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Simpson Thacher Represents Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus in $3.4 Billion Acquisition of Interactive Data Corporation

05.04.10

The Firm is representing Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus in their acquisition of Interactive Data Corporation in a transaction valued at $3.4 billion.  Interactive Data Corporation is a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related financial solutions to financial institutions and other investors.  Pearson plc, the Company’s 61% stockholder, executed a written consent approving the transaction shortly after the signing of the merger agreement.

The Simpson Thacher team working on the transaction included: Peter Malloy, Chad Skinner, Rob Mobassaly, John Delfino, Erin Rinn and Michael Sullivan (M&A); Jen Hobbs, Kevin Rubinstein and Vanessa Clark (Credit); Sean Austin and Dan Foster (Tax); Tristan Brown, Michael Richman and Grace Lin (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Jeff Ostrow and Keren Siman-Tov (Intellectual Property); Arman Oruc and Michael Naughton (Antitrust); Chi Shum (Advisers Act); and Krista McManus and Brian Ferry (Real Estate).