Simon Cox is a corporate lawyer based in London. He has extensive experience of working on IPOs and  international mergers and acquisitions projects. Much of his work involves frontier markets and natural resources.

Simon regularly speaks at conferences on corporate finance and financial services and M&A issues and contributes a chapter on London listing of overseas companies, investment entities, debt and specialist securities and mineral companies in the annual Practitioners Guide to the Financial Services Authority Listing Regulations. He has advised on a wide range of IPOs and secondary fundraisings.

He has extensive experience of working on securities and M&A projects for natural resources companies.

"The "very pragmatic" Simon Cox is an ECM specialist who largely concentrates on emerging markets transactions, which often involve the energy and mining sectors." Chambers UK 2014

"Simon Cox is frequently called on to advise clients facing joint venture, securities, M&A and restructuring issues and is hugely respected in the market. He has extensive on-the-ground experience in the CIS and is an "emerging markets expert."  Interviewees describe him as "incredibly knowledgeable and a tenacious negotiator."" Chambers UK 2016

"Simon Cox "is a super corporate lawyer" with extensive experience of matters in emerging markets. He advises on a variety of corporate issues including M&A transactions, joint ventures and international securities. Commentators describe him as "a very detail-oriented guy." Chambers UK 2017