Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency, Energy & Natural Resources, Private Wealth, Retail & Leisure

Managing Partner

Simon is responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of the firm. An experienced insolvency lawyer, Simon applies his commercial expertise and broad knowledge of company structures, reorganisations, and financing to deliver operational excellence and world-class legal services across our global markets, for all our clients.

Key to meeting this objective is Simon's passion for growing commercially-astute teams of sector specialists, along with attracting, developing and retaining exceptional talent to build an international workforce that reflects the diversity of our clients. Our mission is to help our clients achieve their goals now and for the long-term so Simon spends much of his time listening to our clients to understand how we can better respond to their needs, and sets the purpose, culture, and values of our firm to ensure we meet them.

Before becoming Managing Partner, Simon worked primarily with insolvency practitioners in administrations, receiverships, liquidations and when appointed as trustees in bankruptcy. He worked on the administrations of retailers including Peyton & Byrne, Borders, MFI and Allied Carpets, for the purchasers of Coventry City FC, and for numerous private clients as both creditors and debtors.

Simon is admitted to practise in England and Wales.