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Simpson Thacher was named a Capital Markets Practice Group of the Year for 2022 by Law360. The Firm was recognized for advising on “some of the biggest transactions of the past year,” including the capital markets aspects of Dell Technologies’ spinoff of VMware and the $43 billion merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery Inc. The Firm’s work advising on Hertz Global Holding’s Nasdaq listing and upsized $1.3 billion public offering was also highlighted, as was its representation of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Inc. in its follow-on public offering of up to $60 billion in shares of common stock.

Co-Head of Simpson Thacher’s Global Capital Markets Practice Kenneth Wallach attributed the Firm’s success in 2022 to its balance of diverse matters and clients. “We have strength absolutely across the board,” he said. “We just have a diversification that is fantastic.” Joshua Bonnie, also a co-head of the Global Capital Markets Practice, agreed, adding that the Firm’s collaborative culture, flexibility and depth of skill all contribute to its ability to serve sophisticated clients across a range of sectors. “We have an extremely strong asset management practice, private funds and registered funds,” he said. “And we have capital markets lawyers that are … facile with those worlds.”

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