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Simon Taylor
Position
Simon Taylor is a competition and procurement specialist, recommended in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners as a leading junior in public procurement. He returned to the Bar in 2012 after 20 years of practising as an EU and competition lawyer, including 7 years as a partner in a leading firm of solicitors and 5 years in Brussels.
He has a busy contentious practise, acting both for bidders and buyers in public procurement disputes and also provides strategic advice on the conduct of tenders.
He advises companies, utilities and public bodies on competition, state aid and regulatory issues arising from disputes, transactions such as mergers or joint ventures and commercial agreements or conduct. He has specific expertise in regulated sectors such as healthcare, communications, rail and water.
Career
Called 1987; pupillage 2 Temple Gardens 1987-88; associate Squire Sanders & Dempsey (Brussels) 1990-92; Norton Rose (Brussels) 1992-96; regulatory counsel Cable & Wireless Communications 1996-2000; solicitor 1999; associate Allen & Overy 2000-04; antitrust partner Wragge & Co 2004-11; Keating Chambers 2012.
Languages
French (fluent)
Spanish (conversational)
Memberships
Procurement Lawyers Association
Royal Society of Arts
Society of Labour Lawyers
Association of London Welsh Lawyers
Education
Magdalen College, University of Oxford (1986 BA Hons jurisprudence); Université Libre de Bruxelles (1990 Licence Spéciale en droit communautaire in French grande distinction).
Leisure
Simon enjoys the theatre, travel, hillwalking, skiing, rugby, food and wine.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Public procurement
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Simon Taylor – Keating Chambers ‘Simon is top of the list.’
Keating Chambers is ‘very strong in public procurement‘. Charles Banner KC acts as longstanding counsel to Transport for London on ongoing procurement issues arising from construction work taking place on a London Underground station. The ‘ferociously bright‘ Fionnuala McCredie KC is highly regarded for representing interested parties and contracting authorities in contentious procurement mandates. Sarah Hannaford KC and Simon Taylor continue to act for HS2 Limited in Siemens v HS2, an ongoing case concerning the award of the contract for rolling stock used for HS2. The ‘thorough and conscientious‘ Rachael O’Hagan and James Frampton both have excellent track records in appearing in high-profile procurement challenges.