Simon’s experience* includes advising:

• McWin-backed L’Osteria, a Germany-based casual dining restaurant group specialising in Italian cuisine, on its acquisition of Pizza Pilgrims from its founders, James and Thomas Elliot, along with several other shareholders.

• Liberty Global on multiple transactions, including its redomiciliation to Bermuda, the $3.2 billion spin-off of its Swiss business, its $8.2 billion takeover of Cable & Wireless Communications plc and its $23.3 billion merger with Virgin Media (Western European Deal of the Year, M&A Atlas Awards).
• Intercontinental Exchange on its $11 billion acquisition of NYSE Euronext including the New York Stock Exchange, the €1.3 billion spin-off and IPO of Euronext and the carve-out of LIFFE (Equity Deal of the Year, IFLR1000 European Awards).
• Fenway Sports Group on its acquisition of Liverpool Football Club.
• Fairfax Financial on its acquisition of Meadow Foods from Exponent Private Equity.
• A portfolio company of CVC Capital Partners Fund VI on its acquisition of e-Travel SA.
• Discovery on its agreement with BBC Studios to partition their 50/50 UKTV joint venture into legacy lifestyle and entertainment businesses.
• Société Générale on its joint venture with AllianceBernstein to combine their research and securities brokerage businesses.
• The financing sources in Blackstone’s public offer for Italian infrastructure group Atlantia, Europe’s largest ever take-private transaction with an enterprise value of €54 billion.
• BNP Paribas as facility agent on the $15 billion refinancing of Toyota Motor Credit Corporation.
• The Dow Chemical Company on the restructuring of over $10 billion of existing conventional and sharia-compliant debt of the Sadara Chemical Company (Dow’s joint venture with Saudi Aramco), which owns and operates the $20 billion world-scale integrated Sadara chemicals complex in Saudi Arabia (MENA Petrochemicals Deal of the Year, IJGlobal Awards).
• Banco do Brasil on the update of its £20 billion Medium Term Note Program.
• IG4 Capital on the establishment of the IG4 Capital Private Equity Investment II fund as a series of English limited partnerships, focusing on Latin American private equity investments.
• Investors in claims against Lehman Brothers International (Europe).
• Frigoglass on the restructuring of its indebtedness implemented through on English court scheme of arrangement (nominated for Restructuring Deal of the Year, Legal Business Awards and IFLR Awards).
• DBAY Advisors on the acquisition of a majority stake in haulier Eddie Stobart in a rescue package.

*includes experience gained at a previous firm