A&O Shearman

M&A

Partner

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”.

English

Admissions

England and Wales

University of Cambridge, B.A., M.A. (Law - First Class Honors)

Scholar of St John’s College, Cambridge Whytehead Scholar McMahon Law Prize