Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP ‘s broad scope of work encompasses regulatory, compliance and governance advice for various fund types and increasingly for business development companies alongside closed-end funds, interval funds and tender offer funds. One preeminent practitioner in this space is practice head Rajib Chanda, who excels across fundraising and transactional mandates for well-known asset managers registered funds. Practicing alongside Chanda from the Washington DC office is David Blass, who specializes in registered fund products, including mutual funds, business development companies, ETFs and closed-end funds, and Ryan Brizek, who works with notable clients, such as JPMorgan and Prudential and Franklin Templeton on private markets strategies. In the New York office Benjamin Wells, who works across various fund types during their launch and the development of retail products, as does Nathan Somogie, who was made partner in January 2024. Christopher Healey left the firm in July 2024.