Simon is an experienced employment specialist who  provides advice to a number of large commercial clients, many of whom are household names, on all aspects of employment law. 

Simon has many years of experience working with private and public sector clients and is the main contact for employment work with many well established organisations in the retail and automotive sectors.  Simon is the lead employment contact for a number of our automotive clients and is frequently referred to by these clients as the "go to" individual when drafting and negotiating their contractual TUPE provisions.

Simon is renowned for delivering advice in a straightforward and easy to understand manner and his down to earth approach puts clients and witnesses at ease.

His recent work includes:

* Providing a second opinion to a road haulage company who was engaged in litigation following a disputed TUPE transfer.  Simon later successfully negotiated a commercial settlement in relation to all 23 claimants who were involved in two separate actions with the business.
 
* Advising a commercial client and one of its new employees in connection to an alleged breach of restrictive covenants.
 
* Assisting a multi-national business to complete a restructuring process which saw some services transferred/outsourced to an overseas entity within the group as part of a TUPE transfer.
 
* Pre-contract negotiations for automotive businesses in connection to multi-million pound service contracts.
 
* supporting our Corporate Division in connection to various acquisition, investment and disposal transactions.
 

Simon writes and provides training sessions for clients on a range of subjects and is a regular speaker at Shoosmiths' national employment webinars.  He recently sat as a panel member with Westminster Policy Forum discussing the issues relating to HTQ funding and also hosted an LGBTQ+ session with SMMT. 

Simon is an advocate and champion in Shoosmiths' use of Microsoft Co-pilot.
 
Simon is a member of the Employment Lawyer's Association and in 2023 contributed to the ELA's response to government changes to whistleblowing legislation.

Having qualified as a solicitor in 2002, Simon joined Shoosmiths in 2007, was promoted to Associate in May 2010, Senior Associate in May 2013 and Partner in May 2020.

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