Simpson Thacher represented The Blackstone Group L.P. (“Blackstone”) in the establishment of its fifth European real estate fund, Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe V L.P. (“BREP Europe V”). Blackstone has announced that BREP Europe V raised approximately €7.8 billion of total commitments, making it the largest dedicated European real estate fund ever raised.
The Simpson Thacher team representing Blackstone included Michael Wolitzer, Rony Rothken, Benjamin Smith, Jeff Liu, Yordanosse Yenenh, Michelle Goldring, Jonathan Zane, David Whelan and M. Shin (Corporate); Nancy Mehlman, Jodi Schneider and Jasmine Hay (Tax); and Jeanne Annarumma and Sanyam Parikh (ERISA).