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Simpson Thacher Awarded Asian-Counsel's Deal of the Month for Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Offering

09.10.09

The Firm was awarded Asian Counsel Magazine's Deal of the Month in July/August 2009 for our representation of the underwriters in the global offering of common stock pursuant to Rule 144A/Regulation S by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group that raised ¥923 billion (approximately $9.5 billion) in proceeds for the issuer. The global coordinators were Daiwa Securities SMBC and Goldman Sachs International. The award was conferred by the Pacific Business Press Ltd., publisher of Asian-Counsel, a monthly publication for Asia’s in-house and corporate legal communities.

The Simpson Thacher team included Alan Cannon, Takahiro Saito, Robert Laplante and Todd Wolfe in Tokyo, and Amie Broder and Andrew Pagliughi in New York.