Simpson Thacher was recently recognized by Law360 as one of the top law firms in six Practice Groups of the Year categories: Energy, Insurance, M&A, Private Equity, Real Estate and Technology. Law360 selected the winning firms based on the significance, size and complexity of the litigation wins or deals they worked on, as well as the total number of litigation wins or deals they worked on, between November 1, 2012, and November 1, 2013.
In a related profile, the Firm’s Energy practice was recognized for its work on several multibillion-dollar transactions, including Crestwood Midstream Partners’ $8 billion merger with Inergy Midstream and Eaton Corp.’s $13 billion acquisition of Cooper Industries. The publication noted that the Firm has worked on more than 440 energy-related transactions since 2010. To read the full profile, please click here.
Law360 profiled the Firm’s M&A practice noting that the Firm “leveraged its global reach, longstanding reputation as an M&A and capital markets powerhouse, and a bounceback in the health of the M&A market to install itself behind some of the largest and most closely-watched transactions of 2013.” The article features several notable transactions, including the Firm’s representation of Vodafone in its $130 billion sale of its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless to Verizon Communications, Microsoft in its $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services business, Smithfield Foods in its $7.1 billion strategic combination with Shuanghui International, among several others. To read the full M&A profile, please click here.
Law360 will profile the Firm’s Insurance, Private Equity, Real Estate and Technology practice groups in a series of articles later this year.
In addition, Simpson Thacher received a Law Firm of the Year Honorable Mention for being one of only a handful of firms that received six or more Practice Groups of the Year awards in 2013.