Simon has been advising local and multinational companies for 20 years. He was previously Co-Head of Corporate Finance at BZW and ABN AMRO.

Major roles include advising:

• Woolworths on its $400m market buyback
  
• DMGT in relation to the sale of 50% of DMG Radio Australia to Illyria
  
• Amalgamated Holdings in relation to its 1 for 5 traditional renounceable rights issue ($107m) to strengthen its capital base and provide flexibility to pursue growth opportunities
  
• Woolworths on its joint recommended takeover offer with Lowe's Companies Inc for Danks Holdings Limited ($87.6m pending)
  
• Santos on its $3.0b underwritten 2-for-5 accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer (current)
  
• Edgars Consolidated Stores Limited on its R25 billion ($4.5b) leveraged buy out by Bain Capital
  
• Mincom Limited on the recommended cash offer by Francisco Partners (EV of $315m)
  
• Australian Pipeline Trust in regard to Alinta's shareholding (current)
  
• TOWER Limited on the trans-Tasman demerger of Australian and New Zealand businesses ($1.4b) including $160m new equity raising for Tower Australia Group
  
• Santos Limited on its $606m takeover offer for QGC and subsequent $906m scheme of arrangement and demerger proposal
  
• Allco Finance Group on its $3b merger with Record Investments
  
• Rio Tinto on the sell down of its 14% interest in Lihir Gold ($399m)
  
• CHAMP, CHI and Austar management on the simultaneous sale of their 42% interest in Austar ($601m)
  
• Patrick Corp on the takeover defence from a $6.8b unsolicited bid by Toll Limited
  
• Perpetual & Australian Stock Exchange - on the sale of ASX Perpetual Registrars ($132m)
  
• Stockland - on its unsolicited takeover offer for GPT ($7.5b)
  
• British Airways - advice and structuring of sale of Qantas Airways investment ($1.1b)
  
• TAB - response to the takeover offer by Tabcorp ($2.4b)
  
• Adelaide Brighton - response to takeover offer by Boral ($867m)
  
• Herron Pharmaceuticals - sale to Sigma Co ($123m)
  
• Coles Myer - review of structural alternatives for the Group
  
• OPSM - response to the takeover offer by Luxottica ($550m)
  
• Orogen Minerals - merger with Oil Search ($1.4b)
  
• Minara- response to takeover offer by Matlin Paterson ($420m), $300m rights issues and $1bn debt restructuring
  
• Solution 6 - merger with MYOB ($450m)
  
• British American Tobacco Australasia - purchase of its minorities ($1.1b)
  
• MEPC Plc - sale of its Australian business ($523m)
  
• AMP Investments - acquisition of Hammerson Australia ($544m)
  
• Pancontinental Mining - takeover defence ($510m)
  
• BTR Plc - acquisition of minorities in BTR Nylex ($4.5b)

Simon is currently Deputy President of the Federal Government's Takeovers Panel.