Simpson Thacher represented Hamilton Lane Incorporated in connection with a follow-on offering of Class A common stock by the Company and a selling stockholder. The offering of 528,705 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock resulted in approximately $77.5 million in gross proceeds. Hamilton Lane intends to use the net proceeds from the shares offered by the Company to cash-settle exchanges of membership units in Hamilton Lane Advisors, L.L.C., the Company’s operating subsidiary, held by certain of the Company’s current and former directors and officers. The Company did not receive any proceeds from shares sold by the selling stockholder.
Founded in 1991, Hamilton Lane is a global private markets investment solutions provider with approximately $141 billion of discretionary assets under management, and approximately $845 billion of non-discretionary assets under advisement, as of June 30, 2025. Hamilton Lane structures, manages, and monitors portfolios of private markets funds and direct investments to help its clients access a diversified set of investment opportunities worldwide.
The Simpson Thacher team included Joshua Bonnie, Will Golden, Aarthy Thamodaran, Thalia Garcia, and Austin Pattan (Capital Markets); Andrew Purcell, Michael Mann, and Michael Leitner (Tax); Christopher Brown and Alexandra Cullen (Banking & Credit); James Hahn (Registered Funds); Lori Lesser and Corina Holland (Cybersecurity); and Erica Rozow and Jeanne Annarumma (ERISA).