Simon Owen Partner

Simon Owen leads the Squire Sanders Banking & Finance Team in Leeds.

With significant complex transaction leadership experience Simon's particular expertise covers mainstream corporate banking, syndicated lending, acquisition/leveraged finance, property finance and restructuring & refinancing work acting for both borrowers and lenders. Simon is listed in the most recent publication of the Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom.

Quotes

• "very practical and client focused" Legal 500 2011
• "comes up with creative solutions to problems" Chambers and Partners 2012
• "Not only does [the team] enjoy a stellar reputation acting for lenders and borrowers on acquisition finance, real estate finance and refinancings, but it is also experiencing a growing reputation advising sponsors in relation to private equity transactions" Chambers and Partners 2012
• sources say "[the team] are very commercial. Not only are they good lawyers but they provide you with pragmatic solutions" Chambers and Partners 2012.

Representative Experience

• £40 million financing of Communisis plc advising the Bank Club.
• £210 million acquisition refinancing of Yule Catto plc.
• £150 million refinancing of The Gibson O'Neill Group Ltd advising the Company.