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Simon Wright

Partner
Birmingham
About

Simon Wright has a broad corporate practice and specialises in domestic and international M&A. Simon acts regularly for corporate and founder shareholder clients across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the US.

Simon has a particular focus on both the Consumer Goods, Food and Retail sector and in Corporate Real Estate.

Areas of FocusConsumer Goods, Food and RetailReal EstateCorporate
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising 2 Sisters Food Group on multiple M&A transactions including the auction disposal of Fox’s Biscuits to Ferrero, and the carve-out disposals of its red meat processing business to Kepak Group and its fresh-filled sandwich production business to Samworth Brothers.
  • Advising the founder shareholders of East End Foods (EEF), a leading producer and distributor of South Asian ethnic foods in the UK and across continental Europe, on their sale of EEF to Exponent Private Equity.
  • Advising Brookfield Asset Management on its acquisition of a two million square-foot portfolio of logistics assets in Germany, Spain and Poland from Panattoni.
  • Advising Noble Foods on its sale of Gu desserts.
  • Advising Webjet on its AU€300 million acquisition of JacTravel.
  • Advising Wipro Limited on the acquisition of International TechneGroup Incorporated and previously on the sale of the Hosted Data Center Services business to Ensono Corporation.
  • Advising the management team of CPA Global Limited on the £2.4bn sale to Leonard Green & Partners.
Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Warwick, Law and Business
  • College of Law Birmingham, LPC

Awards

  • Legal 500 Rising Star

    "[Simon] is very commercially minded, and a problem solver; he has also demonstrated the depth of his understanding during intense negotiations." Legal 500 Rankings, 2021

My latest insights

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DLA Piper advises Stantec on acquisition of ZETCON

7 December 2023 .2 minute read

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