Australia’s largest waste management company Cleanaway has completed its acquisition of ToxFree solutions, cementing its position as a leader across various waste segments and opening up new opportunities in the growing medical waste sector.
Awards and Recognition
- Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2018 ranks Simon as a Leading Lawyer in the Banking & Finance category. He is also ranked by the guide for Project Finance, Restructuring and Insolvency, and Real Estate.
- Simon is named Best Lawyers 2018 Lawyer of the Year for Distressed Investing and Debt Trading (Melbourne). He was named 'Lawyer of the Year' for Private Equity Law in the 2017 List.
- Best Lawyers 2018 also recognises Simon for Banking and Finance Law, Construction/Infrastructure Law, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Leveraged Buyouts, Private Equity Law, Project Finance and Development Practice, Structured Finance Law.
- Chambers Asia-Pacific 2018 ranks Simon in Band 1 for Banking & Finance: Corporate Finance, and he is also ranked for Banking & Finance: Acquisition Finance.
- Asialaw 2018 recognised Simon as a Leading Lawyer for Banking & Finance, Dispute Resolution & Litigation and Restructuring & Insolvency.
- Chambers Global 2017 ranks Simon in Band 1 for Banking & Finance and Banking & Finance: Acquisition Finance.
Simon is a partner in Gilbert + Tobin’s Banking and Infrastructure group.
He specialises in corporate facilities, LBOs and acquisition financings (including private equity transactions), property and construction financings, gold forwards and loans, project financing, restructurings and workouts, capital markets and derivatives.
Simon is consistently recognised as a leading banking and infrastructure lawyer in numerous international publications including Best Lawyers, Chambers, and Legal 500. He was ranked in the most recent edition of Chambers in the first tier of Corporate Finance and Acquisition Finance lawyers.
Simon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Sydney. He is admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia. He is also admitted to practice in Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.
Assistants
Jo Quilty
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