Charles 'Casey' Cogut

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue
New York
USA
NY 10017-3954
1 212 455 2550
ccogut@stblaw.com

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Nationwide
Private Equity: Buyouts ( Senior Statesmen )
New York
Corporate/M&A ( Senior Statesmen )

Profile

Practice Areas: Active in STB’s M&A and private equity practices. In 2012 represented Eaton Corporation in its acquisition of Cooper Industries; in 2011 represented Microsoft in its acquisition of Skype and the Mosaic Company in its split off from Cargill. Specialises in domestic, international and cross-border M&A transactions. Advises boards of directors on corporate governance and responsibilities of directors.

Career: Joined firm, 1973; Partner, 1980.

Personal: BA, summa cum laude, Lehigh University (1969); JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School (1973). Member of Adjunct Faculty of University of Pennsylvania Law School. Member of the Board of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.