Simon Graham > Farrer & Co > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Farrer & Co Offices
66 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3LH
England
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Simon Graham
Work Department
Banking and Financial Services
Position
Simon is head of the Banking practice. He advises lenders and borrowers on a range of finance transactions (syndicated and bilateral, multi-tranche and layered acquisition, trade, development, and property finance). Simon also acts for clients (debtors, creditors, boards of directors and appointment takers) in formal and informal insolvency work, advising on a broad range of insolvency matters involving corporate bodies, partnerships and individuals.
Career
Trained at Travers Smith where he qualified in 2000; moved to the London office of O’Melveny & Myers in 2003; joined Farrer & Co as a partner in 2007.
Memberships
Simon is the firm’s nominated representative to the LMA and is a member of R3 the Associated Business Recovery Professionals.
Education
University College, London.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property finance
Well regarded for their ‘exceptional’ work and communication, the real estate finance team at Farrer & Co has a strong reputation for borrower-side work, frequently acting for property developers and major institutional investors. Practice head Marc Glancy draws praise from clients, who rate him for his willingness to be ‘very hands-on in transactions.’ Martin Blake is particularly experienced regarding the financing of large mixed-use assets, while Simon Graham often acts for clients regarding real estate-secured loans.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration