Simpson Thacher advised Silver Lake in connection with the closing of its seventh buyout fund, Silver Lake Partners VII (SLP VII), at $20.5 billion in capital commitments, exceeding its prior flagship fund, Silver Lake Partners VI. Investors in Silver Lake Partners VII include public and corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, funds of funds, family offices, technology industry leaders and individual investors across the Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA.
Over the past five years, Silver Lake has raised $47 billion, in aggregate, behind the firm’s singular mission of creating value by partnering with exceptional founders and management teams to build and grow great companies driven by technology at scale.
The Simpson Thacher team included Jonathan Karen, Jordan Cross, Demetrius Baefsky, Iram Huq, Mark Guffanti, Emily Singley, Nicole Papsco, Kelsey Anspach, Eric Schwed, Juhi Kaushik, Shub Chandrasekaran, Benjamin Blinken, Michael Regard and Woodrow Nimoityn (Funds); Russell Light, Jacqueline Clinton and Emma Wang (Tax); and Brian Robbins and Jeanne Annarumma (ERISA).