Simpson Thacher is representing Silver Lake in its announced investment in Virtu Financial LLC, which has entered into a definitive agreement to combine its business with Madison Tyler Holdings, LLC concurrently with such investment. The combined businesses will operate under the Virtu Financial name.
Virtu Financial is an automated market making firm that employs advanced proprietary technologies to trade on electronically accessible financial exchanges and market centers. Madison Tyler is a leading electronic trading firm and market maker on numerous exchanges and electronic marketplaces in equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities.
The Simpson Thacher team includes: Rich Capelouto, Chad Skinner, Dan Webb, Andrew Hecht, Michael Reeves and Robert Guo (M&A); Jennifer Hobbs and Chase D’Agostino (Credit); Steve Todrys and Jason Vollbracht (Tax); Jonathan Karen, Parker Kelsey and Emily Ho (Private Funds); Tristan Brown (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Lori Lesser and Parijat Sharma (IP); and Joe Tringali, Michael Naughton and Ellen Frye (Antitrust).