Frank Huck and Marissa Wesely Speak at PLI's Private Equity Acquisition Financing Summit
Simpson Thacher corporate partners Frank Huck and Marissa Wesely spoke at Practising Law Institute's Private Equity Acquisition Financing Summit on February 27, 2009 in New York. Mr. Huck was a co-chair of the event and spoke on a panel entitled "Private Equity Financing Today," providing a market overview and product, market and geographic comparisons, and outlining factors underlying deal activity, sources of financing and trends in deal structures. Ms. Wesely spoke on the "Financing Commitments and Acquisitions" panel addressing the use of financing commitments in the acquisition process, how private equity firms are responding to the market crisis, and what commitments will look like when the markets return. For more on the program, please download the program below.