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Simon Letherman
Work Department
International tax.
Position
Partner
Career
Simon Letherman is a partner in the Tax practice.
Simon’s diverse practice includes advising on major mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international banking, structured finance, capital markets, corporate restructurings, private equity, investment funds, financial products, derivatives and real estate transactions. He services a range of industries, including Energy, Financial Services, Mining & Metals, Private Capital and Technology, Media & Telecommunications.
Simon represents corporate, financial services, private equity and fund clients, including Engie, GE, Intercontinental Exchange, Liberty Global and QIA.
Memberships
Trained at Slaughter and May 2000-02; tax associate at Slaughter & May 2002-09; joined Shearman & Sterling as counsel 2010.
Education
Manchester Grammar School; St Catherine’s College, Oxford University (BA); Manchester University (MSc; PhD).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
A&O Shearman advises prestige clients on a range of high value international transactions. Areas of strength for the group include M&A, capital markets transactions, and structured finance and securitisations. Team lead Simon Letherman advises on a broad range of European and international transactions. Counsel Michael Ward covers finance transactions, M&A, and investment fund structuring.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Finance > High yield
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Transport > Rail
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax