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Simpson Thacher Represents Carlyle in Establishing $605 Million Venture Capital and Growth Equity Fund

10.08.07

Simpson Thacher represented The Carlyle Group in the establishment of Carlyle Venture Partners III, L.P., the third in this series of Carlyle's venture capital funds. The fund, with $605 million in equity commitments, will primarily invest in venture capital and growth equity transactions in North American companies.

The Simpson Thacher team representing Carlyle included Tom Bell, Jonathan Karen and Christine Putek (corporate); Brian Robbins and Jeanne Annarumma (ERISA); John Creed and Diane Gipstein (tax); Mark Lab and Sean Cotton (blue sky); and paralegals Christina Alfonso and Phillip Voss.