Simpson Thacher is representing funds advised by Apax Partners LLP (“Apax”) in connection with their agreement to acquire, through two separate transactions, Techoraco and Institutional Investor from Delinian, owner of a portfolio of companies that provide data, insights, and events in selected global markets.
Techoraco is the leading global events platform for the digital infrastructure market, convening senior decision-makers across connectivity, data centre, cloud and compute, finance and investment, energy and the wider digital infrastructure ecosystem. Institutional Investor operates the premier global capital introduction and intelligence platform of curated, event-based memberships connecting asset managers and institutional allocators.
The Simpson Thacher team includes James R. Howe, Chris Vallance, Andrew Cho, Julia Conzen and Daniel Folayan (UK Corporate); Yash Rupal and Adam Kania (UK Tax); Shahpur K Kabraji and Rachel Roberts (Credit); Keegan Lopez, Avery Golombek and Benjamin Bouwer (U.S. Corporate); Sophie A. Staples and Matthew Lester (U.S. Tax); Andrew Blau, Jana Hymowitz and Phillip Popkin (U.S. ECEB); and Kate Mirino and Jennifer Park (U.S. IP).