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Simpson Thacher Represents Apprise Media in Acquisition of Niche Media and Publishing Business

06.01.05

Simpson Thacher represented Apprise Media LLC, a strategic management and investment company backed by private equity firm Spectrum Equity Investors, in its acquisition of Canon Communications LLC. Canon Communications is a leading provider of print publications, trade shows and digital media for the medical device manufacturing, packaging, plastics and electronics markets. The buyout closed May 31, 2005 and represented the first transaction Simpson Thacher has completed for Apprise and Spectrum.

The Simpson Thacher team for the transaction included Gary Horowitz, Greg Grogan, Kenneth Young and Mark Egnal (M&A), Alden Millard and Sandra Lee (Credit), Steven Todrys and Jenifer Marsh (Tax), Alvin Brown and Aimee Adler (Employee Benefits), Lori Lesser and Daniel Frommer (Intellectual Property), Rebecca Clar (Labor), Kenneth Ehrhard (Antitrust) and paralegals Scott Cross and Corina Cristea.