head of banking and finance, partner Kirsty Barnes in London.
Outside the U.K., the firm also bolstered its Milan office with a partner trio hire from Slaughter and May's 'best friend' firm BonelliErede. The firm also opened an office focusing on the telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) sector in Shenzhen, China, last June.
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