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Sancroft, 10-15 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AZ
England
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Simon Thomas
Position
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Simon Thomas is a partner in Goodwin’s Financial Restructuring Group.
Simon is recognised as a leader in his field and is ranked in L500, Chambers, Super Lawyers, and GRR100.
Simon focuses on complex domestic and cross border restructuring matters for clients including funds, corporate groups and lenders. He acts for all stakeholders in situations of corporate distress, including debtors, creditors, investors, directors and acquirers. He has advised on a multitude of matters in a wide array of sectors including aviation, biotech, crypto assets, energy, financial services, healthcare, infrastructure, leisure, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, retail, SaaS, shipping, technology, telecommunications, and travel, including in contentious situations.
Simon is frequently called upon to devise strategies to preserve and maximise value for stakeholders using processes such as Restructuring Plans, Schemes of Arrangement, CVAs, share pledge enforcement (including in Luxembourg), ‘COMI shifts’ and pre-packaged administrations.
Education
Legal Practice Course, 2002, College of Law, Chester
LLB, 2000, University of Liverpool (Hons)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
(Leading partners)Mirroring the growth of Goodwin‘s London office across other transactional practice areas, including private equity and venture capital, the firm’s restructuring offering is an increasingly compelling proposition for fund clients, as well as other stakeholders, including IPs and boards of directors, across a range of restructuring and insolvency mandates. Credit funds also provide a fertile source of work, an area that Simon Thomas, who provides ‘practical and very solutions-focused advice’, combines with his private equity portfolio debtor work. Geoff O’Dea co-heads the team alongside Thomas and is ‘absolutely top of the market for complex restructuring transactions’, aided by Tony Horspool.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate restructuring & insolvency London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition