Lindsey C. Bohl

Lindsey Bohl is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Washington, D.C. office. She advises on matters involving all aspects of antitrust and competition law, including merger reviews, government antitrust investigations and antitrust litigation. Her practice focuses on counseling clients considering M&A transactions across a wide range of industries, including healthcare, retail, consumer products, technology and medical devices and pharmaceutical products. Her recent work highlights include advising on the antirust aspects of numerous transactions, including:

• Mattress Firm in its announced agreement to be acquired by Tempur Sealy—a transaction valued at approximately $4 billion;
• G-III Apparel Group in its acquisition of the remaining 81% interest in fashion brand Karl Lagerfeld;
• Vyaire in the sale of its respiratory consumables business to SunMed;
• BMW and Daimler’s formation of a mobility services joint venture, including coordination of responses to Second Requests issued to both parties;
• Siliconware Precision Industries in securing antitrust clearance, following an FTC investigation, of its merger with Taiwanese competitor Advanced Semiconductor Engineering;
• Garda World Security Corporation in its acquisition of Whelan Security;
• Vistra Energy, the parent company for TXU Energy and Luminant, in its combination with Dynegy;
• Acelity, a portfolio company of Apax Partners, CPP and PSP, in its sale of its LifeCell Business Unit to Allergan for $2.9 billion;
• Ahold N.V. in its $29 billion merger of equals with Delhaize Group;
• Lorillard in its $27.4 billion sale to Reynolds American; and
• HCA Healthcare in its sale of the Oklahoma University Medical Center, The Children’s Hospital, and OUMC Edmond to an affiliate of the University Hospitals Authority and Trust.

Before rejoining Simpson Thacher, where she began her career as an associate, Lindsey was a staff attorney in the FTC’s Mergers IV Division, where she led significant healthcare and retail transaction investigations and litigated merger challenges, including the FTC’s successful lawsuit challenging Hackensack Meridian Health’s acquisition of Englewood Health in New Jersey. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University. She is admitted to practice in Washington, D.C. and New York.