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Simpson Thacher Represents First Reserve Corporation in Establishing $9 Billion Private Equity Fund

04.20.09

Simpson Thacher represented First Reserve Corporation in the establishment of First Reserve Fund XII, L.P.  Fund XII has been formed to make privately negotiated equity and equity-related investments in a diversified portfolio of companies in the global energy industry. Fund XII is believed to be the largest private equity fund ever formed to make investments in the energy industry.

The Simpson Thacher team representing First Reserve included Barrie Covit, Daniel Lavon-Krein, Kay Ch'ien, Ralph Eissler and Samuel Porter (corporate); Brian Robbins and Jeanne Annarumma (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); John Creed and Nancy Mehlman (tax); Mark Lab and Andrew Pagliughi (blue sky); and paralegals Hayley Jodoin, Kathryn Reusi, Corina Cristea and Lyndsay Fritz.