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Simon is the Managing Partner of Clyde & Co Hong Kong, and is a member of the regional Asia Pacific Management Board. Simon practises principally in the areas of financial lines insurance, insolvency and commercial litigation.
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Simon is the Managing Partner of Clyde & Co Hong Kong, and is a member of the regional Asia Pacific Management Board. Simon practises principally in the areas of financial lines insurance, insolvency and commercial litigation.
Simon has extensive expertise in acting for financial institutions, their directors and senior management and professionals in financial insurance, insolvency and litigation; which includes their cyber, regulatory investigations and employment needs.
Simon has a high profile in financial lines insurance, particularly in trade-credit cover, directors and officers claims, financial institutions blanket bond cover, professional indemnity and fraud cases. Simon regularly acts in cyber attacks, incident response, and breach coach roles. His practice extends across the Asia Pacific region.
Apart from shareholders disputes, fraud, accounting irregularities and bribery/corruption, Simon’s financial institutions practice incorporates regulatory investigations. He currently acts for a number of financial and securities industry clients in confidential regulatory matters in Hong Kong and regionally.
Simon's employment practice is employer orientated and often involves contentious, complex matters in the Hong Kong Courts relating to team moves, senior management issues, breaches of duty, confidentiality, and restrictive covenant enforcement. It also extends to corporate restructuring, redundancy, employment contract and company policies.
Simon is a Council Member of Law Society of Hong Kong.
Simon is also a committee of Hong Kong Insurers Club. Simon is ranked in Chambers Asia Pacific 2022 (and has been for over a decade) in Band 1 for contentious insurance lawyers. Chambers states: “Simon McConnell is a market-leading lawyer specialising in contentious financial lines insurance matters, and also serves as managing partner of the Hong Kong office. "He is thorough and detail-oriented," according to one client, elaborating that "I particularly love his attitude and flexibility.”
Simon again been listed in the "Hall of Fame" for insurance in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 Guide, and has been ranked as a leading insurance practitioner in this category for over 10 years. Simon is also ranked in Who's Who Legal: Insurance & Reinsurance 2022, and in Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Hong Kong 2020.
Simon is also ranked and recommended in Legal 500 (2021) Dispute Resolution: Litigation, as the head of a "clear thinking" Litigation team.
Simon is praised for providing "very pragmatic service for local and multinational corporates across the spectrum of their employment needs, from day-to-day human resources requirements to critical global business change projects" (Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020: Hong Kong – Labour and Employment).
Financial Institutions, Directors, Regulatory Investigations and Cyber Experience
Restructuring & Insolvency Experience
Employment Experience
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Risques cyber
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Droit réglementaire et enquêtes
Emploi, pensions et immigration
Insolvabilité et restructuration
Litiges commerciaux
Protection des données et de la vie privée
Recouvrement à l’échelle mondiale
Risques cyber
Risques liés aux changements climatiques
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