Simon is one of the founding partners of Town Legal. Prior to co-founding Town Legal in December 2016, he was a partner at King & Wood Mallesons (previously SJ Berwin) for 17 years. Simon specialises in planning, compulsory purchase and local government law, particularly in relation to UK major mixed-use development schemes and infrastructure projects. He has been ranked as the country’s most highly rated planning solicitor for the last eleven years running in Planning magazine’s annual survey. He writes the popular simonicity blog.