News & Events Firm and Individual Honors Go Back Simpson Thacher Wins Awards for Asia Transactions 03.16.10 The Firm was recently awarded the 2009 Private Equity Deal of the Year at the IFLR Asia Awards for our representation of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in its $1.8 billion acquisition of Anheuser Busch InBev's Oriental Brewery. To read more about this transaction, please click here. The Firm also recently won Deal of the Year awards from Asian-Counsel for the biggest and best deals from December 2008 to November 2009: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group’s approximately $9.5 billion common stock offering Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.’s $1.8 billion acquisition of Anheuser Busch InBev's Oriental Brewery (OB) Primus Nan Shan Holding Company Ltd.’s $2.15 billion acquisition of Nan Shan Life Insurance Company from AIG Related Insights 09.12.25 | Firm and Individual Honors Simpson Thacher Named “Private Equity Firm of the Year” at 2025 Asia Legal Awards 08.26.25 | Simpson Thacher in the News Yang Wang Quoted in Asian Venture Capital Journal on Private Equity Firms Pursuing Increasingly Global Investments 07.25.25 | Firm and Individual Honors Simpson Thacher Honored as Part of CBLJ’s China Business Law Awards 2025 Related Services Related Practice Areas Corporate