Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP remains at the forefront of the DCM field with a proven record in both issuer and underwriter representation. It has a broad mix of investment grade, high-yield, structured finance and mezzanine finance engagements. The firm routinely appears towards the top of the league tables for investment grade and high-yield debt offerings, both for issuers and underwriters. It has a fine reputation for representing first time issuers and has an exceptional blue-chip corporate client base, along with private equity houses and their portfolio companies. In 2023, it advised the underwriters on multiple debt offerings by Pfizer, totalling $31bn. Roxane Reardon is at the forefront of big-ticket transactions, leading many of the firm’s headline deals. Kenneth Wallach is another leading figure, along with Ryan Bekkerus, Hui Lin and Jonathan Ozner. Arthur Robinson is a seasoned and outstanding practitioner. Jessica Asrat and Lia Toback were promoted to the partnership in 2023. All named individuals are based in New York.
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- 'Simpson Thacher provides a multi-disciplinary team approach meaning that the various departments communicate and plan such that each group is up to date on company issues.'
Key clients
- Aramark
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- The Blackstone Group
- BofA Securities
- CBRE
- Cigna Corporation
- Citigroup
- Cooper-Standard Automotive
- Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
- DataBank
- Dell Inc.
- Dollar General
- EQT Corporation
- Garda World Security Corporation
- GFL Environmental
- Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- Heartland Dental
- Hovnanian Enterprises
- Hub International
- Ingersoll-Rand plc
- ITC Holdings
- Jefferies
- Johnson Controls
- J.P. Morgan Securities
- KKR
- KKR Financial Holdings
- KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
- L3Harris Technologies
- Mars
- Michigan Electric Transmission Company
- Morgan Stanley & Co.
- Pfizer
- RBC Capital Markets
- Silver Lake
- The Travelers Companies, Inc.
- UnitedHealth Group
- Walmart
- Wells Fargo Securities
Work highlights
- Advised the underwriters on a registered offering of $31bn in notes by Pfizer.
- Represented the underwriters in connection with debt offerings totalling over $11bn by CVS Health.
- Advised L3Harris Technologies in its SEC registered offering of $3.25bn of notes.
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Joshua Ford Bonnie, Roxane Reardon, Kenneth Wallach