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Simon Rae

Simon Rae

Partner
Edinburgh
About

Simon Rae has considerable experience of a wide range of UK and cross-border corporate transactions including acquisitions and disposals (with a particular focus on private equity related transactions), fund raisings (both private and public), restructurings and reorganisations, and joint ventures.

Simon is the office managing partner of our Scottish business and leads the corporate team in Scotland. He is also a member of the UK management team.

Areas of FocusEnergy and Natural ResourcesIndustrialsCorporateFinanceMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityTechnology
Professional QualificationsAdmitted as a Solicitor with the Law Society of Scotland

EXPERIENCE

  • Acting for BrewDog on the £213m sale of a 22.3% stake to private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners
  • Acting for First Reserve on the institutional buyouts of Rigmar Services Limited and Interocean Marine Services Limited
  • Acting for Energy Ventures on the institutional buyouts of Aquaterra Energy Limited and Enpro Subsea Limited
  • Acting for Vespa Capital on the management buyout of Interactive Meetings Limited and Lumi Technologies SASU
  • Acting for Scottish Equity Partners, Hermes Private Equity and the Environmental Energy Fund on the institutional buyout of Anesco Limited
  • Acting for Ivanhoe Cambridge on the disposal of St Enoch's Centre Unit Trust and related entities to Blackstone
  • Acting for the vendors on the disposals of Red Spider Technology Limited and Intelligent Well Systems Limited to Halliburton
  • Acting for the vendors on the disposal of Meta Downhole Limited to Schlumberger
  • Acting for the vendors on the disposal of Random 42 Limited to Graphite Capital
  • Advising MeadWestvaco Inc on its global group reorganisation and capital reduction programme
  • Advising for Moody’s Corporation on its European group reorganisation and debt restructuring
Education
  • Strathclyde University, LLB (Hons), 1994
  • Strathclyde University, DiP LP, 1995

Awards

  • Inducted into the Legal 500 Hall of Fame for continued excellence in the area of Corporate and Commercial
  • Ranked as one of only six Band 1 individuals for Corporate M&A Scotland by Chambers & Partners 2018, and recognised as a Leading Individual for Corporate and Commercial Scotland by Legal 500 2017
  • Market commentators say he is "easy to work with and good technically." - Chambers & Partners 2018

My latest insights

News

DLA Piper appoints new Litigation and Regulatory partner to its Edinburgh Office

4 January 2023 .2 minute read

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+44 (0)131 242 5085
(Work, Edinburgh)
+44 7968 559163
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