Simmons & Simmons boss on stepping down: ‘Hope people don’t say, “That bastard Hoyland has left me with this problem”’

Jeremy Hoyland was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2010Photo: Danilo Agutoli for FN

Dealing with stress is just part of the job for top lawyers, for whom long hours and late nights are the norm.

But it is a bigger priority for Jeremy Hoyland than for most others — one of the City’s longest standing legal leaders, the managing partner of Simmons & Simmons was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2010.