Simon is a Partner in the Corporate team based in Leeds. He has over 20 years' experience of corporate transactions, advising both public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganisation and simplification projects and general corporate advisory. Simon has significant experience of acting on cross-border transactions, having acted for a number of North American clients on such matters. He also specialises in insolvent debt portfolio acquisitions and disposals, having acted for a US investment bank in this sector for a number of years.

Simon joined Shoosmiths in November 2017 following 13 years at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP.