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Firm Represents Blackstone, Carlyle and Centerbridge in BankUnited IPO

02.03.11

The Firm represented The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group and Centerbridge Partners in connection with their sale of common stock in the initial public offering of BankUnited. The gross proceeds from the offering were approximately $783 million. BankUnited’s common stock is now listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “BKU.”

BankUnited, Inc. is a savings and loan holding company with $11.2 billion of assets and more than 80 branches.

The Simpson Thacher team included Maripat Alpuche, Wilson Neely, Jeff DeMartino, LeAnn Leutner, Eric Gyasi and Karen Wang.