Lewis Silkin

Simon is a member of each of the firm’s Corporate, Commercial and Brands & IP practice groups, as well as our Media & Entertainment sector focus group.

Partner: Having spent the early years of his career as a corporate finance lawyer, Simon has in the subsequent years expanded his practice to advise on all manner of non-contentious commercial and IP issues, while continuing to advise on M&A, fundraising, joint ventures (both in the UK and overseas) and other corporate matters.

Although Simon works with clients in various industries, the majority of the clients he works with are in media, marketing services, leisure, or retail. 

Trained Edward Lewis; qualified 1988; Titmuss Sainer & Webb (now Dechert) 1988-91; travelled 1991-92; legal advisor Air Nigeria Plc 1993; associate/partner (from 1997) in specialist media practice Geoffrey Davies 1994-2000; joined Lewis Silkin as partner in 2000.

Conversational French.

Simon is a member of the advisory board of the Association of Online Publishers.

Shrewsbury School; Southampton University (1985 LLB Hons); College of Law, Guildford (1986).

Cheering on the Wales rugby team or ferrying his nine-year-old to rugby, cricket, or parties.