Simpson Thacher represented Hellman & Friedman in connection with its latest flagship fund, Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners X (“HFCP X”), which closed at $24.4 billion. This is the tenth fund for Hellman & Friedman and reported as the fourth largest fund to close since the global financial crisis as well as the largest fund to close in 2021 to date. HFCP X is focused on making large-scale equity-related investments primarily in the U.S. and Europe and is a leading investor in a number of sectors including software and technology, financial services, healthcare, consumer and retail, and other business services. With the closing of this fund, which was significantly oversubscribed and reached its hard cap, Hellman & Friedman has more than $80 billion in total assets under management and committed capital.
The Simpson Thacher team included Robert Guo, Linda Tieh, Thomas Wuchenich, Elliott Im, Geraldine Rothschild, Avi Herescu, Charmaine Tam, Tiffany Chu, Jessica O'Connell, Daniel Bogdan, Forrest Osgood, Chris Sun, Brittani Frink, Ziyou Zhu, Christine Dai, Sarah Abeson, Misha Checkovich, Gabriel Corwin, Melanie Kokhan, Mariella McCormack and Jackson Sullivan (Funds); Nancy Mehlman, Jacqueline Clinton, Suzy Yaster, Jasmine Hay and Scott Grundei (Tax); Jennifer Neilsson (ERISA); and Mary Touchstone and Jackie Yuan (Credit).