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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Offices
425 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017-3954
NEW YORK
United States
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Marni Lerner
Work Department
Corporate/Private Equity
Position
Co-Head of Simpson Thacher’s Private Equity M&A Group. Represents a mix of private equity and corporate clients, including family and founder-owned companies, in mergers and acquisitions, public and private divestitures, strategic investments and securities law matters. Representations include KKR and its portfolio companies on transactions including Ensono, Neighborly, Teaching Strategies, OverDrive Holdings, Envision Healthcare, BMC, Nature’s Bounty, Del Monte Foods, and Internet Brands. Has also advised AEA Investors, Gardner Denver, and Global Payments. Has significant experience in retail, consumer, healthcare and TMT industries.
Career
Joined Firm in 1991; Partner in 2000.
Education
Harvard Law School, cum laude (J.D., 1991); Amherst College, summa cum laude (B.A., 1988).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
(Leading lawyers)Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP continues to operate at the apex of the private equity market, a consistent advisor to major firms and their portfolio companies across the gamut of PE areas from fund formation, acquisition and liquidity strategies, to exit transactions including sales and IPOs. In recent times the practice has handled a number of ultra-high-value transactions for blue-chip clients, advising KKR in its acquisition of Barracuda Networks Inc and representing Blackstone on the acquisition of PS Business Parks for approximately $7.6bn. Marni Lerner co-heads the practice and has a strong track record when it comes to complex M&A, divestitures, strategic investments and securities matters. Co-head Elizabeth Cooper specializes in M&A and boasts an impressive client list of the likes of Carlyle, Oaktree and New Mountain. In Palo Alto, Atif Azher represented Silver Lake Partners in connection with Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, with a total value around $61bn. Anthony Vernace has developed a stellar reputation among PE firms for joint ventures and other corporate transactions, while New York-based Michael Holick represents EQT in high-value transactions. Veteran Gary Horowitz has recently left the firm, while former co-head of M&A Katie Sudol departed in July 2022. All lawyers are New York-based unless otherwise specified.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+) United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)