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Simon Morgan

Partner

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

Simon Morgan is a partner in the Corporate/M&A Team at CMS London.  Simon has over 30 years' experience of advising on corporate transactional matters, advising clients across a number of business sectors including Lifesciences, communications and technology.

Clients include established domestic and international companies, public bodies, growing businesses, investment groups and professional intermediaries.

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"Simon Morgan is described by one client as "the best corporate lawyer outside the magic circle. He is outstanding and a jewel in the firm’s crown." He is well known for acting on behalf of business in the media sector and "is very wise and has very good judgement"."

Chambers, 2016

"Simon Morgan is described as an "incredibly knowledgeable, diligent and commercial lawyer who is "at least on a par with the very best lawyers I've worked with," according to one client. He acted for M&C Saatchi on the disposal of a 75.1% stake in Walker Media for GBP 36m"."

Chambers 2015

Relevant experience

  • Blue Prism, the robotic process automation software business, on its USD 1.65bn recommended offer from SS&C, following the USD 1.5bn recommended offer made for it by US private equity firm, Vista.
  • M&C Saatchi, the international marketing agency, on its successful defence of the hostile GBP 264m offer made for it by AdvancedAdvT and on the competitive GBP 310m offer made for it by Next15 Communications Group.
  • BBC Studios, on its GBP 255m acquisition of the ITV Group’s 50% interest in BritBox International, the leading British content TV streamer operating in nine countries.
  • FremantleMedia Group, on its acquisition of Asacha Media Group, a pan European TV production Group with TV production companies in France, Italy and the UK, on its acquisition of controlling interests in Element Pictures, 72 Films and Wildstar Films and on a series of investments in TV production companies.
  • BAE Systems on the sale of NetReveal, its financial crime detection business division, to SymphonyAI.
  • Gigaclear, and its principal shareholder, a fund advised by Infracapital, on an up to GBP 420m equity investment made by funds managed by Equitix.
  • Rank Group on its GBP 115m offer for online gaming operator, Stride Gaming.
  • Blue Prism on a GBP 100m equity placing in 2019 and a GBP 100m equity placing in 2020 and Rank Group on a GBP 70m equity placing in 2020.
  • ParentPay, a leading provider of education technology, on the acquisition by Montagu Private Equity, of a minority interest including the sale by Montagu Private Equity of ESS, an education solutions softare business, to ParentPay.
  • Syncona, the UK based life science investor, on its investment in a series of life science companies and on the USD 476m sale of Blue Earth Diagnostics, a developer of molecular imaging agents including one involved in the targeting of prostate cancer cells, to Bracco Imaging.
  • Freeline Therapeutics, a life science company focused on developing curative gene therapies for chronic systemic diseases, on a USD 120m Series C financing including funding from Syncona, Novo Holdings, Eventide Asset Management and Wellington Management Company.
  • Delancey advised fund, DV4, and management, on the sale of db Symmetry (dbS) to Tritax Big Box REIT valuing dbS at GBP 370m.
     
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Education

  • 1987 – Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales
  • 1985 - Law Society Finals, England and Wales
  • 1984- MA Law, Pembroke College, Cambridge
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04/03/2024
CMS advises BBC Studios on the acquisition of ITV’s stake in BritBox
International law firm CMS has advised long standing client BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial content studio and media and streaming business, on the acquisition of ITV’s 50% stake in BritBox International...
22/02/2024
CMS advises Fremantle on the acquisition of Asacha Media Group
International law firm CMS has advised long standing media client, Fremantle, on its acquisition of Asacha Media Group, a leading European TV production group with TV production businesses: Kabo, Srab...
23/05/2022
CMS advises M&C Saatchi on £310m contested takeover offer
International law firm CMS is advising long-standing client M&C Saatchi plc (“M&C Saatchi”) on its contested takeover which has resulted in a £310m offer from Next Fifteen Communications Group plc...
12/05/2022
CMS advises Fremantle on majority stake acquisition in Element Pictures
International law firm CMS has advised independent TV production company, Fremantle, part of Bertelsmann, the international media group, on its acquisition of a majority interest in award winning production...
03/12/2021
CMS advises Blue Prism Group on £1.24bn offer from SS&C Technologies Holdings
International law firm CMS is advising Blue Prism Group (Blue Prism), the AIM listed robotic process automation software company, on a recommended cash offer made by US fintech company SS&C Technologies...
23/12/2020
CMS advises ParentPay on merger with ESS
International law firm CMS has advised ParentPay, a leading online payment service for schools and families, on its potential merger with ESS, a standalone provider of management information systems and...
23/04/2020
CMS tops UK ECM transactions legal adviser rankings
CMS has advised on five separate placings for listed companies in the past week, reinforcing the firm’s position as the joint most active legal adviser on ECM transactions in Q1 2020 according to ECM...
19/07/2019
CMS advises BBC on transformational partnership with ITV to launch BritBox...
International law firm CMS has advised the BBC on its strategic partnership with ITV to launch BritBox, a new streaming service for UK audiences offering access to the best of British TV. BritBox is already...
01/07/2019
CMS advises sellers in relation to $450m sale of Blue Earth Diagnostics
International law firm CMS has advised the sellers in relation to the sale of Blue Earth Diagnostics to diagnostic imaging business Bracco Imaging. Bracco Imaging will acquire all outstanding shares of...
17/06/2019
CMS advises Rank on £115.3m takeover of leading online gambling company
International law firm CMS has advised listed gambling group, The Rank Group Plc, on its £115.3m agreed takeover of online gaming company Stride plc to create the number two player in UK online bingo...
19/02/2019
CMS advises DV4 Limited and management on £370m logistics disposal
CMS has acted for Delancey-advised fund, DV4 Limited, and management on the sale of its investment in db Symmetry (dbS) to Tritax Big Box REIT plc (Tritax). The deal values dbS at £370m with the consideration...
29/10/2018
CMS advises on Motors.co.uk sale to eBay
CMS has advised global automotive services provider, Cox Automotive UK, on the sale of its consumer-facing car search business, Motors. co. uk, to eBay. The completion is subject to competition clearance...