Simon Shinkwin

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About Simon Shinkwin

Simon is a Partner at Matheson, Ireland’s largest law firm.Simon has extensive experience in advising clients on EU and Irish competition, regulatory and merger control laws with a particular focus on regulated sectors primarily telecoms, media, technology, infrastructure, food & beverage and life sciences. Simon also leads Matheson's FDI practice advising on navigating Ireland’s FDI regime and acquisitions of ‘critical’ and ‘sensitive’ assets and businesses.Simon advises clients in relation to complex competition, merger control and FDI issues before the CCPC, Minister for Environment, Climate & Communications and the European Commission as well as advising on regulatory matters including advisory and compliance work, regulatory appeals, investigations and submissions to ComReg, the CCPC, the European Commission, the Coimisiún na Meán and other sectoral regulators. as a 'Rising Star' European Legal 500 2023 & 2024: Telecoms and European Legal 500 2024: CompetitionSimon Shinkwin has a similar ability to digest significant amounts of information, interpret a variety of data, listen carefully to clients’ questions and opinions, provide highly trustworthy feedback on those questions and opinions, and collate various documents and resources to our strategic advantage' European Legal 500 2023: TelecomsSimon Shinkwin stands out. He is very responsive and commercial and has good insight into what the rest of the telecoms market is doing.’ European Legal 500 2023: Telecoms‘The telecoms team have supported our business on a number of large and complex transactions and have proven that they have the knowledge and the resources to deliver quality results on time and to a high standard in time-critical situations. Kate McKenna and Simon Shinkwin are always available to discuss complex regulatory issues that may arise; they approach these issues in a solution-focused manner and are not afraid to be creative and innovative in their advice. European Legal 500 2022: Telecoms‘Simon Shinkwin is also excellent and one to watch. He has shown very strong technical ability and in-depth knowledge of the law and of the telecom industry. He is approachable and a safe pair of hands even in the most complex matters'European Legal 500 2022: EU and Competition‘Simon Shinkwin has been very responsive and aims to understand commercial imperatives and tailors his advice accordingly.’European Legal 500 2021: TelecomsSimon tutors in competition law on the Law Society of Ireland PPC1 course for trainee solicitors.