Patrick M. Baron is Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Corporate Department. Patrick’s practice is focused on domestic and international corporate finance transactions. He has represented both investment banks and issuers in high yield financings, debt restructurings, liability management, initial public offerings and other capital raising transactions.
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Work Highlights
- The underwriters, initial purchasers or issuers in notes offerings, exchange offers and tender offers related to Newmont Mining’s acquisition of Goldcorp; the acquisition of ILG by Marriott Vacations; the merger of Tervita and Newalta; Northrop Grumman’s acquisition of Orbital ATK; Diebold’s acquisition of Wincor Nixdorf; the acquisition of Service King by Blackstone; Darling’s acquisition of VION Ingredients; the acquisition of Atento by Bain Capital; Wolverine World Wide’s acquisition of the Performance + Lifestyle Group business of Collective Brands; Sealed Air’s acquisition of Diversey; the acquisition of Cadbury by Kraft Foods; the merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio; Blackstone’s acquisition of Hilton Hotels; the acquisition of TXU by KKR and the Texas Pacific Group; Blackstone’s acquisition of Equity Office Properties Trust; KKR’s acquisition of MTU Aero Engines
- The underwriters and initial purchasers in multiple securities offerings by United States Steel Corporation and iStar Inc.
- The underwriters or issuers in the initial public offerings of Press Ganey, MTU Aero Engines and Demag Cranes
Education
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Cornell Law School, 2001 LL.M.
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State Board of Legal Examinations, Düsseldorf, 1999 Zweites juristisches Staatsexamen
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University of Cologne School of Law, 1997 Erstes juristisches Staatsexamen
Clerkships
- Appellate Court of Cologne, Rechtsreferendar, 1997–1999
Admissions
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New York 2002
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Germany 2000
Patrick M. Baron is Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Corporate Department. Patrick’s practice is focused on domestic and international corporate finance transactions. He has represented both investment banks and issuers in high yield financings, debt restructurings, liability management transactions, initial public offerings and other capital raising transactions. Patrick also regularly advises clients with respect to securities laws and general corporate matters.
Patrick joined Simpson Thacher in 2001. He received his J.D. from the University of Cologne School of Law in Germany in 1997 and his LL.M. from Cornell Law School in 2001. Patrick is admitted to practice in New York and Germany.