Ryan D. Stott

Ryan Stott is Counsel in Simpson Thacher’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice. Based in the Firm’s New York office, Ryan represents clients on the executive compensation and employee benefits-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets matters and other corporate transactions. His experience includes advising on arrangements such as equity-based incentives, cash-based incentives, deferred compensation, retirement plans and employment, retention and severance agreements.

Ryan’s recent transactions have included advising on compensation and benefits matters during the representation of:

• Blackstone in multiple transactions, including: its proposed acquisition to acquire a majority ownership in Jersey Mike’s; its acquisition of Tropical Smoothie Cafe; Blackstone Real Estate Partners X and BREIT’s acquisition of Tricon Residential; and BREIT’s $3.7 billion acquisition of Resource REIT
• New Mountain Capital in multiple transactions, including: the acquisition of Broadcast Music; and majority investment in Covaris
• KKR in its acquisition of S&P Global’s Engineering Solutions business
• McKesson in multiple transactions, including: its acquisition of Rx Savings Solutions; and its joint venture combining McKesson’s US Oncology Research and HCA Healthcare’s Sarah Cannon Research Institute
• Software AG, a company controlled by Silver Lake, in multiple transactions, including: its sale of TrendMiner; its €2.13 billion sale of StreamSets and webMethods
• SAAM’s $1 billion sale of its shipping terminal and logistics businesses to Hapag-Lloyd
• AGCO in multiple transactions, including: its agreement to sell the majority of its Grain & Protein business; its entry into a joint venture with Trimble to acquire a 85% interest in Trimble’s portfolio of agriculture assets and technologies
• EverBank in multiple transactions, including: its acquisition of the Life Premium Finance division of Primis Bank; its proposed acquisition of Sterling Bank & Trust
• Stone Point Capital’s acquisition of a majority interest in Kestra Holdings
• EQT’s acquisition of a majority interest in Heritage Environmental Services
• Waystar, an EQT portfolio company, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Bain’s acquisition of HealthPay24
• KKR’s acquisition of S&P Global’s Engineering Solutions Business
• IPOs of Waystar and Bright Spring
• Ingersoll Rand in multiple transactions, including: its $3.3 billion notes offering and new $2.6 billion credit facility; and its $1.5 billion senior notes offering

Ryan received his LL.M. from New York University School of Law in 2013 and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2011, where he was the recipient of the Milton Young Tax Prize and a Ruth Whitehead Whaley Scholar. He received his B.A. from New York University in 2008, magna cum laude, where he was a Presidential Honors Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is admitted to practice in New York.