Gabe Silva Named “Lawyer of the Year” at TMT Finance Awards USA 2025
Simpson Thacher Partner Gabe Silva has been named “Lawyer of the Year” at the TMT Finance Awards USA 2025. Given annually, this award recognizes top lawyers leading the way on dealmaking in the digital infrastructure space. Gabe was recognized for his work advising on numerous market-leading transactions in the sector over the past year. Among others, these included advising DigitalBridge in a $9.2 billion equity investment round in Vantage Data Centers, which was named “Data Center Deal of the Year,” and advising DigitalBridge in a $3.3 billion tower deal with Verizon, which was named “Towers Deal of the Year.” In addition, EQT’s sale of Lumos to a joint venture between T-Mobile and EQT Infrastructure VI, on which a Simpson Thacher team led by Matt Gabbard and David Lieberman advised EQT, was named “Fiber Deal of the Year.”
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