Commercial disputes.

Simon is a litigation partner and Head of Financial Disputes. He specialises in banking disputes and financial markets litigation, often against the largest investment banks. He has acted in claims involving for example derivatives, structured products, repo arrangements and CDOs. He regularly advises on disputes arising out of loan facilities and financial restructurings. He has acted for a wide variety of clients including hedge funds, corporates, HNW investors, financial institutions and insolvency office holders.

He also has wide experience of multi-jurisdictional litigation arising out of complex fraud and asset tracing, as well as commercial contracts and shareholder disputes.

Simon has assisted corporate clients with regulatory and internal investigations of both a domestic and cross-border nature.

Leeds Grammar School; Durham University, BA (Hons) 1989-92; College of Law, York Dip (Law) 1992-94.