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LONDON
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Simon Mead
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Simon is head of our London Banking team and our market leading Real Estate Finance practice.
He has extensive experience advising lenders and borrowers on all aspects of real estate finance including investment and development finance, senior and mezzanine lending and A/B structures. He advises on UK and European deals.
His clients include Barclays Bank PLC, HSBC Bank plc, Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Santander UK, Qatar National Bank, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, Gatehouse Bank, United Overseas Bank, Bank of China, Venn Partners, Cheyne Capital, Starwood, ICG Longbow, Urban Exposure, LetterOne Treasury Services, Cain Hoy Enterprises, NewRiver Retail, Signature Senior Living, Westrock, Grainger and several more.
Simon is acknowledged in the legal directories as a leader in his field and will be named in the Lawyer Hot 100 2016.
Chambers & Partners comments that “he is a first class lawyer with personality to match.
Position
Partner
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property finance
(Hall of Fame)Simon Mead 
heads the ‘thoroughly responsive, pragmatic and solutions-focused team’ at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
, which remains a favourite amongst clearing banks completing complex development deals, as well as overseas banks, insurers, debt funds and asset managers. Deputy head Robert Ludwig is known for his senior and mezzanine transactions and development financing practice. ‘Highly competent, knowledgeable and trusted partner’ Chris Brooks has a strong pan-European practice and is sought after by non-bank lenders on development and structured transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Public sector > Local government
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital