Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Firm Overview

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP serves corporations, financial sponsors, asset managers and lenders across corporate, investment and disputes work. The firm has an established focus on private capital, deal execution and financial-market transactions, alongside litigation and investigations.

Its M&A teams advise on acquisitions, disposals, buyouts, joint ventures and corporate governance. Capital markets lawyers represent both companies raising finance and underwriting banks on IPOs, debt issuance and other securities transactions. The banking practice handles leveraged credit, acquisition finance and lending by banks or alternative capital providers.

Simpson Thacher also supports fund managers with investment fund launches, manager-level transactions, secondaries and ongoing fund operations. Its restructuring advisers work on distressed investments, liability management and insolvency-related financing.

On contentious matters, the firm handles securities and commercial disputes, antitrust cases, regulatory investigations and arbitration. Further teams cover tax, real estate, energy, financial institutions and technology transactions, allowing advice to be coordinated across finance, corporate and regulatory issues.

Practice Areas

ArbitrationBanking & FinanceCapital marketsCommercial LitigationCompetition & AntitrustCorporate & M&AFinancial Services RegulationPrivate EquityRestructuring & InsolvencyTax

Firm Details

Country / Region: United States

City: New York

Office Address: 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017-3954, United States

Telephone: +1 212 455 2000

Website: https://www.stblaw.com/

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