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Simon Hobbs

Simon Hobbs

Freeths LLP, South East

Work Department

Commercial litigation.

Position

Partner in charge of commercial litigation and restructuring/insolvency in Milton Keynes. Rated in both disciplines in both The Legal 500 and Chambers. On the insolvency front, Simon is a ‘highly rated’ expert on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious corporate and personal insolvency matters, with some 18 years’ experience. On the Commercial Litigation front, he is described by clients as ‘hard working’ with a ‘quietly confident style’. He deals with heavyweight contractual claims for major commercial clients and local SMEs, franchising, shareholder and partnership disputes, professional negligence claims and IP matters. Simon prides himself on building up trusted advisor status with his clients.

Career

Qualified 1997, Bond Dickinson LLP; associate, Burges Salmon LLP; partner, IBB Solicitors; partner, Freeths LLP 2010 to date.

Memberships

Past president of Middlesex Law Society (2010); ADR Group Accredited Mediator (2009).

Education

Cheltenham College; Royal Holloway, University of London (1993 BA (Hons)); Nottingham Law School.

Leisure

Playing football and cricket, politics and political history, military history and wet and muddy walks in the countryside.

Mentions

Dispute resolution • South East

Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx

Finance • South East

Insolvency and corporate recovery