Simpson Thacher is advising Stonepeak in connection with its announced definitive agreement to acquire a €1 billion minority interest in London-headquartered Inspired Education Group, a leading global group of premium schools educating more than 55,000 students from kindergarten to year 13 in over 70 schools across 20 countries on 5 continents.
The Simpson Thacher team includes Amy Mahon, Jiaying Zhang, Carlo Pia, Stephen Polesel and Sean MacDonald (M&A); Jonathan Goldstein, Yash Rupal, Sarah Lane and Chris Dorman (Tax); Jonathan Karen, Deborah Gruen and Tianye Zhang (Funds); Shahpur Kabraji (Banking and Credit); Jonathan Lindabury and Nathan Utterback (Derivatives); and Étienne Renaudeau and Sandeep Mahandru (Antitrust and FDI).