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Simon Hobbs

Partner in charge of commercial litigation and restructuring/insolvency in Milton Keynes. Rated in both disciplines in both The Legal 500 and Chambers. On the insolvency front, Simon is a ‘highly rated’ expert on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious corporate and personal insolvency matters, with some 18 years’ experience. On the Commercial Litigation front, he is described by clients as ‘hard working’ with a ‘quietly confident style’. He deals with heavyweight contractual claims for major commercial clients and local SMEs, franchising, shareholder and partnership disputes, professional negligence claims and IP matters. Simon prides himself on building up trusted advisor status with his clients. · Freeths LLP

EnglandCommercial Litigation, Restructuring & Insolvency
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Partner at Freeths LLP who is in charge of commercial litigation and restructuring/insolvency in Milton Keynes; rated in both disciplines by The Legal 500 and Chambers. Described by clients as hardworking with a quietly confident style, he acts on heavyweight contractual claims, franchising, shareholder and partnership disputes, professional negligence and IP matters, and is a highly rated expert in corporate and personal insolvency with some 18 years' experience.

Practice areas

Commercial LitigationRestructuring & InsolvencyIntellectual PropertyProfessional NegligenceFranchisingShareholder & Partnership Disputes

Office

England

Freeths LLP · Partner in charge of commercial litigation and restructuring/insolvency in Milton Keynes. Rated in both disciplines in both The Legal 500 and Chambers. On the insolvency front, Simon is a ‘highly rated’ expert on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious corporate and personal insolvency matters, with some 18 years’ experience. On the Commercial Litigation front, he is described by clients as ‘hard working’ with a ‘quietly confident style’. He deals with heavyweight contractual claims for major commercial clients and local SMEs, franchising, shareholder and partnership disputes, professional negligence claims and IP matters. Simon prides himself on building up trusted advisor status with his clients.

England

Expertise

Corporate insolvency (contentious and non-contentious)Personal insolvencyCommercial contractual disputesFranchising disputesShareholder and partnership disputesProfessional negligence claimsIntellectual property disputes

Education

  • Cheltenham College
  • Royal Holloway, University of London (1993 BA (Hons))
  • Nottingham Law School

Admissions

  • Qualified 1997 (Bond Dickinson LLP)
  • ADR Group Accredited Mediator (2009)