Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP‘s debt capital markets practice is well versed in both issuer and underwriter engagements and has major clients in a broad range of sectors, including healthcare, financial services, aviation, energy, and tech. Recent highlights for the group include its representation of JP Morgan Chase & Co., in connection with several billion-dollar fixed-to-floating rate notes offerings. Joshua Ford Bonnie in Washington DC regularly advises both companies and investment banks on billion-dollar offerings. He leads the practice alongside Roxane Reardon and Kenneth Wallach. David Azarkh assists investment banks and corporate clients with investment-grade debt offerings in the healthcare, consumer products, metals and mining, real estate, retail, and energy sectors, among others. Experienced when it comes to both issuer and underwriter engagements, William Brentani heads the firm’s Palo Alto office. Mark Brod’s recent highlights include underwriter representations in the life sciences/healthcare and insurance sectors. Richard Ragusa in Houston, Palo Alto-based Karen Reyes, and Evan Zuckerman were promoted to partner in January 2025. Arthur Robinson, Ryan Bekkerus, Hui Lin, and Jonathan Ozner are also key contacts in the group. All lawyers mentioned are based in New York, unless otherwise stated.
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Key clients
- Alibaba Group
- ALLO Communications
- Apollo Global Management, Inc.
- Banco De Credito E Inversiones
- Barclays Capital Inc.
- BBVA México S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo
- Financiero BBVA
- Benefit Street Partners
- BlackRock, Inc.
- Blackstone Credit
Work highlights
- Representation of Dell Technologies in connection with offerings of $2.5 billion of senior notes (aggregate) and tender offers to purchase up to $500 million of senior notes.
- Representation of the underwriters in connection with offerings of over $4.65 billion of debt securities (aggregate) by subsidiaries of AerCap Holdings N.V.
- Representation of Cisco Systems, Inc. in connection with its offering of senior notes to finance its $28.0 billion acquisition of Splunk Inc.
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Practice head
Joshua Ford Bonnie; Roxane Readon; Kenneth Wallach
Other key lawyers
David Azarkh; William Brentani; Mark Brod; Richard Ragusa; Karen Reyes; Evan Zuckerman; Arthur Robinson; Ryan Bekkerus; Hui Lin; Jonathan Ozner