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Farrer & Co Offices
66 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3LH
England
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Simon Ward
Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Simon advises on private company acquisitions, disposals and fundraisings. Simon specialises in acting for businesses backed by venture capital and private equity including advising on management buy outs and buy ins, raising expansion capital and private equity exits. Simon is a member of the firm’s Entrepreneurs and Family Business groups and International Private Wealth group. He has a particular interest in advising on inward investment into the UK, acting for both private investors and UK businesses.
Career
Simon joined Farrer & Co in 2008 and was made partner in May 2010. Prior to joining Farrer & Co he was a senior associate in the mergers and acquisitions team at Mallesons Stephen Jacques in Sydney and before that he was an associate at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP.
Education
St Catharine’s College Cambridge and Nottingham Law School.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration