Simpson Thacher Represented KKR in Connection with Consortium Arrangements Relating to Investment in GfK SE
06.01.17
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Simpson Thacher represented KKR in connection with the consortium arrangements established as part of KKR's public bid for a minority stake in GfK SE. The consortium partners included hedge fund entities that had owned shares in GfK SE and that rolled over those shares into KKR’s newco instead of selling them in the tender offer.
GfK SE is a leading global market research company currently listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The Simpson Thacher team included Gregory W. Conway, Federico Fruhbeck, J. Hillyer Jennings and Martin Weatherston-Wilson (Corporate); Meredith B. Jones, Joseph Tootle and William Smolinski (Tax); and David Vann, Alessia De Quincey and Mathieu M. Coquelet Ruiz (Antitrust).