Simon has 30 years’ experience as an insurance and commercial litigation specialist. He was a partner at DLA Phillips Fox before forming YPOL as a founding director in 2007.
Throughout his career Simon has enjoyed working with insurers and their insureds to resolve claims against professionals, including lawyers, accountants, engineers and geotechnical engineers, certifiers, financial advisers, valuers, insurance brokers, and architects – to name a few.
Outside the professional indemnity field, Simon advises local and Lloyd’s market insurers and reinsurers in connection with a broad range of claims including third party property damage, personal injury, and environmental contamination, with a particular focus on litigation arising out of construction activity.