Simmy is a Corporate associate in London. She advises private equity funds, infrastructure funds and major corporates on a broad range of corporate law matters including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, the structuring of private equity deals, leveraged buy-outs, management equity plans, commercial contracts and corporate advisory work. Prior to joining Weil, Simmy was a member of the private equity practice at another international law firm, and has spent time on secondment to DigitalBridge.
Representative experience as part of a team, including prior to joining Weil, includes acting for:
- One Equity Partners and Buckthorn Partners in connection with their acquisition of Amey UK plc from Ferrovial.
- Apollo on its agreement to acquire Miller Homes, one of the UK’s leading homebuilders.
- Fortress Investment Group on the acquisition of Punch Pubs & Co.
- a FTSE-listed company on its acquisition of a telecom tower portfolio in Oman.
- a principal investing arm of an Australian investment bank on its investment in a UK renewable energy developer.
- a French private equity-backed company on its acquisition of a UK-based provider of outsourced independent vehicle and asset audits, governance and risk control services.
- a publicly-listed special purpose acquisition company, in a business combination with a leading pan-European electric vehicle charging network.
- a global private equity firm on the acquisition of a pharmaceutical company specializing in the acquisition, development and marketing of mature branded medicines.
- a portfolio company of a global private equity firm on its acquisition of a UK-based engineering services and technical recruitment supplier in the aerospace, defense, nuclear, and industrial sectors.
- a venture capital and private equity firm on its investment in a leading provider of data security services and compliance software.
- a global alternative investment firm on the sale of shares in a multinational FTSE 100 cyber security company.
- a multinational conglomerate on the UK law aspects of the circa. €1 billion acquisition of its assets by a UK-based FTSE 250 company.
- a global private equity firm on the acquisition of the UK’s largest work zone safety services provider.
- an independent investment firm on its acquisition of a leading provider of business information, legal analysis tools and networking for the global legal markets from a private equity firm.
- a global private equity firm on the acquisition of a UK online printing firm.