Simon Witney will
be
speaking at 15.30
in the Working
session - AIFM Directive: a practical insight into new regulations |
Simon studied law at Oxford University and then obtained a masters degree from
Leicester University before qualifying as a solicitor in 1994.
He went on to complete an MBA at INSEAD, graduating with distinction
in July 1995 and joined the private equity team at SJ Berwin in
August 1995.
As a member of the private equity
team, Simon has been involved
in venture capital and development
capital investments, management
buyouts and general M&A
work, as well as working on numerous
private equity investment fund
establishments and structurings.
Simon's practice is now focused
on private equity fund formation
and related advice, acting for
the UK government on its Enterprise
Capital Fund project as well
as many leading European venture
capital and buyout houses.
Simon is a member of the BVCA's
Legal and Technical Committee
and the EVCA's Tax and Legal
Committee and regularly works
with them on issues which are
of critical importance to the
European private equity and business
community. Simon writes a weekly
bulletin for clients commenting
on legal and tax developments
which affect the European private
equity community, and is a regular
speaker at conferences and contributes
to a variety of publications.
In October 2006, Simon was named
as one of the "30
most influential lawyers in global
private equity" by the highly regarded industry journal Private Equity International, and, in
January 2008, he was recognised
as one of the Hot 100 lawyers
by The Lawyer.
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