Keystone Law

Financial services; commercial; technology, media and telecoms.

Simon specialises in online financial services, e-commerce and IT. His clients include e-money and payment services providers, online peer-to-peer finance platforms, retailers, marketplaces and data providers. Simon is highly experienced in his field and has consulted as in-house payments counsel to WorldPay and Amazon.com.

Previously, Simon was General Counsel & Company Secretary of Zopa, the world's first online peer-to-peer lending platform. He was Legal & Compliance Director for a mortgage business in GE and a Director and General Counsel of Earthport plc, the listed payment services provider. Simon also initiated and co-ordinated e-commerce strategy for DLA and worked in the Reuters legal department in London and New York.

Simon helped launch the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association, chairs the Media Board of the Society for Computers and Law, and is a Senior Fellow of The Finance Innovation Lab. He is listed as a legal advisor to FinTech firms by Tech City UK 2017.

2011 Keystone Law | Consultant Solicitor 2008-2011 Axiom | Consultant 2004-2008 Zopa | General Counsel and Company Secretary 2002-2004 GE Consumer Finance | Legal and Compliance Director, igroup 1999-2001 Earthport | General Counsel and Executive Director 1997-1999 DLA Piper | Associate 1995-1997 Reuters | Legal Consultant 1996 Qualified as a Solicitor 1990-1994 Garfield Barwick Chambers | Barrister 1988-1990 Ratner Chiu & Co | Paralegal