Patrick R. Wolff

Patrick Wolff is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Banking and Credit Practice. Based in the Firm’s New York office, he advises leading private equity and infrastructure sponsors, their portfolio companies and other corporate clients across a wide variety of banking and credit matters, including acquisition financings, bank and bridge loan financings, energy and infrastructure financings, liability management exercises and other leveraged and investment grade bank financings. His work spans a range of industries, including infrastructure, media and entertainment, healthcare, real estate and technology and his clients have included KKR, Stonepeak, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, iHeartMedia, TransUnion, Paramount Global and Hilton Grand Vacations, among others.

Representative transactions on which Patrick has worked include advising:

• KKR in several transactions, including its acquisitions of: Instructure for approximately $4.8 billion; Simon & Schuster for approximately $1.62 billion; and Ensono
• Stonepeak in several transactions, including its acquisitions of: Air Transport Services Group for approximately $3.1 billion; Textainer Group for approximately $7.4 billion; Intrado’s Life and Safety business for approximately $2.4 billion; and a minority equity interest in the Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility
• iHeartMedia in connection with comprehensive exchange transactions involving approximately $4.8 billion of its existing debt
• Paramount Global in connection with its proposed merger with Skydance, with an enterprise value of approximately $28 billion
• TransUnion in several transactions, including its acquisitions of: Neustar for approximately $3.1 billion; and Verisk Financial Services for approximately $515 million
• Blackstone in the acquisition of QTS Realty Trust in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $10 billion
• JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in connection with $1.75 billion committed financing for Bausch + Lomb in connection with Bausch + Lomb’s acquisition of XIIDRA®
• Vyaire Medical, a portfolio company of funds advised by Apax Partners, in the sale of its consumables business to SunMed
• Hilton Grand Vacation in several transactions, including its acquisitions of: Diamond Resorts for $1.4 billion; and Bluegreen Vacations for $1.5 billion

Patrick received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Washington University School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He earned a B.Sc. degree from the University of Missouri. Patrick is admitted to practice in New York.