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The Firm represented affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC in their investment in Emdeon Business Services, a leading provider of revenue cycle management and clinical communication solutions that enable payors, providers and patients to improve healthcare business processes. The transaction closed on February 8, 2008. In the transaction, affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC joined with an affiliate of General Atlantic LLC to acquire the 48% interest in Emdeon Business Services owned by HLTH Corporation, a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: HLTH).

The Simpson Thacher team representing Hellman & Friedman in the transaction included: Richard Capelouto, Ted Frankel, Lindsey Moran and Adam Bentley (Corporate); Jeff Ostrow, Ivan Rothman and Marcela Robledo (Intellectual Property); Brian Robbins and Michael Richman (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Jeanne Annarumma (ERISA); Steven Todrys, Benjamin Applestein (Tax); Brian Steinhardt and Tom Lamprecht (Credit); Michael Nooney, Hank Brier and Rachel Yuen (fund matters); and paralegals Artak Karapetyan, Juliana Ochoa and John Walgren.