Ania Rontaler > Simmons & Simmons > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Working across a host of sectors, including financial services, healthcare, and TMT, Simmons & Simmons‘ M&A practice handles a range of complex and multijurisdictional matters. A key contact for asset managers and financial institutions, practice head Arthur Stewart‘s broad offering spans domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and commercial agreements. Head of the private market sub-group, Ania Rontaler focuses on the asset management sector, handling corporate restructurings and M&A, including minority stakes sales. Isabella Roberts is noted for her renewables sector focus, while Stephanie Featherstone is an expert in the TMT sector, assisting businesses with domestic and international M&A, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations, and private fundraising. Gideon Sharp acts for institutional investors, private equity, and real estate clients, while Jason Daniel – former head of the firm’s corporate and commercial practice throughout Asia – frequently leads on transactions involving Japanese corporates and financial institutions. David Parkes leads the firm’s corporate team within the fintech sector group and has extensive experience acting on M&A deals, disposals, equity investments and raisings, and refinancing. Other key practitioners include Raghav Ghai and Kim Farrar.

Specialising in the financial services sectors, Simmons & Simmons‘ partnership group has strengths in advising individuals and partnership structures on strategic partnerships, wealth management transactions, setting up LLPs, restructuring, and acquisitions, to name a few. Ania Rontaler leads the department and concentrates on UK and US asset management companies, assisting with partnership arrangements, conversions, and member exits. David Hicks, who joined the team in January 2023 from Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, focuses on non-contentious matters for asset and wealth management partnerships, while Martin Shah has expertise in advising on tax matters relating to partnerships and LLPs both domestically and internationally.