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Law360 Profiles Simpson Thacher as a Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group of the Year

01.24.23

Simpson Thacher was named a Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group of the Year for 2022 by Law360. The Firm was recognized for its work on “some of the highest-profile deals of the year,” including advising Microsoft in its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard and Twitter’s board of directors in the social media giant’s acquisition by Elon Musk. Head of the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Eric Swedenburg was quoted in the profile about the Firm’s work over the past year, as was M&A Partner Anthony Vernace. In addition to the Microsoft and Twitter matters, the profile also highlighted the Firm’s work on other major deals from 2022, including Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware and Blackstone’s acquisition of a majority stake in the climate technologies business of Emerson Electric Co.

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