Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Banking Litigation

Partner

Simon helps clients manage complex banking and financial services disputes.

He advises clients on complex civil claims and regulatory matters including contractual disputes, securities claims, derivatives, structured products, banking confidentiality, investment management and advice, product mis-selling, regulatory investigations, and internal systems and controls.

Simon was one of the partners who led a team representing RBS Group in defending actions brought by shareholder and investor groups related to its 2008 rights issue—one of the highest-profile litigations in the UK in recent years.

He has assisted clients in proceedings across Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States.

Simon graduated from the University of Oxford in 1993 and joined the firm in 2006.