Simpson Thacher is known as a global technology powerhouse that represents the world’s leading technology companies in their most challenging and prominent transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, initial public offerings, secondary debt and equity offerings, joint ventures, restructurings, licenses and strategic arrangements. Our multi-faceted team combines transactional leadership with industry expertise, boardroom presence, and substantive knowledge of the many high-stakes issues facing this sector. Our Technology Group covers national and international deals from our New York, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Houston, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, São Paulo and London offices.
Simpson Thacher has led some of the most significant and high profile tech matters in recent history, including financings, IPOs, acquisitions, shareholder disputes, cybersecurity issues, government investigations and other litigation matters. Our clients include both well-known players and emerging companies in technology, media and telecommunications, as well as investors, lenders and underwriters. We understand the industry dynamics and challenges faced by companies in this highly competitive space, and render advice tailored to each client’s circumstances and reflective of their key priorities, business model and operations, proprietary IP and the competitive landscape.