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Simpson Thacher Represents JPMorgan as Financial Advisor to Standard Pacific in Its Merger of Equals with Ryland

06.15.15

The Firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as financial advisor to Standard Pacific Corp. (NYSE: SPF) in connection with its announced merger of equals with The Ryland Group Inc. (NYSE: RYL). The proposed merger of home-builders would create a single company that would have an equity market capitalization of approximately $5.2 billion, an enterprise value of approximately $8.2 billion, and would own or control approximately 74,000 homesites.  

The combined companies would together be the fourth-largest home-building company,  offering homes, from entry-level to luxury, in 41 markets across 17 states.  

The Simpson Thacher team included Rob Spatt and Kalliope Kefallinos (M&A).