Simpson Thacher Transactions Win 2011 IFLR Asia Awards
03.16.11
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The Firm was recently awarded the M&A Deal of the Year and Project Finance Deal of the Year at the 2011 IFLR Asia Awards. We received the M&A Deal of the Year award for our role representing UBS, BofA Merrill Lynch and Daiwa SMBC as financial advisors to Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. in the US$11.7 billion sale of Nippon Mining to Nippon Oil Corp. The team was led by Alan Cannon and included Sam Porter and Jennie Getsin.
Simpson Thacher received the Project Finance Deal of the Year award for our role representing The Blackstone Group in connection with financing of the GNPower Mariveles Project, a coal-fired power project, including a private port and associated facilities in the Philippines. This project is the largest Philippine Greenfield power project financing in over a decade. The team was led by David Lieberman and included Jonathan Karen and Dora Jimenez.