Drawing on the firm's wider expertise in private equity and banking among other sectors, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP‘s wide-ranging practice covers the full gamut of corporate work, including corporate acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, investments, restructurings, exits and public-to-private transactions. The ’highly skilled’ team is lauded for its cross-border transactional abilities, advising major European and US sponsor clients. Team head Ben Spiers maintains a busy practice, focusing on public and private M&A, securities and corporate restructurings. Elsewhere in the team, Adam Signy is routinely engaged by banks, private equity firms and corporate clients across a wide range of industries, while Clare Gaskell is noted for her experience advising high-profile clients and preeminent sponsors on the market’s most complex and significant deals. Other key figures include Amy Mahon, who co-heads the firm’s global infrastructure practice, and Lucy Gillett, who is recommended for her cross-border expertise.
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‘Highly effective team in getting deals done, super responsive, very knowledgeable and commercial in their approach, very adept at complex, cross-border, large-scale deals.'
‘Highly skilled and totally client-focused, which means they understand their business and what is most important to their client's success. Great communicators and able to connect on all levels.'
'They consistently go the extra mile to get the job done.'
Key clients
- Apax Partners
- Apollo Global Management
- Blackstone
- Bridgepoint Group plc
- Bruin Capital
- Corsair Capital
- CVC Capital Partners
- EQT
- H.I.G Capital
- Hellman & Friedman
Work highlights
- Representing the affiliates of KKR in its recommended offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Smart Metering Systems plc.
- Representing Silver Lake on its public takeover offer for all of the shares of Software Aktiengesellschaft.
- Representing Blackstone Capital Partners on the acquisition of Civica from Partners Group.
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Practice head
Ben Spiers
Other key lawyers
Geoffrey Bailhache; Clare Gaskell; James Howe; Amy Mahon; Lucy Gillett; Adam Signy; Christopher Vallance