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Simon Burrows

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Simon is a fantastic lawyer and provides a high quality of service, with great levels of responsiveness.
— Chambers and Partners UK, 2023
UK
About

Simon Burrows has a broad corporate practice, with over twenty years’ experience working on a range of private capital transactions, public and private acquisitions and disposals, co-investments, joint ventures and governance arrangements, together with experience in financial services and asset management, restructurings and private funds. He advises private equity, hedge and pension funds, sovereign and captive investors, public and private corporations and senior management teams across the entire investment lifecycle and in a variety of capital structures.

Simon has repeatedly been ranked in Chambers UK, Legal 500 and IFLR legal directories, which have described him as “a fantastic lawyer” with “strong technical expertise” who is “very good on complex transactions”, “pragmatic, detail-oriented, flexible”, “very practical and diligent”, “a great problem solver”, “very hands-on and focused” and “very creative and flexible in thought”.

Areas of FocusCorporateInvestment FundsMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityFinancial ServicesLife SciencesMedia Sports and EntertainmentTechnologyTelecomsReal EstateConsumer Goods, Food and RetailCapital Solutions
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • AlbaCore and MUFG on an infrastructure debt strategic partnership and related high yield and investment grade infrastructure credit funds.*
  • Virgin Media O2, Liberty Global and Telefónica on the c.GBP3bn merger of Virgin Media O2 and Daisy Group.*
  • ICE Benchmark Administration on the launch of ICE CoT (a platform supporting the trade of commodities).*
  • Liberty Global in relation to its GBP1.2bn investment in Vodafone plc and 9.9% investment in ITV plc.*
  • The Qatar Investment Authority on various matters relating to its investment in the Canary Wharf Group.*
  • New Mountain Capital and its portfolio companies Profile Products, Cumming Group and 3E on multiple acquisitions.*
  • AlbaCore Capital Group in relation to numerous investments across the capital stack.*
  • invoX Pharma on the management buyout from a CFIUS trust of its F-Star Therapeutics business.*
  • JPMorgan Asset Management’s global transportation group on its acquisition of Umove.*
  • Liberty Global on the USD3.2bn spin-off of its Swiss telecommunications business Sunrise Communications.*
  • Goldman Sachs on its investment in and various matters relating to IrisGuard.*
  • SR Mining on the USD1.5bn sale of certain interests to Cengiz Holding.*
  • Liberty Global on its redomiciliation from a UK plc to Bermuda (with continued trading on Nasdaq).*
  • Paramount Global on its USD1.62bn sale of Simon & Schuster to KKR.*
  • CPPIB on its investment in 10x Future Technologies.*

*Experience gained before joining DLA Piper

Education
  • St. John’s College, University of Cambridge, BA, MA (Law -1st Class Honours)
    Whytehead Scholar
    McMahon Law Prize 
  • BPP Law School, LPC
Languages
  • English

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • Ranked for 10 years for Chambers and Partners, 2016 – 2025
  • Ranked Band 4 for Private Equity for Chambers and Partners UK, 2025
  • Ranked as a Rising Star partner by IFLR 1000, 2024
  • Recommended by Legal 500 UK, 2022

Prior Experience

Before joining DLA Piper, Simon had been a partner at an International law firm since 2013.

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Simon Burrows joins DLA Piper’s Corporate practice in strategic private capital...

2 November 2026 .3 minute read

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+44 207 796 6283
(Work, London)
+44 (0)7843 067 955
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