Simpson Thacher Represents The Carlyle Group in Establishing $1.81 Billion Asian Private Equity Fund
07.24.06
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Simpson Thacher represented The Carlyle Group in the establishment of Carlyle Asia Partners II, L.P., its second pan-Asia buyout fund. The fund will primarily make buyout and control investments in Asia ex-Japan, encompassing Australia, Greater China, India, Korea and Southeast Asia. Carlyle announced recently that its Asia buyout group has the largest geographic presence in the region in the private equity industry, with one of the largest teams of investment professionals working out of seven offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney.
The Simpson Thacher team representing Carlyle included Glenn Sarno, Daniel Lavon-Krein, Andra Behrouz and former associate Paul Ezzeddin (corporate); Brian Robbins and Jeanne Annarumma (ERISA); John Creed, Diane Gipstein and former associate Rachel Birnbaum (tax); Mark Lab and Sean Cotton (blue sky); and paralegal Stephanie Wei.