- Chairman, Executive Committee: Philip T (Pete) Ruegger
- Administrative Partners: William R Dougherty, Mary Beth Forshaw
- Number of partners worldwide: 193
- Number of other lawyers worldwide: approx. 650
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. The firm advises clients worldwide across a broad spectrum of corporate transactions and litigation matters by offering 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 litigations of the last decade.
Main Areas of Practice:
M&A & Private Equity:
• PPL Corporation in its acquisitions of Central Networks (£4.1 billion) and E.ON U.S. ($7.6 billion)
• Microsoft in its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype n Apax Partners and Consortium in their $6.3 billion acquisition of Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
• TD Bank in its $6.3 billion acquisition of Chrysler Financial n ITT and Tyco in their respective spin-off transactions
• KKR, Vestar and Centerview in their $5.3 billion acquisition of Del Monte Foods Company
Contact: Lee A Meyerson Tel: 212 455 3675
Email: lmeyerson@stblaw.com
Capital Markets:
• Issuers or underwriters on IPOs for HCA ($4.35 billion), Nielsen ($1.89 billion), Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company ($11 billion)
• Issuers or underwriters in 2010-2011 high yield debt offerings for HCA ($5.5 billion), Del Monte ($1.3 billion), Arch Coal ($2 billion) and Virgin Media (over $2 billion)
• Initial purchasers in NBC Universal’s $5.1 billion debt offering and Oracle’s $3.25 billion debt offering
Contact: Vincent Pagano Tel: 212 455 3125
Email: vpagano@stblaw.com
Banking & Finance:
• KinderMorgan in $13 billion of financing related to its announced $38 billion acquisition of El Paso Corporation
• KKR in the financing for its $2.375 billion acquisition of Capsugel
• Lenders in a $5 billion senior secured revolving credit facility forAnadarko Petroleum Corporation
• Debt refinancing transactions for Texas Competitive Electric Holdings ($19 billion);Goodman Global ($2.025 billion); and CB Richard Ellis ($1.35 billion)
Contact: Patrick J Ryan Tel: 212 455 3463
Email: pryan@stblaw.com
Private Funds:
• Centerbridge Partners in the establishment of Centerbridge Capital Partners II, L.P.
• EQT in the establishment of EQT VI Fund
• First Reserve Management, L.P. in the establishment of First Reserve Energy Infrastructure Fund, L.P.
Contact: Thomas H Bell Tel: 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
• 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 $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, Inc. in patent litigation over Benlysta®
Contact: Paul C Curnin Tel: 212 455 2519
Email: pcurnin@stblaw.com
Contact: Thomas C Rice Tel: 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 in achieving a dismissal of antitrust litigation concerning the acquisition of Del Monte
• Several Second Request investigations by US regulators including AdMeld in its sale to Google, Varian Semiconductor in its sale to 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: 212 455 7680
Email: karquit@stblaw.com
Contact: Joseph F Tringali Tel: 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 in its $15.1 billion sale to BHP Billiton
• KKR and investor group in the $7.2 billion acquisition of Samson Investment Company
• Lenders and initial purchasers in over $2.2 billion financings for Terra-Gen Power wind power projects
• $1 billion credit facility for GeoSothern Energy
Contact: David M Lieberman Tel: 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 ofHilton’s debt
Contact: Gregory J Ressa Tel: 212 455 7430
Email: gressa@stblaw.com