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Simon Colledge
Work Department
Commercial dispute resolution.
Position
Simon is a litigation partner who is qualified in England and Scotland and has been practicing in London since 1990.
Simon has handled a wide range of commercial disputes for clients, ranging from substantial financial institutions to private individuals, with a particular focus on areas such as insolvency, professional negligence and fraud. Simon has represented substantial manufacturing, construction, engineering and retail enterprises in a wide range of commercial disputes in the English High Court, as well as in arbitrations and mediations.
Simon is a member of the London Litigation Solicitors Association, the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association and R3, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals and has been recognized as a notable practitioner by Chambers for dispute resolution and litigation in London. Client testimonials and accolades in Chambers include: “a highly client focused and commercially acute lawyer”; “very personable and professional”; and “skilled in contentious insolvency, professional negligence and fraud matters”. Simon is included in the worldwide Acritas database as a Star lawyer based on client nomination from in-house general counsel.
Career
Trained: J&A Hastie SSC; qualified: 1990 (Scotland) 1992 (England); Partner; 2006. Joined Rosling King 1990; partner 1995; joined Orchard 1999 as partner; joined Maclay Murray & Spens LLP 2006 as partner.
Memberships
London Litigation Solicitors Association; Professional Negligence Lawyers Association, R3 and TMA.
Education
Fettes College; Edinburgh University; 1986 LLB (Hons); 1987 Legal Practice.
Leisure
Food and wine; music; reading; golf; running.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Real estate > Environment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport