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Simon Middleton

Position
Simon is a partner in Dentons’ London office, where he is a member of the Banking and Finance practice group.
Simon acts for lenders, borrowers, sponsors and advisers on a wide range of banking and finance transactions of both a bilateral and multi-lender nature. His main areas of focus are acquisition finance, bilateral and syndicated lending, and restructurings, and he has extensive experience of working on both domestic and multi-jurisdictional cross- border transactions.
Simon has particular experience in the Nordic region where he has been active within the market for a number of years, acting for both Nordic and international banks.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
(Leading partners)Tapping into ‘very strong market knowledge’ across a range of territories, developed through many years’ experience of handling cross-border corporate lending and syndicated transactions for banking clients, Dentons provides ‘very focused’ advice, prioritising deal execution ahead of needless academic point scoring. Providing ‘top-flight Magic Circle quality’ at a cost-effective price point, Simon Middleton has very strong Nordic banking ties and regularly advises on syndicated and bilateral transactions for general-lending and event-driven purposes on behalf of investment-grade corporates in the region. As part of his broad finance offering, James Ingham regularly handles syndicated lending work in emerging and developed markets. Catherine Astruc is also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Employment > Health and safety
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport