Simmons & Simmons

Corporate.

Gideon is a senior London based Corporate partner and co-head of the firm's international private equity practice.

He advises on a wide range of Corporate matters, with a particular focus on M&A, joint ventures, consortium arrangements and auctions - on a domestic and cross-border basis. He has led many of the firm's most high profile instructions. A regular speaker at client events, Gideon also speaks at seminars and external events such as the European SuperReturn Conference and the BVCA Summit.

Gideon has significant experience in a number of sectors, including financial services, asset management, infrastructure and real estate.

He advises a number of the world’s leading private equity, infrastructure, sovereign wealth and pension funds, as well as financial institutions, on complex high value transactions (including multiple transactions in the £1bn to £15bn range).

Trained Simmons & Simmons; qualified into the corporate group 1999; partner 2008; secondment to Barclays Bank plc M&A legal team 2003/04. Publications of note: various PLC and private equity journal articles. Speaker at SuperReturn conference.

French.

Kings College School, Wimbledon; Bristol University (1995 first class BA History); City University (1996 Diploma in Law); College of Law (1997 LPC commendation).

Family, tennis, walking, theatre/cinema.