Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Marni Lerner

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.

Atif Azher

Partner

Elizabeth Cooper

Partner

Anthony Vernace

Anthony Vernace represents private equity firms and public companies in mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and other corporate transactions. He also regularly counsels clients on corporate governance, shareholder activism and securities law matters. His clients span a wide range of industries and include leading technology, transportation, healthcare, industrial, financial services and consumer products companies. Anthony consistently receives recognition for his work on numerous marquee M&A transactions for both public companies and private equity firms. Anthony’s experience includes representing Microsoft in its $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard and Cisco Systems in its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk. In addition to his legal practice, Anthony regularly serves as a panelist and guest lecturer on corporate and M&A-related topics, including at Harvard, Duke and University of Pennsylvania law schools. Anthony currently serves as a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee, and he was formerly Co-Chair of the Finance Committee and a member of the Recruiting Committee.

Naveed Anwar

Naveed Anwar is a Partner based in the Firm’s Corporate Department. Naveed’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, where he represents private equity firms and public and private companies in a variety of domestic and cross-border transactions. He has experience in a broad range of transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, carve-outs, leveraged buyouts, de-SPAC transactions, recapitalizations, venture financings, joint ventures and other complex transactions across a wide variety of sectors. Naveed’s private equity representations have included Hellman & Friedman, EQT, KKR, Silver Lake, Blackstone, Francisco Partners, Centerbridge, True Wind, TCV, Carlyle, Riverwood Capital, among others. His corporate representations have included Airbnb, Applied Systems, Dell, PPD, McKesson and UKG, among others.