Global law firm Goodwin announced that Simon Thomas has joined the firm's Financial Restructuring practice as a partner in the London office.

Simon has extensive domestic and international restructuring experience in cases involving infrastructure, shipping, aviation, retail, real estate, energy, manufacturing and telecommunications in both domestic and international situations. Simon joins from the London office of Addleshaw Goddard where he had been a partner since 2013 and had established a significant practice working particularly with funds, lenders and leading insolvency practitioners.

“In the past six months, we have seen a significant increase in distress led restructurings in the international corporate landscape,” said Paul Lyons, Co-Chair of Goodwin's London office. “Simon is a talented industry lawyer who has handled numerous complex restructuring and insolvency mandates in a broad array of disciplines. He will be a tremendous resource to our clients and cross-border teams. We are delighted to welcome Simon to the firm.”

Thomas said, “Goodwin in Europe is expanding rapidly and I am very pleased to be joining the firm at this time. It has international expertise in several key specialisms including real estate, private equity, debt finance and funds - areas where restructuring is central to our client offering. I am also delighted to be able to work with our prominent U.S. restructuring practice and Goodwin London provides an ideal, collaborative platform for me to take my practice to the next level.”