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Simpson Thacher Represents Silver Lake in Cegid Group Transaction

04.21.16

Simpson Thacher is representing Silver Lake, which is part of a consortium with AltaOne Capital LLP, in connection with their consortium arrangements and a sale and purchase agreement to acquire 37.6% of the share capital of Cegid Group, a leading French enterprise management software and cloud services provider. The closing of the block purchase will be followed by the filing of a mandatory tender offer for the remaining share capital of Cegid Group with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers in France.

The Simpson Thacher team includes Mike Wolfson, Ben Squires, Vanessa Tisci and J. Hillyer Jennings (Corporate); Shahpur K. Kabraji and Katie Geraghty (Credit); Peter C. Thomas, Ellen L. Frye and William Pilon (Antitrust); and Joyce Xu and Lily Chen (Derivatives).