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Sandi is a partner specialising in commercial litigation, with over 25 years’ experience.

Sandi undertakes a wide variety of commercial litigation, including arbitration across a number of sectors. As well as having wide-ranging experience in taking cases to trial, she also has significant experience in both bringing and defending applications for injunctive relief. She is also experienced in resolving disputes through alternative dispute resolution, providing clients with clear and strategic advice from the outset.

Sandi is the co-head of the multi-disciplinary retail & fashion and hospitality & leisure groups. She has extensive knowledge and experience in all areas of the media and entertainment industry, and advises a number of retail, hospitality, interactive entertainment, music, publishing, theatre, fashion, sport, film and TV clients.

Sandi has been involved in a number of interesting cases such as:

  • 19TV Limited  v (1) Fremantle Media Ltd (2) Simon Cowell (3) Simco Ltd
  • Best Films Ltd v British BSkyB Broadcasting Ltd
  • Horserace Betting Levy Board v Grosvenor West End Properties
  • Telstar Electronic Studios Ltd v Take Two interactive Software Europe Ltd
  • Arnold George Dorsey professionally known as Engelbert Humperdinck v HM Attorney General
  • SU Corporation Ltd v MCPS
  • Frost Capital Europe Ltd v Gathering of Developers Inc
  • Extreme Retail Ltd (1) Extreme Pie Ltd (2) v Madden and others
  • Acting for an international airline in relation to a multi-million pound contractual claim relating to the termination of a services agreement
  • Acting for a leading music publisher in High Court litigation with a licensor regarding the rights to music catalogues, which involved making an application disputing jurisdiction
  • Acting on behalf of a well-known charity in successfully opposing an application for permission to apply for Judicial Review of the charity’s decision to reject a grant application.
  • Brand Studio Limited v St John Knits
  • Entertainment Partners LLC v (1) Laurence John Sargent (2) Lara Emma Sargent (3) Sargent-Disc Limited
  • Kyte Property Ltd v Vandermolen Film Co Ltd

Sandi is recognised in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame, and is described as being “totally devoted to her cases, the law, facts and big picture” and “very pro-active and quick to follow up on ideas”.

TESTIMONIALS

What people say

Louis Castellani and Sandi Simons are both very shrewd and experienced operators.”

The Legal 500

Sandi Simons and the team as a whole have always provided the detailed knowledge, drive and enthusiasm to keep us going.”

The Legal 500

Sandi Simons – totally devoted to her cases, the law, facts and big picture.”

The Legal 500

Sandi Simons is very proactive and quick to follow up on ideas.”

The Legal 500

Sandi Simons is a great partner, who is very easy to work with and gets on top of cases’ details.”

The Legal 500