| Gideon is a media litigator specialising in reputation protection for high profile individuals and companies. He has extensive expertise in the areas of defamation, privacy, harassment and copyright. Gideon is a partner and heads up Simkins' reputation protection team.
Gideon has represented many high profile private and corporate clients including JK Rowling, Naomi Campbell, Roman Polanski, Las Vegas Sands Corp, Lance Armstrong, Gordon Ramsay and The Law Society.
Gideon also received the prestigious award for "Partner of the Year" at the 2008 Lawyer Awards.
Gideon sits on the Law Society's Reference Groups for Libel Reform and Privacy. He was on the Civil Justice Council's Working Party on the draft Defamation Bill. Gideon has given evidence to the Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions, and has overseen the provision of evidence to the Leveson Inquiry and to a number of Parliamentary Committees. He has also spoken at the Cambridge Union on the issue of reputation protection and the press.
If you have a reputation protection issue that requires urgent, out-of-hours advice, please call +44 20 7874 5757. |