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Simpson Thacher Represents Carlyle in Establishing $1.1 Billion Carlyle U.S. Equity Opportunity Fund, L.P.

11.07.12

Simpson Thacher represented The Carlyle Group L.P. (“Carlyle”) in the establishment of the Carlyle U.S. Equity Opportunity Fund, L.P. (“CEOF”), which will target buyouts that require equity capital of $25 million to $150 million per transaction. Carlyle has announced that CEOF raised approximately $1.1 billion of total commitments.

 

The Simpson Thacher team representing Carlyle included Barrie Covit, Parker Kelsey, Wei Guo, Matt Rogers, and Jeffrey Lieberman (Corporate); Jeanne Annarumma and Eric Wolf (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits) and John Creed and Sean Austin (Tax).