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Jennifer Hobbs
Work Department
Corporate/Banking and Credit
Position
Jennifer Hobbs, a Corporate Partner who is a member of the Executive Committee and Co-Administrative Partner of the Firm, focuses on acquisition finance and advises on a broad range of financings for many of the Firm’s leading private equity and corporate clients, including Silver Lake Partners, EQT Partners and the private equity group at Goldman Sachs, together with their portfolio companies. Jennifer has led some of the largest acquisition financings in history, including representing Silver Lake Partners and Michael Dell in the financing of their $27 billion take private of Dell, Inc. and later Dell itself in the debt financing for its $67 billion acquisition of EMC Corporation. She also represented Mars in the debt financing of its historic $22 billion acquisition of the Wm. Wrigley Company.
Education
B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, University of Texas (1989); Masters of International Affairs, Columbia University (1992); J.D., Law Review, New York University (1997).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Commercial lending
(Leading lawyers)Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP maintains its leading position across the borrower and lender markets, standing out particularly for its ability to advise on high-value and impactful acquisition financings. The team’s lender-side activity involves work for major banks such as JP Morgan as well as an expanding roster of clients in the private credit space, while its borrower-side clients include some of the nation’s largest private equity firms alongside corporate borrowers such as Dell Technologies. Most frequently advising on leveraged buyouts and investment-grade credit facilities in connection with high-value acquisitions, the firm also actively assists with asset-based lending and refinancings. Standout recent deals in this space include New York-based partner William Sheehan‘s representation of Bank of America in providing $21.7bn of unsecured credit facilities to Oracle. Practice head Patrick Ryan, a longstanding acquisition finance expert, also works out of New York, alongside key contacts James Cross and Jennifer Hobbs. In Houston, Matt Einbinder and Erland Modesto are highly recommended for their ability to advise on financings in the energy sector.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Finance > Commercial lending
- Commercial lending United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)