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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Suite 3418, Level 34
Two Pacific Place, 88 Queensway
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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Position

International Partner, Head of Asia

Career

Simon is an International Partner and leads our focus in Asia from our Hong Kong office. Simon is also the Head of Real Estate and Hotels & Hospitality across Asia and the Middle East.

Having spent nearly 15 years in the Middle East, Simon has lived and worked in all three jurisdictions where we have offices; Bahrain, Qatar and Dubai. Simon is now based in Hong Kong but continues to be involved in our Middle East practice.

Simon specialises in real estate. His main areas of expertise are master planned development projects as well as city centre redevelopment, real estate investment, management and finance. Simon is also recognised as an expert in relation to hotel & hospitality work – particularly in relation to development, investment and management of hotels – having advised on nearly 50 transactions in the last decade.

In addition, Simon regularly advises our Asia and Middle East clients with their outbound investments into the UK in relation to both commercial as well as residential property.

Simon acts for a variety of developers, financial institutions, government and quasi-government entities, sovereign wealth funds and private clients (including Royal Family members) across Asia and the Middle East.

Simon has been recognised as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global and Legal 500 EMEA consecutively.

Lawyer Rankings

Hong Kong > Real estate

Ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and multinational corporations frequently turn to the expertise of Charles Russell Speechlys LLP‘s real estate team, which offers guidance related to their residential and commercial property investments, with a particular emphasis on the UK. The firm excels in international matters, with a focus on prime and super-prime London residential properties. Leading the practice is Simon Green, supported by Ian Devereux, who has been hailed by a client as ‘one of the few seasoned real estate practitioners in Hong Kong’.