Gatehouse Chambers

Simon is a specialist construction, insurance and insolvency barrister. He regularly acts for clients in complex and high value disputes, both in his own right and as part of a counsel team. He has extensive experience of High Court and County Court litigation, adjudication and all forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution, and has appeared in the Court of Appeal dealing with complex construction-related insurance issues.

Simon routinely represents clients against opponents represented by highly experienced counsel (including KCs), and is ranked in both Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500 as a leading construction junior.

Simon is qualified as a chartered accountant (ACA) and has a thorough grasp of statutory and management accounts. He has a strong understanding of numerical analysis, which he has successfully brought to bear in many construction and insolvency disputes.

Before coming to Gatehouse Chambers, Simon worked for 4 years at PwC, where he assisted FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and private companies on a range of tax and accounting issues. In particular, he advised on employee remuneration and share incentive arrangements, and spent his final year in a team advising banks and other financial services companies on regulatory issues.

Call: 2012

Chinese (Mandarin) – basic French – basic

Member of the Society of Construction Lawyers Member of TECBAR

ACA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales BPTC (Outstanding), Nottingham Law School LLM (Distinction), University College London BA Law (Jurisprudence), Merton College, University of Oxford Taylor Prize for best overall performance on the BPTC at Nottingham Law School (2012) Winner of the Ropewalk Chambers Mooting Competition, Nottingham Law School (2012) Prize for best performance in International and Comparative Law of Trusts, University College London (2011) McGrigors Prize for best performance in Tax Law, University of Oxford (2010) Joint winner of the Shearman & Sterling Mooting Competition, University of Oxford (2010)