Year of Call: 1999
Simon has a broad general commercial and chancery practice, with particular experience of litigation involving civil fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, banking and finance disputes, regulatory and disciplinary proceedings (in particular those related to financial services) and trusts litigation. He is regularly instructed in significant cases in these areas and is comfortable either as sole counsel or as part of a team. He was part of the team acting for the Defendants in the RBS Right issue litigation in the Chancery Division.
Simon has been recommended for a number of years in Chambers UK as a leading junior in the fields of Banking and Finance, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Civil Fraud, Commercial Chancery, and Financial Services and in The Legal 500 for Banking and Finance, Commercial Litigation, Civil Fraud, and Financial Services Regulation. He is ranked in the top tier for Banking and Finance (both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners), Commercial Litigation (The Legal 500) and Civil Fraud (The Legal 500).
BSc, Dip Law (Distinction), City University
Winner - Inns of Court Mooting Competition 1998
Benefactor’s Scholarship - Middle Temple
Chancery Bar Association
Commercial Bar Association
Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association
Financial Services Lawyers Association
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August 2000 - April 2001: Financial Services Authority
Seconded to the Enforcement Division of the FSA, acting as Counsel in the conduct of a wide variety of regulatory disciplinary matters. Involved in FSA's preparations for the coming into force of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
August 1989 - July 1997: West Merchant Bank Limited and HSBC Markets Limited
Assistant Director. Advising asset and liability managers within UK and selected overseas companies on risk management techniques and fund raising in the international capital markets.
Legal 500 Bar Awards
Nominated as Chancery Junior of the Year
Legal 500 Bar Awards
Nominated as Commercial Litigation Junior of the year
Chambers & Partners Bar Awards
Nominated as Banking & Finance Junior of the year