Simon Edwards
UK Guide 2025
Band 4 : Commercial Contracts
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About
Provided by Simon Edwards
Practice Areas
Simon is a Partner in Trowers & Hamlins' Commercial Team, with over 20 years' experience advising on and negotiating commercial contracts.
Simon's practice has a particular focus on the Food/Beverage and Retail/Consumer sectors, having provided strategic advice to numerous household names in the sectors over the past 10 years. His knowledge of those sectors has been further enhanced by spending over a year in-house at 3 global consumer businesses.
Simon specialises in advising clients on complex, business critical, outsourcings and services agreements with a particular focus on supply chain and logistics arrangements. He also advises clients regularly on their "business as usual" contracts, including supply arrangements for goods and services and agency, distribution and franchising agreements.
Chambers Review
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Simon Edwards of Trowers & Hamlins has solid experience in handling sophisticated commercial contracts matters, including outsourcing, logistics and supply chain issues. He is most active in the retail and food and beverage sectors.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Simon is a trusted advisor to the business. He is a tenacious negotiator and manages to combine technical ability with commercial awareness."
"Simon is a very reliable commercial lawyer. His advice is always practical and delivered in a digestible manner."
"Simon is an incredible commercial lawyer with not only great knowledge of the law but also great business acumen, understanding and appreciation for an in-house lawyer's role and responsibilities."
"Simon is a trusted advisor to the business. He is a tenacious negotiator and manages to combine technical ability with commercial awareness."
"Simon is a very reliable commercial lawyer. His advice is always practical and delivered in a digestible manner."
"Simon is an incredible commercial lawyer with not only great knowledge of the law but also great business acumen, understanding and appreciation for an in-house lawyer's role and responsibilities."