Simpson Thacher represented The Carlyle Group L.P. (“Carlyle”) in the establishment of its fifth fund dedicated to buyouts and other private equity investments in Asia, Carlyle Asia Partners V, L.P. (“CAP V”). Carlyle has announced that CAP V raised $6.55 billion in total commitments, exceeding its target and hitting the hard cap.
The Simpson Thacher team representing Carlyle included Barrie Covit, Adam Furber, Linda Tieh, Michael Ceulen, Avi Herescu, Jordan Cross, Deborah Gruen, Deepa Thimmapaya, Yordanosse Yenenh, Xue Zhang, Zixuan Jiang and Ari Pruzansky (Corporate); Jeanne Annarumma (ERISA); and John Creed, Jodi Schneider and Morgan Otway (Tax).