Simon Weller
Global Guide 2024
Band 4 : Corporate/M&A: International
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Practice Areas
Simon is a Global Transactions partner in the firm’s Hong Kong and Singapore offices. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border public and private M&A, joint ventures and private equity.
Simon has worked on M&A transactions across Asia with a broad range of leading private equity / global financial investors such as Advent International, Affinity Equity Partners, Blackstone, Boyu Capital, Carlyle, CPP Investments, CVC, EQT, FountainVest, OTPP and Permira and leads our Financial Sponsors practice in Asia.
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Simon Weller frequently handles high-profile cross-border corporate mandates for multinational clients in the food and beverage as well as financial services sectors. Leading the Asia global transactions group at Freshfields, he also handles investments and privatisations on behalf of private equity and other institutional investors.
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"Simon Weller is very personable, easy to get on with and strikes a good relationship with local counsel. He is very experienced and has a good grasp of market positions."
"Simon Weller is very personable, easy to get on with and strikes a good relationship with local counsel. He is very experienced and has a good grasp of market positions."
"Simon Weller has longstanding experience with PE firms, where the key risks are and how to guide them through novel issues."
"Simon Weller is very personable, easy to get on with and strikes a good relationship with local counsel. He is very experienced and has a good grasp of market positions."
"Simon Weller is very personable, easy to get on with and strikes a good relationship with local counsel. He is very experienced and has a good grasp of market positions."
"Simon Weller has longstanding experience with PE firms, where the key risks are and how to guide them through novel issues."
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