Simon Hart

Practice Areas

Simon Hart is a Partner in the Commercial Disputes practice in London and Head of RPC's Financial Markets Disputes team.

Simon's litigation practice has seen him guide clients through a number of complex financial markets disputes, often acting against the largest investment banks. He has acted in claims involving derivatives, structured products, and hedging arrangements. He regularly advises on disputes arising out of loan facilities, trade finance and financial restructurings. He has acted for a wide variety of clients including funds, high net worth investors, financial institutions and insolvency office holders.

He also has many years of experience of advising clients in relation to multi-jurisdictional litigation involving fraud, asset tracing and recovery, as well as commercial contracts, business acquisition and shareholder disputes. He has acted in the successful defence of account forfeiture proceedings brought by the NCA under the Proceeds of Crime Act. He has also acted for family beneficiaries in a significant multi-jurisdictional trust dispute.

Career

Trained Wilde Sapte (now Dentons); qualified 1996; associate Wilde Sapte 2002; senior associate Richards Butler (now Reed Smith) 2002-05; partner Richards Butler 2005-12; partner RPC 2012.

Professional Memberships

International Bar Association Litigation Committee.

Publications

Contributor to the third edition of ‘Banking Litigation’ published by Sweet & Maxwell.