Simon Currie > Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP Offices
CONDOR HOUSE
5-10 ST PAUL'S CHURCHYARD
LONDON
EC4M 8AL
England
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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
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
Noted for its expertise in the investment management arena, the practice at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP
is led by ‘exceptionally experienced’ Simon Currie, who advises on the formation, management and operation of private investment funds, listed investment companies, managed accounts and separate account investment vehicles. William Yonge, who specialises in UK and EU financial services regulation, is another key contact in the group.
London > Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP is known for representing multinational financial institutions as sponsors of funds, investors into funds, co-investors in unquoted companies, and as participants in the secondaries market in relation to purchasing and selling fund interests. The team is led by asset management sector specialist Simon Currie. Currie is supported by venture capital, infrastructure and debt funds expert Robert Mailer as well as the impact funds focused Oliver Rochman .
Lawyer Rankings
- Private funds London > Investment fund formation and management
- Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing