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Simpson Thacher represented Integrum Holdings LP (“Integrum”) in connection with the formation and fundraising of its second flagship fund, Integrum Capital Partners II LP (together with its parallel fund, “Fund II” or the “Fund”), which raised over $2.5 billion. Fund II was significantly oversubscribed and attracted a broad and global base of institutional investors, including public and private pension plans, insurance companies, family offices, foundations, investment consultants, sovereign...

Simpson Thacher is acting as lead counsel to Blackstone in connection with Blackstone’s acquisition of a €2.3 billion portfolio of real estate industrial assets in France from Proudreed. The portfolio spans 2 million square metres of flexible industrial space. The Simpson Thacher team includes Wheatly MacNamara, Adam Brunk, Tom Lloyd, Ben Rodger, Palina Pradhan, Rachael Farrell, Tash Moodien, Claudia Haavik, Lachlan Paterson and Elizabeth Kearney (Real Estate); Sarah Lindley, Chris Dorman and...

Simpson Thacher represented Centersquare, a portfolio company of Brookfield and a leading provider of advanced colocation facilities in key markets across North America and the U.K., on the acquisition of 10 data centers across the United States and Canada with enterprise value of US$1 billion. The transactions allowed Centersquare to expand its portfolio to 80 facilities and significantly increase its capacity to support high-density computing workloads. The transactions include data centers...

On September 25, 2025, Simpson Thacher won complete dismissal of all remaining claims in long-running multidistrict litigation against JPMorgan relating to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) in a 273-page opinion issued by U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald. The Court granted Defendants’ summary judgment motion on all remaining claims, decertified a previously certified class, and granted Daubert motions against certain of Plaintiffs’ experts. Plaintiffs included a class of...

Simpson Thacher is advising KKR in connection with its acquisition, with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, of a 45% equity interest in Sempra Infrastructure Partners, one of North America’s leading energy infrastructure platforms.  Upon closing, a KKR-led consortium will become the majority owner of Sempra Infrastructure Partners, holding a 65% equity stake. The transaction implies an equity value of $22.2 billion and an enterprise value of $31.7 billion for Sempra Infrastructure...

Simpson Thacher advised Blackstone Strategic Partners in connection with the formation and raising of approximately $5.5 billion for its latest infrastructure secondaries fund, Strategic Partners Infrastructure IV L.P., and its related committed program vehicles. Blackstone Strategic Partners provides a range of solutions across illiquid asset classes for investors and financial sponsors, including LP liquidity solutions and GP-focused solutions such as GP-led secondaries and...

Simpson Thacher represented WW International, Inc. (“WeightWatchers” or the “Company”) in connection with its pre-packaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization, which received approval from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on June 17, 2025. On June 24, 2025, the Company exited the court-supervised financial reorganization process. The court-approved plan reduces WeightWatchers’ debt by approximately $1.15 billion, more than 70%, and significantly strengthens its...