Simon Ellis
UK Guide 2025
Up and Coming : Investment Funds: Private Equity
Up and Coming
About
Provided by Simon Ellis
Practice Areas
Simon Ellis is a partner in Akin’s investment management practice. He advises prominent private fund sponsors on fundraisings and the ongoing maintenance of funds, with a focus on mid-market and emerging-market funds. Simon represents sponsors, managers and investors, including sovereign wealth funds, on fund formations and capital deployments worldwide.
In addition to his work in respect of primary investments, Simon also advises clients on the secondary acquisition and sale of fund interests and on a range of structured secondary transactions, including rollover secondaries, tender offers and general partner (GP)-led restructurings.
Personal
L.P.C., The College of Law, Guildford, 2012
GDL, BPP University Law School, 2009
Chambers Review
UK
Simon Ellis is an up-and-coming partner with expertise in areas including fund formation, fundraising and co-investment funds.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Simon is smart, hard-working, knows his stuff and stays across the piece commercially."
"Simon Ellis is very technically minded. He does a great job on international work."
"Simon has excellent legal skills and knowledge of the market."
"Simon has a methodological approach to work; it's very structured."
"Simon is smart, hard-working, knows his stuff and stays across the piece commercially."
"Simon Ellis is very technically minded. He does a great job on international work."
"Simon has excellent legal skills and knowledge of the market."
"Simon has a methodological approach to work; it's very structured."
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