Mr Gregory Ressa > Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

The group at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is noted for its expertise in landmark transactional mandates, with strength in depth in M&A and capital markets. The team is renowned for its work with key client Blackstone and has considerable experience representing them in multi-billion-dollar acquisitions and joint ventures, including its $3.1bn acquisition of Canadian real estate investment trust WPT. Based out of New York, practice head Brian Stadler is recommended for M&A and co-leads the group with key partners Gregory Ressa and Edgar Lewandowski. Nancy Mehlman co-heads the firm’s national tax practice and focuses on real-estate transactions. Also recommended is Benjamin Rippeon in Washington DC who joined from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and advises on the formation of private REITs.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP integrates its multidisciplinary real estate practice with its bank financing, capital markets, M&A and private funds expertise. From New York, Gregory Ressa chairs the practice, where he specializes in representing estate opportunity funds in M&A and financings. Other key in the same office include Scott Kobak, Sasan Mehrara, Krista Miniutti and Whitney Salinas; all highly experienced counsel for private equity firms and portfolio companies in commercial acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and financings.