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Simon Currie

Simon Currie

Work Department

Finance

Position

Simon Currie, a partner in the investment management practice at Morgan Lewis, advises clients on securities and financial services regulatory issues in relation to the investment industry, with a particular focus on fund managers and private investment funds. Simon’s work includes counseling on the application of EU single-market directives, the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, and the rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, including authorization applications, conduct of business issues, and general compliance issues. For more information, view Simon’s bio at https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/simoncurrie.

Career

Simon advises on the structuring, establishment, and operation of segregated accounts and segregated account investment vehicles and other investment funds, including UK domestic and offshore investment funds and separate and investment trusts. He has also advised institutional investors in relation to investment in private equity and other investment funds, including by way of acquiring secondary interests in such funds.

Memberships

Member, the Law Society’s Company Law Committee

Education

University of East Anglia, England, 1984, B.A., With Honors; College of Law of England and Wales, Guildford, 1985, Law Society Finals

Mentions

Corporate and commercial • London

Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory

Investment fund formation and management • London

Private funds