Simon Nicholls
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Corporate/M&A: £800 million and above
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About
Provided by Simon Nicholls
Practice Areas
Capital Markets
Consumer and Retail
Corporate and M&A
Healthcare, Pharma and Life Sciences
Career
Simon is co-head of our Corporate and M&A group. His principal areas of work are public and private M&A, joint ventures, activism defence, governance, crisis management and investigations. He acts for a number of listed companies, including Babcock, Diageo, GlaxoSmithKline, John Wood Group, Morgan Advanced Materials, Ultra Electronics and Whitbread.
Chambers Review
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Simon Nicholls co-heads the firm's corporate group. He operates a broad practice with expertise in M&A and equity capital markets deals. He is relied on by a stable of clients composed of listed companies and investment banks.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Simon is an outstanding lawyer. He is hugely knowledgeable and reliable, with sound judgement and an ability to cut through or unpick complex issues."
"Simon is incredibly commercial and he is an M&A lawyer who will happily give advice."
"Simon provides excellent advice. He is highly responsive and commands respect in the boardroom."
"Simon is an outstanding lawyer. He is hugely knowledgeable and reliable, with sound judgement and an ability to cut through or unpick complex issues."
"Simon is incredibly commercial and he is an M&A lawyer who will happily give advice."
"Simon provides excellent advice. He is highly responsive and commands respect in the boardroom."