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Simon Nicholls

Partner | London

About Simon

Simon is a Partner at GP Bullhound, where he leads the bank’s UK Advisory practice and is also responsible globally for its sector coverage in digital services – spanning both digital advertising and digital transformation – and adtech.

With a deal-making career spanning more than 25 years in the tech sector, Simon has advised on a wide range of M&A and capital markets transactions for leading technology, digital services and digital advertising businesses where he has advised on many of the marquee transactions in the UK and across Europe including digital agencies such as Croud, Jellyfish, Goat, Team ITG and Oliver and adtech businesses such as MiQ, Venatus, LoopMe and Blis.

Simon started his deal-making career at UBS Warburg in London, where he advised on large-cap international media & internet transactions in the first internet revolution and has remained passionate and excited by the technology sector and its incredible entrepreneurs ever since.

On Simon Nicholls's radar

Building end-to-end social capabilities to service leading global brands 
GP BULLHOUND ADVISED COOLR ON ITS INVESTMENT FROM GROWTH CAPITAL PARTNERS

Building end-to-end social capabilities to service leading global brands 

Reinventing the Digital Agency Model with a Global Marketplace of On-Demand Experts
GP BULLHOUND ADVISED CROUD – BACKED BY LDC – ON ITS SALE TO ECI PARTNERS

Reinventing the Digital Agency Model with a Global Marketplace of On-Demand Experts

Building the UK’s leading Digital Out-Of-Home media network for motorists
GP BULLHOUND ADVISED I-MEDIA ON ITS INVESTMENT FROM MAYFAIR EQUITY PARTNERS

Building the UK’s leading Digital Out-Of-Home media network for motorists

Fully integrated digital marketing capabilities combined with deep understanding of human behaviour.
GP BULLHOUND ADVISED UNLIMITED ON ITS SALE TO ACCENTURE

Fully integrated digital marketing capabilities combined with deep understanding of human behaviour.