Simpson Thacher represented Garda World Security Corporation, the world’s largest privately-owned security services company, in connection with Garda’s acquisition of WorldAware, a leading security risk management firm based in the United States. The acquisition closed on July 10, 2020. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Simpson Thacher team included Ryerson Symons, Johanna Mayer and Heesu Kim (M&A); Jamin Koslowe (Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits); Andrew Purcell, Sophie Staples and Suzy Yaster (Tax); Lori Lesser and Corina McIntyre (Intellectual Property); Krista McManus (Real Estate); Michael Isby (Environmental); Steven DeLott (Insurance); and Sara Razi, Kelly Karapetyan, John Goheen and Andrew Jensen (Antitrust).