Partner in the Firm’s Private Funds Practice, Steve Homan focuses on the sponsoring and management of private equity funds, including buyout funds, real estate funds, credit funds, infrastructure funds, co-investment funds and hedge funds, as well as investment management M&A and other aspects of private investing in alternative asset classes. Steve’s clients have included Blackstone, KKR, Stonepeak, Morgan Stanley, Pretium, Portfolio Advisors and Riverstone.
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Work Highlights
- KKR in multiple fundraisings, including the establishment of the $2 billion KKR Real Estate Partners Americas II (REPA II), the establishment and raising of the $950 million KKR Real Estate Credit Opportunity Partners II (RECOP II) and the formation and raising of the $1.7 billion KKR Asia Real Estate Partners SCSp, its first Asia real estate fund
- Pretium in connection with the establishment of Pretium Residential Credit Fund II and Pretium Single-Family Rental Fund III
- Riverstone in connection with the sale of a minority interest to Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Petershill fund and in the formation of Riverstone Credit Partners II
- Portfolio advisors in multiple fundraisings, including the establishment of the $740 million PADCOF II Direct Credit Fund
- Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in the establishment of the $7.2 billion Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund III LP, its third “flagship” infrastructure fund
- Carlyle in the establishment of the $5.5 billion Carlyle Realty Partners VIII, its eighth U.S. real estate fund
- Blackstone in connection with its acquisition of Clarus and in multiple fundraisings, including the establishment of the $18 billion Blackstone Capital Partners VII L.P., its seventh global private equity fund, the $4.5 billion Blackstone Energy Partners II L.P. and the $13.3 billion Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII
- Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners in connection with the formation and raising of the $5.5 billion formation of North Haven Infrastructure Partners III
Education
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Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, 2009 J.D.
magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Law Review, Dean's Distinguished Scholar
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Case Western Reserve University, 2003 B.S.E.
cum laude
Associations
- New York City Bar Association
Steve Homan is Partner in Simpson Thacher’s New York office and a member of the Firm’s Private Funds Practice. Steve’s practice focuses on the sponsoring and management of private equity funds, including buyout funds, real estate funds, credit funds, infrastructure funds, co-investment funds and hedge funds, as well as investment management M&A and other aspects of private investing in alternative asset classes. His clients have included Blackstone, KKR, Stonepeak, Morgan Stanley, Pretium, Portfolio Advisors and Riverstone.
Representative transactions on which Steve has worked include:
- KKR in multiple fundraisings, including the establishment of the $2 billion KKR Real Estate Partners Americas II (REPA II), the establishment and raising of the $950 million KKR Real Estate Credit Opportunity Partners II (RECOP II) and the formation and raising of the $1.7 billion KKR Asia Real Estate Partners SCSp, its first Asia real estate fund
- Pretium in connection with the establishment of Pretium Residential Credit Fund II and Pretium Single-Family Rental Fund III
- Riverstone in connection with the sale of a minority interest to Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Petershill fund and in the formation of Riverstone Credit Partners II
- Portfolio advisors in multiple fundraisings, including the establishment of the $740 million PADCOF II Direct Credit Fund
- Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in the establishment of the $7.2 billion Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund III LP, its third “flagship” infrastructure fund
- Carlyle in the establishment of the $5.5 billion Carlyle Realty Partners VIII, its eighth U.S. real estate fund
- Blackstone in connection with its acquisition of Clarus and in multiple fundraisings, including the establishment of the $18 billion Blackstone Capital Partners VII L.P., its seventh global private equity fund, the $4.5 billion Blackstone Energy Partners II L.P. and the $13.3 billion Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII
- Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners in connection with the formation and raising of the $5.5 billion formation of North Haven Infrastructure Partners III
Steve received his J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, where he was on the Law Review. He received a B.S.E. from Case Western Reserve University, cum laude. He is admitted to practice in New York.