- Chairman, Executive Committee: Philip T (Pete) Ruegger
- Administrative Partners: Mary Beth Forshaw, Alan M Klein
Firm Overview: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is widely recognised as one of the pre-eminent law firms in the world.The firm devotes to its clients the legal talent and skill of over 850 lawyers with a commitment to hard work, excellence and integrity. Clients around the world in a wide array of industries turn to Simpson Thacher for advice on their largest and most complex transactions and their most challenging legal disputes. The firm offers straightforward, pragmatic advice that recognises the business needs of clients in light of prevailing commercial and legal realities.The firm has played a substantial role in many of the most complex and noteworthy transactions and matters of the last decade.
Main Areas of Practice:
M&A & Private Equity:
• Eaton Corporation in its $11.8 billion acquisition of Cooper Industries
• Arle Capital Partners in its $1.12 billion sale of Capital Safety Group
• TDC in its CHF3.3 billion sale of Sunrise Communications
• Spin-off transactions for ITT, Kraft Foods, L-3 Communications and Tyco
• KKR and investor group in their $7.2 billion acquisition of Samson Investment Company
• Chemspec International in its going private transaction
Contact: Lee A Meyerson Tel: +1 212 455 3675 Email: lmeyerson@stblaw.com
Capital Markets:
• Issuers or underwriters in the IPOs of Facebook ($16 billion), Japan Airlines ($8.5 billion), HCA Holdings ($4.35 billion), Realogy Holdings ($1.2 billion), Carlyle ($671 million), CFR Pharmaceuticals ($370 million) and Cementos Pacasmayo ($230 million)
• Bank of Communications in its $8.9 billion private share placement
• Alcamenes Exito in its $1.4 billion equity offering
• Underwriters in connection with a portion of the $2.2 billion financing for the acquisition of Pharmaceutical Product Development by Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman
• Vanguard Health Systems on high yield debt offerings totaling approximately $1.5 billion
Contact: Arthur D Robinson Tel: +1 212 455 7086 Email: arobinson@stblaw.com
Banking & Finance:
• Kinder Morgan in over $12 billion of financing related to its acquisition of El Paso Corporation
• GeoSouthern Energy in its $1 billion credit facility
• Celulosa Arauco and Stora Enso in the $1.5 billion project financing of the Montes del Plata pulp mill
• The lead arrangers of $3 billion of financing for Cumulus Media’s acquisition of Citadel Broadcasting
• JPMorgan, as lead arranger of $20 billion in financing to support AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile
Contact: Patrick J Ryan Tel: +1 212 455 3463 Email: pryan@stblaw.com
Private Funds:
• EQT in the establishment of EQT VI Fund
• BC Partners in the establishment of BC European Capital IX
• Vista Equity Partners in the establishment of Vista Equity Partners Fund IV
Contact: Thomas H Bell Tel: +1 212 455 2533 Email: tbell@stblaw.com
Litigation & Arbitration:
• Several major investment banks, including RBS, UBS and Deutsche Bank, as well as other entities and individuals in residential mortgage-backed litigation and/or investigations
• JPMorgan Chase against allegations that it participated in the manipulation of the key LIBOR interest rate
• A global technology company in a centi-million dollar international arbitration concerning mobile communication baseband technology
• Securing judgments and favourable arbitration awards for JPMorgan Chase in litigation relating to auction rate securities
• USF&G in an asbestos related reinsurance litigation obtaining an affirmance of a $420 million summary judgment
• Securing a $28 million jury verdict for a Jordanian Royal Family member for breach of Iraq war defence contracts
• Human Genome Sciences in patent litigation against Genentech and City of Hope over Benlysta®, the first FDA approved treatment for systemic lupus in over 50 years
Contact: Paul C Curnin Tel: +1 212 455 2519 Email: pcurnin@stblaw.com
Contact: Thomas C Rice Tel: +1 212 455 3040 Email: trice@stblaw.com
Antitrust:
• Obtained Second Circuit affirmance of the dismissal of an antitrust class action against the Fidelity family of title insurance companies and denial of certiorari by the US Supreme Court
• JPMorgan Chase and liaison role in municipal derivative price-fixing litigation case and dismissal of two putative auction rate securities-related antitrust class actions
• KKR concerning the acquisition of Del Monte and achieving a dismissal of antitrust litigation
• Successful clearance by US regulators for AdMeld in its sale to Google, Varian Semiconductor in its acquisition by Applied Materials, Wyeth in the Pfizer merger and Quidsi in its Amazon acquisition
• Two of the largest US private equity firms in a class action antitrust conspiracy suit Contact: Kevin J Arquit Tel: +1 212 455 7680 Email: karquit@stblaw.com
Contact: Joseph F Tringali Tel: +1 212 455 3840 Email: jtringali@stblaw.com
Bankruptcy & Restructuring:
• Senior lenders or agents for the senior lenders in the Chapter 11 proceedings or exit financings for Citadel Broadcasting, Chrysler, Idearc, General Motors, MF Global, MGM Studios, Oriental Trading, Reader’s Digest, Simmons Bedding and Smurfit Stone
Contact: Peter V Pantaleo Tel: 212 455 2220 Email: ppantaleo@stblaw.com
Energy & Infrastructure:
• Petrohawk Energy in its $15.1 billion sale to BHP Billiton
• ITC Holdings in its announced $5.6 billion acquisition of the electric transmission business of Entergy Corporation in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction
• Lenders and initial purchasers in over $2.2 billion financings for Terra-Gen Power wind power projects
Contact: David M Lieberman Tel: +1 212 455 3545 Email: dlieberman@stblaw.com
Real Estate:
• Blackstone in its $9.4 billion acquisition of the US shopping mall business of Australia’s Centro Properties
• Hilton and affiliates of Blackstone in the restructuring of approximately $26 billion of Hilton’s debt
Contact: Gregory J Ressa Tel: +1 212 455 7430 Email: gressa@stblaw.com
Areas of PracticeAntitrust
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy & Restructuring
Capital Markets
M&A & Private Equity
Energy & Infrastructure
Litigation & Arbitration
Private Funds
Real Estate