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Firm Wins at IFLR Americas Dinner

03.21.06

On Thursday, March 16th, Simpson Thacher was recognized in several categories at the IFLR Inaugural Americas Awards Dinner held at The New York Palace Hotel. The firm won "Debt and Equity Linked Deal of the Year" for advising Lehman Brothers, as underwriter, in the ground breaking offering of $300 million in Enhanced Capital Advantaged Preferred Securities (Ecaps). The firm won "M&A Deal of the Year" for its representation of a consortium of seven private equity firms in the $11 billion acquisition of SunGard Data Systems. Simpson Thacher was also awarded "M&A Team of the Year" for advising on a number of blockbuster deals, including Ford Motor Company in the $15 billion sale of its Hertz Corporation to a private equity consortium and Toys R Us in its $6.6 billion sale to a group of three private equity firms.