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Simon Ellis is an up-and-coming partner with expertise in areas including fund formation, fundraising and co-investment funds.
Simon Ellis
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Simon Ellis
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Simon Ellis is a partner in Akin’s investment management practice. He advises prominent private fund sponsors on fundraisings and the ongoing maintenance of funds, with a focus on mid-market and emerging-market funds. Simon represents sponsors, managers and investors, including sovereign wealth funds, on fund formations and capital deployments worldwide.
In addition to his work in respect of primary investments, Simon also advises clients on the secondary acquisition and sale of fund interests and on a range of structured secondary transactions, including rollover secondaries, tender offers and general partner (GP)-led restructurings.
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L.P.C., The College of Law, Guildford, 2012
GDL, BPP University Law School, 2009
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Simon has a methodological approach to work; it's very structured.
Simon is smart, hard-working, knows his stuff and stays across the piece commercially.
Simon has excellent legal skills and knowledge of the market.
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Simon Ellis is very technically minded. He does a great job on international work.
Simon has a methodological approach to work; it's very structured.
Simon is smart, hard-working, knows his stuff and stays across the piece commercially.
Simon has excellent legal skills and knowledge of the market.
Simon Ellis is very technically minded. He does a great job on international work.
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