Simon Thomas > Clarke Willmott LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile
Clarke Willmott LLP Offices
1 GEORGES SQUARE
BATH STREET
BRISTOL
BS1 6BA
England
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Simon Thomas
Work Department
Corporate & Commercial
Position
Simon is a Partner and Managing Directo in the Corporate team specialising in a wide range of transactional matters (including mergers and acquisitions, public and private equity fund raisings and debt financings) as well as providing general company law advice to businesses and their stakeholders.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
The corporate and commercial team at Clarke Willmott LLP acts for buyers, sellers, investors and management teams across several industries such as technology, financial services, healthcare and renewable energy. Ed Foulkes works on M&A, investments, joint ventures and co-heads the practice with transactional expert Simon Thomas. Barry Riley is well-versed in corporate governance, shareholder restructurings and company law advisory matters.
South West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
Well regarded for ‘going above and beyond’ as well as for its ‘pragmatic focus on key issues’, the team at Clarke Willmott LLP regularly handles mid-market corporate transactions – often with a distinct cross-border aspect. Corporate chief Simon Thomas regularly advises a diverse array of clients on acquisitions and divestitures, while Simon Smith – who also advises from Cardiff and Taunton – is a seasoned cross-border advisor whose wide-ranging practice spans the IT, engineering, manufacturing, and utilities sectors. Rob Ridd’s focus on M&A and private equity transactions sees him advising on deals across a host of industries, from media to food manufacturing. Sarah Coe – who joined the team from Norton Rose Fulbright in November 2022 – works between the London and Bristol offices on commercial contracts and tech matters. All named lawyers are based in Bristol unless specified otherwise.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Social housing
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Real estate > Environment
- Finance > Banking and finance