Simon leads the firm's environmental law team and is also head of the firm's energy and utilities sector. He is also closely involved in the development of the firm’s ESG programme (internal and external).
Simon is client relationship partner for several leading energy, utility, and resource/waste clients. That role gives him unique insight and understanding of the pressures and requirements that operators in those areas are subject to.
He works closely with those clients to understand what is important to them and how we can help them to achieve their goals.
Simon is a member of CIWM and writes a regular column in their journal, he is a fellow of IEMA and delivers a quarterly legal update webinar for them. He has supported the Broadway Initiative and a group of legal experts who worked with DEFRA in relation to the formation of the new Environment Act 2021.