Simeon read Law with French at Leicester and Strasbourg universities, took Law Society Finals at Nottingham Trent Law School, and qualified as a solicitor in 1992. Simeon has been a partner in the Restructuring and Insolvency unit of Edwin Coe LLP since December 2007. Having lived and studied in France, Simeon is francophone.
With both contentious and transactional insolvency expertise, Simeon advises insolvency practitioners, banks, distressed companies and individuals in a wide range of both corporate and personal insolvency matters. His corporate transactional work has an administration bias with the preparation of business sales being a particular specialism. In personal insolvency matters, Simeon has a specialist European Regulation practice, advising individuals, practitioners and creditors on the historic application of the European Regulation, and the consequences of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.
A notable final case before the CJEU, one of the last referrals form the UK, was a complex indirect restriction of freedom of movement argument in which the UK position on the registration of EU pension provisions was successfully argued to be contrary to the provisions of Article 49 TFEU, the effect of which was to ensure that the client’s pension rights remained outside his bankruptcy. C-168/20.
Simeon has edited and written works on Company Meetings in insolvency proceedings and the disqualification legislation for directors. He also lectures to insolvency practitioners and lawyers both in England and abroad on procedural and substantive elements of insolvency law and practice.
Having been a member of R3 for many years he was delighted to be elected to Council where he served as Chair of the Small Practices Group for a six year term. Simeon leads Edwin Coe’s long-standing support for INSOL Europe through the firm’s sponsorship of the Academic Forum.
Contact
Telephone:
+44 (0)20 7691 4166
Expertise
Credentials
Ranked as Band 1 in Chambers UK 2025
Recommended in the Legal 500 UK 2023
Elected to the UK reserve seat of INSOL Europe
Immediate past Council Member of R3
Immediate past Chair of Small Practices Group for R3
Member of INSOL Europe, sponsor Academic Forum
Member of the French Chamber of Commerce
Simeon's Blogs
Blog - 15/11/2024
Judgment Creditors and Debtors’ Pension...
Restructuring & Insolvency
Blog - 14/05/2024
Administrations Explained: Matches Fashion up...
Restructuring & Insolvency
Blog - 08/05/2024
The Matches Fashion Group administration: pro...
Restructuring & Insolvency
Blog - 27/02/2024
Administration, pre-packs and the Body Shop i...
Restructuring & Insolvency
