For nearly three decades since its establishment in 1978 Simpson Thacher’s London office has advised the Firm’s clients on a broad range of cross-border merger and acquisition, banking and capital markets transactions throughout Europe. Litigation, competition, real estate and tax specialists augment the office’s core corporate and banking teams. The London office’s merger and acquisition practice reflects the Firm’s worldwide leadership position in this field. Our London attorneys regularly represent U.S. and European clients in significant cross-border acquisitions, dispositions, spin-offs and joint ventures. We represent many of the major U.S. and European private equity clients and have advised on some of Europe’s largest buyouts. A highly regarded U.K. and U.S.-law banking team, including some of Europe’s most experienced practitioners, complements our leading merger and acquisition practice. This team regularly represents borrowers and lenders in sophisticated acquisition financings as well as other structured credit facilities. Our London lawyers have long been involved in debt and equity offerings by U.S. and European issuers in the world’s main capital markets, including initial public offerings and public and private offerings of senior debt, convertible instruments, commercial paper and other securities. We have particularly distinguished ourselves as leading participants in the European high yield bond market, representing both issuers and underwriters. Our London-based litigators advise our clients with respect to U.S. and European Union competition matters, handle European aspects of U.S. legal proceedings, and represent our clients in international arbitrations. With over fifty attorneys, the London office is staffed with lawyers fluent in most major European languages and includes U.K.-trained and qualified partners and associates.