Simpson Thacher represented Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (“MIRA”) in connection with the formation of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners IV (“MIP IV”), its fifth North American-focused unlisted infrastructure fund. The fund closed after reaching its $5 billion hard cap and will follow the investment strategy of its predecessor fund, MIP III, focusing on high-quality investments across the transportation, communications, energy and waste infrastructure sectors.
MIRA is a division of Macquarie Asset Management, the asset management arm of Macquarie Group.
The Simpson Thacher team includes Tom Bell, Glenn Sarno, Chi Shum, Nina Bakhtina, Geraldine Rothschild and Julie Siegel (Funds); Drew Purcell and Bill Smolinski (Tax); and Jeanne Annarumma (ECEB).