Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was named "Private Equity Firm of the Year" at the 2007 Chambers and Partners "USA Awards for Excellence" ceremony held June 14th at Cipriani in New York City. Corporate Partner Tom Bell received the award for Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession. The Firm was also nominated for M&A, Insurance, Banking & Finance and Capital Markets Teams of the Year. Chuck Koob received an individual nomination for Business Trial Lawyer of the Year.
In the Chambers USA 2007: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, the Firm's practice areas were again ranked among the world's best. Simpson Thacher placed in the top two tiers in 32 practice areas and was highly ranked in 7 other areas. 71 Simpson Thacher partners were ranked as leaders in their fields of practice.
The Firm's national practice area rankings included:
#1 Banking & Finance - National
#1 Capital Markets: Debt & Equity - National
#1 Corporate/M&A - National
#1 Insurance: Insurer Firms - National
#1 Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment - National
#1 Securities Litigation - National
#2 Antitrust - National
#2 Bankruptcy/Restructuring - National
#2 Capital Markets: High-Yield Products - National
#2 Financial Services Regulation: Banking & Securities (Regulatory Compliance) - National
#2 Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A - National
#2 Tax: Corporate - National
#2 International Arbitration - National
#2 REITs - National
#3 Capital Markets: Securitisation - National
#3 Latin American Investment - National
#3 Transportation: Aviation: Finance - National
#4 Products Liability - National
New York Practice Area Rankings:
#1 Antitrust
#1 Banking & Finance: Acquisition Finance - New York
#1 Banking & Finance: General Bank Lending - New York
#1 Corporate/M&A - New York
#1 Insurance: Dispute Resolution - New York
#1 Investment Funds: Private Equity - New York
#1 Litigation: General Commercial - New York
#1 Litigation: Securities - New York
#1 Private Equity: Buyouts - New York
#2 Bankruptcy/Restructuring - New York
#2 Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - New York
#2 Energy & Natural Resources - New York
#2 Environment: Mainly Transactional - New York
#2 Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory - New York
#2 Tax - New York
#2 Banking & Finance: Equipment Finance & Leasing - New York
#3 Projects - New York
#3 Real Estate - New York
California Practice Area Rankings:
#1 Corporate/M&A: Private Equity - California
#2 Capital Markets: Debt & Equity - California
#3 Corporate/M&A: Northern California - California