Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP‘s derivatives offering includes JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Blackstone and Citibank among its portfolio of clients for its extensive experience in OTC derivative transactions. The team is particularly at transactions involving backleverage, equity-linked margin loans, alongside a broad array of hedge transactions, including interest rates, deal-contingent, commodity and currency hedges. Jonathan Lindabury heads the team out of New York, and remains the cornerstone of the practice for his expertise in hedging transactions, backleverage, equity hedging, forwards, collars, and other OTC transactions.
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Clients clés

  • Alibaba Group
  • Baring Private Equity Asia Fund VIII Limited
  • Blackstone Capital Partners
  • Cigna Corporation
  • Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • EQT AB
  • First Advantage Corporation
  • Gates Industrial Corporation plc
  • Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
  • Paramount Global

Points forts

  • Represented Cisco Systems in its $28 billion acquisition of cybersecurity software company Splunk.
  • Represented Blackstone in connection with hedging transaction relating to the acquisition of AirTrunk, a leading Asian data center operator, for an implied enterprise value of A$24 billion (US$16.1 billion).
  • Represented dealer counterparties to General Motor’s $10 billion accelerated share repurchase.

Avocats

Responsable de la pratique

Jonathan Lindabury