Year of Call: 1999
“Absolutely brilliant – a real all-rounder who you can totally trust on a range of commercial and financial litigation.”
Simon has a broad general commercial and chancery practice, with particular experience of litigation involving civil fraud and/or breach of trust/fiduciary duty, banking and finance disputes 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. Before coming to the Bar, Simon spent a number of years in the financial markets, principally in fixed income capital raising and derivatives, and is well accustomed to dealing with disputes involving complex financial issues.
Simon has for many years consistently been recommended in the legal directories as a leading junior in the fields of Banking and Finance, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Civil Fraud and Commercial Chancery. Most recently, Chambers & Partners noted that “His understanding and advocacy skills are very much at KC level” and he was described in Legal 500 as “Simply one of the best: thorough, intelligent, able to see the bigger picture, and a real fighter."
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