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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has rich pedigree in issuer-side engagements, along with a formidable record in underwriter mandates. It has worked on some of the largest IPOs and direct listings of recent years, while maintaining an active practice in other equity offerings. Among a number of headline deals in 2023, it advised CAVA Group on it $340m IPO and represented the underwriters in Atmus Filtration Technologies’ $316m IPO. Along with major public companies and investment banks, the firm has close connections to top private equity firms and their portfolio businesses. Joshua Ford Bonnie and Joseph Kaufman have outstanding reputations in the equity offerings field, with Kenneth Wallach, Roxane Reardon, Ryan Bekkerus, Hui Lin, Richard Fenyes and Jonathan Ozner also being prominent in this area. All are based in New York.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Very communicative and attentive to the company's needs.'
  • 'Richard Fenyes (partner). Communicative, creative business minded problem solver.'

Key clients

  • Academy Sports & Outdoors
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited
  • Aramark
  • Axon Enterprise
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • BC Partners
  • BellRing Brands
  • The Blackstone Group
  • Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.
  • BMO Capital Markets Corp.
  • BofA Securities
  • Bright Health Group
  • Bumble Inc.
  • CAVA Group
  • The Carlyle Group
  • Certara
  • Citigroup
  • Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
  • EQT Corporation
  • Gates Industrial Corporation plc
  • GFL Environmental
  • Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  • HyAxiom
  • Jefferies
  • J.P. Morgan Securities
  • KKR
  • KKR Financial Holdings
  • Laureate Education
  • Madison Square Garden Entertainment
  • Morgan Stanley & Co.
  • Mr. Cooper Group
  • Nine Energy
  • RBC Capital Markets
  • Wells Fargo Securities

Work highlights

  • Advised Cava on its $350m IPO.
  • Advised Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust on a $4bn investment in BREIT Class I common shares by the Regents of the University of California and a $500m investment in BREIT Class I common shares by the Regents of the University of California.
  • Advised the underwriters in Atmus Filtration Technologies’ $316m IPO.

Lawyers

Hall of Fame

The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.

Joshua Ford Bonnie

Joshua Ford Bonnie

Hall of fameSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Co-Head of the Firm’s Global Capital Markets Practice, Co-Managing Partner of the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office and member of the Executive Committee, Josh Bonnie is one of the nation’s preeminent IPO lawyers and regularly advises clients on significant strategic events. Josh advised Blackstone, Bumble, Carlyle, Flutter, Hilton Worldwide, Invitation Homes and MasterCard on their landmark listings. Josh also counseled Blackstone on its spinoff of its financial advisory businesses, Dover Corporation on its spinoff of its upstream energy business, Hilton Worldwide on its spinoffs of its real estate and timeshare businesses and Ingersoll Rand on its spinoff of its commercial and residential security businesses.  Josh routinely advises asset management firms on situations of strategic importance.

Leading lawyers

Joseph Kaufman

Joseph Kaufman

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Corporate Partner advising clients on public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, corporate governance, business combinations and general corporate and securities law matters. Represented each of Academy Sports, Aramark, Avantor, Dollar General, First Data, HCA, KKR, Masonite, National Vision and Nielsen in connection with their respective U.S. IPO’s and numerous debt financings.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Joshua Ford Bonnie, Roxane Reardon, Kenneth Wallach

Other key lawyers

Joseph Kaufman, Ryan Bekkerus, Hui Lin, Jonathan Ozner, Richard Fenyes