Simpson Thacher Wins "Best Korea Deal" Award from FinanceAsia
The Firm was recently awarded FinanceAsia's Best Korea Deal of 2010 for our representation of the underwriters in Samsung Life Insurance’s $4.4 billion IPO. This offering is the largest IPO in Korea to date, including dual-listed IPOs. The international placement was underwritten by Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Citi and Nomura, and the domestic public offer was underwritten by Korea Investment & Securities, Shinhan Investment, Samsung Securities, Tong Yang Securities, KB Investment and Woori Investment. To read more about this transaction, please click here.