Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is a first port of call for a number of global banks and private equity houses, advising the former on the structuring of high value syndicated loans and the latter on both private credit arrangements and syndicated acquisition finance deals. The firm augmented its alternative capital and private credit practice with the arrivals in June 2023 of Latham & Watkins LLP‘s David Teh, assisting with leveraged finance acquisitions and capital raisings. For borrowers, the team provides support with the securing of a variety of financing structures, predominantly syndicated acquisition facilities and leveraged buyouts. Patrick Ryan specializes in putting together acquisition and bridge credit facilities on behalf of individual banks and syndicates. William Sheehan is noted for his advice to banks on deals ranging from acquisition to bridge financing, and added further firepower in this regard with the July 2023 arrival of Jennifer Albrecht from an in-house role at a bank, who also advises on recapitalization and restructuring matters. All lawyers named are based in New York.

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Key clients

  • Apax Partners
  • Apollo Global Management
  • Aramark Corp
  • Blackstone
  • BlackRock
  • Carrix
  • The Carlyle Group
  • Charlesbank Capital Partners
  • Cigna Group
  • Dell Inc.
  • DigitalBridge Group
  • EQT
  • Fox Corporation
  • GFL Environmental
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • GTCR
  • Heartland Dental
  • Hellman & Friedman
  • The Hershey Company
  • Hub International
  • IFM Investors
  • KKR
  • Kodiak Gas Services
  • Mars, Inc.
  • New Mountain Capital
  • Permira Advisers
  • Silver Lake Partners
  • Stonepeak Partners
  • SunPower Corporation
  • Teleflex Incorporated
  • TPG
  • World Insurance Associates
  • Angelo, Gordon & Co.
  • Bank of America
  • Bank of Montreal
  • Bank of Nova Scotia
  • Blackstone Credit
  • BNP Paribas
  • Capital One
  • CIBC
  • Citigroup
  • Crédit Agricole
  • Credit Suisse
  • EIG Capital Management
  • Energy Opportunities Capital Partners
  • Farallon Capital Management
  • Goldman Sachs
  • HSBC
  • ICG
  • JPMorgan
  • KeyBank National Association
  • KKR Credit
  • Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  • Mizuho Bank
  • Morgan Stanley
  • MUFG Union Bank
  • PSP
  • Riverstone Credit Management
  • Riverstone Credit Partners
  • Royal Bank of Canada
  • Scotiabank
  • Silver Lake Partners
  • Sixth Street Partners
  • Société Générale
  • Stonepeak Partners
  • Toronto Dominion (Texas)
  • Truist Securities
  • Wells Fargo
  • Carrix
  • Charlesbank Capital Partners
  • Cigna Group
  • Dell Inc.
  • DigitalBridge Group
  • EQT
  • Fox Corporation
  • GFL Environmental
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • GTCR
  • Heartland Dental
  • Hellman & Friedman
  • The Hershey Company
  • Hub International
  • IFM Investors
  • Kodiak Gas Services
  • Mars, Inc.
  • New Mountain Capital
  • Permira Advisers
  • Silver Lake Partners
  • Stonepeak Partners
  • SunPower Corporation
  • Teleflex Incorporated
  • TPG
  • World Insurance Associates
  • Angelo, Gordon & Co.
  • Apollo Global Management
  • Bank of America
  • Bank of Montreal
  • Bank of Nova Scotia
  • BlackRock
  • Blackstone Credit
  • BNP Paribas
  • Capital One
  • CIBC
  • Citigroup
  • Crédit Agricole
  • Credit Suisse
  • EIG Capital Management
  • Energy Opportunities Capital Partners
  • Farallon Capital Management
  • Goldman Sachs
  • HSBC
  • ICG
  • JPMorgan
  • KeyBank National Association
  • Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  • Mizuho Bank
  • Morgan Stanley
  • MUFG Union Bank
  • PSP
  • Riverstone Credit Management
  • Riverstone Credit Partners
  • Royal Bank of Canada
  • Scotiabank
  • Silver Lake Partners
  • Sixth Street Partners
  • Société Générale
  • Stonepeak Partners
  • Toronto Dominion (Texas)
  • Truist Securities

Work highlights

  • Advised a Blackstone-led consortium in financing Emerson’s sale of a majority stake in Climate Technologies, valuing the business at $14bn, to Blackstone.
  • Advised Silver Lake Partners in its committed debt financing for its acquisition of Qualtrics, valuing the business at $12.5bn.
  • Advised JPMorgan Chase Bank and Bank of America in €8.2bn of committed financing for Carrier Global Corporation in its announced €12bn acquisition of Viessmann Climate Solutions.

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Practice head

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Brian Steinhardt, Alexandra Kaplan

Other key lawyers

Brian Gluck, David Teh, Jennifer Albrecht, Patrick Ryan, William Sheehan