Hammonds LLP, also known as Hammonds Suddards, was an international law firm headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom, with offices in Beijing, Berlin, Birmingham, Bradford, Brussels, Hong Kong, Leeds, Madrid, Manchester, Munich and Paris.
The firm had associate relationships with Rossotto, Colombatto & Partners in Italy and with Zhigachoff in Russia (with offices in Moscow and St Petersburg).
The firm wrote a letter saying that it would like police inspector Robert Purdy to review his original statement about the events, "to reduce the graphic content and render it rather more prosaic and factual".
From 2005 to 2009, the firm underwent significant restructuring under the stewardship of Managing Partner Peter Crossley.
[4] Hammonds and the United States–based law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey announced that they were in merger talks in August 2010.