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England
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Simon Burrows
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Work Department
M&A
Position
Partner
Career
Simon Burrows is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice.
Simon has a broad corporate practice, with specialist expertise focused on a wide range of private equity transactions, together with public and private mergers and acquisitions, co-investments and joint ventures. In addition, he also has experience in restructurings, private funds and equity capital markets transactions. Simon regularly advises private equity and captive investors, hedge funds, public and private corporations and senior management teams on a range of complex cross-border transactions.
He has repeatedly been ranked in Chambers UK, Legal 500 and IFLR legal directories, which have described him as, “a great problem solver”, “very practical and diligent”, “strong technical expertise”, “very hands-on and focused”, “a fantastic lawyer”, “pragmatic, detail-oriented, flexible”, and “very creative and flexible in thought”. Simon has been recognised as a private equity “Rising Star” by Law360 and a Super Lawyer “Rising Star”.
Languages
English
Memberships
Admissions
England and Wales
Education
University of Cambridge, B.A., M.A. (Law – First Class Honors)
- Scholar of St John’s College, Cambridge
- Whytehead Scholar
- McMahon Law Prize
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Transport > Rail
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax