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Partner

Menzies LLP is one of the UK's largest regional firms of accountants and advisers to privately owned businesses. It operates from seven offices in London and the South East and its services include accounting, audit, corporate tax, corporate finance, private client, outsourcing and payroll. www.menzies.co.uk. Menzies LLP is a member of HLB International. Formed in 1969, HLB International is a world-wide network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers.

Simon has been advising financially challenged businesses since 1990. In 1998, he broadened his insolvency experience with a three-year stint in insolvency regulation. He subsequently re-joined private practice in 2002 and in 2011 established a new insolvency practice, which transferred into Menzies LLP in 2015. Simon’s 30 years of accumulated experience provides a perfect platform to offer financially distressed businesses and individuals solutions to their difficulties. He has been appointed liquidator and administrator in relation to numerous companies as well as acting as a receiver of various assets and as trustee in bankruptcy of various individuals. In his role as an insolvency officeholder, he has realised and recovered all manner of assets, ranging from debtor ledgers, chattels and various intangible assets. He has also realised various property interests over the years, ranging from small ransom strips through to multi-million pound commercial property in the City of London. He is presently the administrator of Shoreham Airport. Sector specialisations include professional firms, especially solicitors, public sector (asylum accommodation providers), retail, construction and property. He has worked with HM Revenue and Customs, the City of London Police and the UK Border Agency and investigated the conduct of directors and debtors and recovered assets for creditors. Simon has maintained a close relationship with the insolvency regulators and was President of the Insolvency Practitioners Association (“IPA”) in 2007/8. He has since returned to the Board of the IPA and chairs the Standards, Ethics and Regulatory Liaison Committee. Simon is a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner and a Registered Fixed Charge Receiver. He is a Fellow of the IPA, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (ABRP/R3) and The National Association of Property and Fixed Charge Receivers (NARA).