Simpson Thacher Advises Quintiles on Initial Public Offering
05.15.13
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Simpson Thacher was special IPO counsel to Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. on the initial public offering of shares of its common stock. Quintiles is controlled by a private investor group comprised of affiliates of, or funds sponsored by, Dr. Dennis B. Gillings, Bain Capital Partners, LLC, TPG Global, LLC, 3i Corporation, Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited and certain other shareholders and management members. Morgan Stanley, Barclays and J.P. Morgan were joint book-running managers for the $1.1 billion offering. The shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “Q” on May 9, 2013. Quintiles is the world’s largest provider of biopharmaceutical development services and commercial outsourcing services.
The Simpson Thacher team for the transaction included Josh Bonnie, Jonathan Ozner, Yue Zhang and Judy Huang (Capital Markets); Jonathan Cantor and Jodi Sackel (Tax); Marcela Robledo and Emiko Kurotsu (Intellectual Property); and Brian Robbins, Jeannine McSweeney and Patricia Adams (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits).