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Simon Jones

Consultant Partner

Corporate Team

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Simon Jones is a corporate and commercial lawyer with 35 years’ experience advising businesses, owner-managers, investors and serial entrepreneurs across the SME sector.

He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, start-ups and general corporate advisory work, with particular expertise in the sale and purchase of privately held companies and businesses. Simon brings a practical, commercially focused approach to complex transactions, helping clients navigate key decisions and achieve their wider business objectives.

Simon has advised clients across a broad range of sectors, including upstream oil and gas and renewables, publishing and media, real estate, fashion, food and drink, online search and identity verification, and IT consulting and outsourcing.

Expertise
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Sale and purchase of privately held companies and businesses
  • Joint ventures
  • Corporate restructurings
  • Start-ups and growth businesses
  • General corporate and commercial advisory

Work Highlights

Sale of HooYu to Mitek Systems, Inc

Sale of Xoomworks to Accenture

Sale of ECSI Consulting to CapGemini

Various acquisitions (both share and assets deals) of property management businesses for Vegner Group/Odevo

Investments in and acquisitions of talent agencies focused on comedy and creative representation

Multiple transactions for an investor group in connection with a licensed cannabis corporation listed in Toronto

Sale of a London based accountancy practice to a national firm

Acquisitions of funeral planning businesses for Plan with Grace Ltd; Simon is also one of the independent trustees of their FCA regulated fund

Accolades

The Corporate Team is ranked Tier 1 in the Legal 500

Legal 500

The Corporate Team is ranked Band 1 by Chambers and Partners

Chambers & Partners