Jonathan Simms Email & Phone Number

Leeds, United Kingdom

Corporate partner at Clarion. The legal firm that makes it happen for you. The Clarion corporate team aims to help businesses and entrepreneurs develop and flourish by offering a partnership approach to our clients. We are interested in the long term journey and not the short term fix. We have a national and international reach with the objective of being supportive, dynamic and business minded - it’s our approach that makes us different and helps you achieve your objectives.I… Show more Corporate partner at Clarion. The legal firm that makes it happen for you. The Clarion corporate team aims to help businesses and entrepreneurs develop and flourish by offering a partnership approach to our clients. We are interested in the long term journey and not the short term fix. We have a national and international reach with the objective of being supportive, dynamic and business minded - it’s our approach that makes us different and helps you achieve your objectives.I am very lucky and proud to work with a 20 strong specialist corporate team that has developed a reputation for being innovative, experienced and commercially savvy. The corporate team is built around core principles of extensive expertise and a clarity of approach to ensure you get your deal done. With such strength in depth throughout the corporate team and our other specialist teams e.g. banking and finance team, commercial contracts and IP we can deliver a fast and proactive service that sets us apart from many of our competitors. In short, we make it happen. "A good team of motivated people who are extremely client-focused and solve problems with a commercially creative approach" Chambers UK 2022 Show less

I am a senior associate within Clarion’s corporate team and work with clients throughout Leeds, the North of England and UK wide, across all disciplines of corporate law with particular expertise in transactional, banking and finance issues.“I like to spend time with my clients, understanding their business and, in doing so, becoming one of their trusted advisor’s who is able to help build their businesses and plan strategy. Straight forward and easy to talk to, I lead negotiations and… Show more I am a senior associate within Clarion’s corporate team and work with clients throughout Leeds, the North of England and UK wide, across all disciplines of corporate law with particular expertise in transactional, banking and finance issues.“I like to spend time with my clients, understanding their business and, in doing so, becoming one of their trusted advisor’s who is able to help build their businesses and plan strategy. Straight forward and easy to talk to, I lead negotiations and deals, particularly in respect of my work with my corporate clients and my banking and finance clients. Currently split 50/50 I work with businesses and companies up to £30m turnover and institutional funders: banks including HSBC Bank Plc and Cooperative Bank Plc and asset based lenders such as Reward Capital LLP, Aldermore Invoice Finance and Skipton Business Finance.I very much enjoy my work and, never afraid to roll my sleeves up and get stuck in, have grown strong relationships both with my clients and within Clarion, where, as and when needed I can call on my colleague’s specialist expertise from our wider practice. It’s a rewarding and dynamic way to work.I am currently continuing to strengthening Clarion’s work within the banking and finance sector I was recently invited to Mexico City by HSBC as an advisor on their ‘Business Thinking’ initiative – a great experience and a great honour. Show less

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