Scott Simpson > Linklaters LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Linklaters LLP Offices
ONE SILK STREET
LONDON
EC2Y 8HQ
England
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Scott Simpson
Work Department
Banking, Real Estate Finance
Position
Scott acts for and advises banks, asset managers, alternative investment managers and hedge funds on a broad range of situations and practice areas including acquisition/leveraged finance, real estate finance, special situations financings and cross-border restructurings.
Career
2015 to date Partner, Linklaters, London
2010 – 2015 Managing Associate, Linklaters, London
2007 – 2010 Associate, Linklaters, London
2003 – 2007 Training/Associate, McGrigors (Scotland/London)
Education
2002 – 2003 Glasgow Graduate School of Law, Dip LP
1998 – 2002 University of Glasgow, LLB Hons
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property finance
(Leading partners)Working with both borrower and lenders, Linklaters LLP is a market leader in mezzanine finance transactions. Practice head Scott Simpson – who regularly works closely with Philip Gore – works with banks, asset managers, and hedge funds on all manner of real estate finance work . The ‘committed, commercial, experienced’ Jessica Jenner is experienced in advising sovereign wealth funds in refinancing senior and mezzanine transactions, while James Godfrey‘s recent engagements have seen him advising two leading banks on a repurchase transaction in relation to the refinancing of the Generator Hostels portfolio across Europe.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > High yield
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Finance > Trade finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport