Background
Simes was born in 1957. Her professional work has been associated with South Australia, where she practised with Finlaysons in Adelaide, and with national Australian legal and financial institutions.
Simes was born in 1957. Her professional work has been associated with South Australia, where she practised with Finlaysons in Adelaide, and with national Australian legal and financial institutions.
Simes worked as a partner in the Commercial Section of Finlaysons in Adelaide, where she convened the firm's Banking & Finance Special Interest Group. Her professional focus included banking, finance and consumer-credit matters. In the mid-1990s she contributed legal commentary on mortgages and guarantees. By January 2002, she was serving as Acting National Manager of Market Law and Policy at the Australian Stock Exchange and appeared before a Senate inquiry concerning the framework for supervision of Australia's stock exchanges.
(Article on mortgage and guarantee requirements under Aust...)
1994Simes was a member of the Banking, Finance & Consumer Credit Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia. At Finlaysons, she convened the firm's Banking & Finance Special Interest Group within its Commercial Section.