Simpson Thacher Wins Private Equity Team of the Year and Equity Deal of the Year at the IFLR Asia Awards 2015
03.12.15
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The Firm was named Private Equity Team of the Year at the recent IFLR Asia Awards 2015. This is the second consecutive year that Simpson Thacher has won this award for its representation of private equity clients in a number of high profile M&A and financing transactions in Asia. In addition, corporate associate Jackie Kahng was honored as the 2015 Private Equity Rising Star.
The Firm also won Equity Deal of the Year for its representation of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) in connection with its US$25 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. The Alibaba IPO was the largest IPO ever conducted and represented the largest market-cap company at the time of IPO ever. The transaction was also awarded Securities Deal of the Year: Equity at the Asia Legal Awards 2015 by
The Asian Lawyer. For more information about the transaction please click
here.