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Simon specialises in corporate restructuring and distress advisory. Simon has led on advisory and formal appointments across a number of sectors including: financial services, oil & gas, food & beverage, entertainment and technology.
Experience
Simon is a qualified accountant and Licensed Insolvency Practitioner who has been working in the restructuring space for over 20 years. Simon's experience includes secondments to two high street lenders.
Notable client work & achievements
Simon has dealt with several companies under FCA regulation including the sale of a regulated company as part of a restructuring and formal appointments over regulated entities and those on the fringes of the regulatory perimeter.
Simon is currently Administrator to an Oil & Gas holding company with subsidiaries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, and has also acted in an advisory capacity to an AIM listed Oil & Gas business.
In the distress advisory space, Simon has a track record of assisting boards to navigate their companies away from insolvency, including supporting the board in negotiations with creditors and other stakeholders. Simon has led independent business reviews of businesses across a range of sectors for lenders and other stakeholders.
Professional qualifications & memberships
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales
- Licensed Insolvency Practitioner
- Member of the Association of Business Restructuring Professionals
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S&W team comment on latest company insolvencies data for construction industry
New data published today by the Insolvency Service shows that there were 367 construction insolvencies in February 2025, the highest they have been since June 2024. This is a 20% increase from January 2025 (306) and 3% increase from February 2024 (355).
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The team complete a sale of Utopia Distribution Services Limited to DP World Logistics UK Limited
On 13 December 2024, Mark Supperstone and Ben Woodthorpe were appointed as joint administrators to Utopia Distribution Services Limited (UDS or the ‘Company’), a physical entertainment distributor. Immediately following the appointment, a sale of the business and assets was completed to DP World Logistics UK Limited (‘DP World’), the supply chain solutions provider.
