Simon Crown

Practice Areas

Simon Crown specialises in financial regulation, with a particular focus on funds and asset management, M&A and reorganisations involving financial institutions, and the fintech and payments sector.

Simon is a leading adviser on the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). As well as taking part in the UK regulator's legal experts group on AIFMD, Simon advises a large number of asset managers, fund administrators, depositaries and valuers on AIFMD issues.

Simon also regularly advises asset managers on other regulatory issues, such as fund structuring, distribution, licensing, client money and governance.

Simon has extensive experience in advising on acquisitions and disposals of regulated businesses.

Simon also regularly advises in the areas of structured finance (regulation of securitised receivables), market abuse, client money and safeguarding, and licence perimeter issues.

Simon is co-head of the firm's Fintech practice, and has a significant number of clients in the payments sector.

Simon is listed as a Leading Individual in Legal 500 UK for Financial Services: Non-Contentious Regulatory and is also ranked in Chambers

Career

Lincoln College, Oxford (MA Law) 1995

University College, London (LL.M) 1997

Joined Clifford Chance 1998

Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2000

Partner since 2009