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Simpson Thacher Represents Blackstone in Establishing $1.3 Billion Credit Opportunities Fund

12.13.07

Simpson Thacher represented The Blackstone Group L.P. in the establishment of Blackstone Credit Liquidity Partners L.P. The fund, with $1.3 billion in equity capital commitments, will seek to take advantage of dislocations in the credit market by investing in a broad range of debt and debt related securities and instruments on a global basis using a wide variety of investment types and transactions structures.

The Simpson Thacher team representing Blackstone included Michael Wolitzer, David Eisenberg, Jonathan Karen, Nentcho Nentchev and James Thompson (corporate); Brian Robbins and Jeanne Annarumma (ERISA); John Hart and Jonathan Goldstein (tax); Mark Lab and Sean Cotton (blue sky); and paralegal Sarah Major.