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Macfarlanes LLP Offices
20 CURSITOR STREET
LONDON
EC4A 1LT
England
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Simon Day
Work Department
Litigation and dispute resolution
Position
Simon specialises in competition litigation and other complex multiparty disputes, and has extensive experience of advising in relation to both High Court trials and alternative forms of dispute resolution.
He has particular experience of group litigation, both in the context of general commercial disputes and in private damages actions for competition law breaches, and high-value trust disputes.
His practice includes co-ordinating and advising in relation to English law issues arising out of overseas proceedings, as well as in proceedings brought in the English Courts, and he advises corporates, international banks and private wealth funds as well as certain high-net-worth individuals.
Simon is a member of the Financial Services Lawyers Association and is recommended in the Legal 500 directory as “a rising star with substantial litigation experience”.
Career
Qualified 2009; partner 2019
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
(Next Generation Partners)Respected for its activity in the financial, media, pharmaceutical, sports, and automotive sectors, Macfarlanes LLP‘s robust focus ranges from standalone disputes to CMA appeals and class actions. Major EU disputes and CMA appeals in the pharmaceutical sector are both mainstays of Cameron Firth‘s busy practice. Praised for her ‘impeccable’ judgement, Emma Radcliffe advises on dawn raids, investigations, damages litigations, and day-to-day competition compliance. Malcolm Walton is noted for his intellectual property expertise and recent activity in CAT matters concerning stand-alone sports betting disputes. Simon Day‘s focus centres on group actions and individual competition damages claims. Other key figures include Caja Griesenbach, Alex Evans, and Jenny Reeves, all of whom advise on some of the firm’s most significant cases.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Competition litigation London > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Court of protection
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Finance > Securitisation
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory