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Simpson Thacher corporate partner Jason Herman co-chaired and spoke and corporate partner Risë Norman spoke at the New York City Bar Association's “Private Equity Structuring: The Basics” program on October 3, 2013.  Mr. Herman spoke on the panel entitled “The Basics of Private Equity Structuring,” which covered several topics including how to set up a private equity fund for clients; where to form it; how it should be structured; how the documents work; the basic economic structure; the marketing process and considerations; selected securities law issues; and other selected developments and regulatory considerations.  Ms. Norman spoke on the panel entitled “Acquisitions, Investments and Exit Events for Private Equity Firms and Their Portfolio Companies.” This panel discussed several topics relating to LBOs of public companies, acquisitions of privately held companies, investments in public and private companies as well as 363 transactions. The panel also covered topics on the sell-side of deals including selling a portfolio company and IPOs.