In today’s market, capital structure challenges arise in ways that are interconnected, fast‑moving and multidimensional. Facing shifting credit conditions, tightening liquidity, operational disruption and growing complexity, our clients need sophisticated strategies and solutions that anticipate risk, unlock flexibility and advance their objectives in real time.
Simpson Thacher’s Capital Structure Solutions Practice unifies our complementary capabilities into a cohesive global offering and serves as a single, integrated destination for clients’ capital structure needs. By integrating our market‑leading Restructuring and Liability Management & Special Situations teams with our financing‑focused lawyers across Banking & Credit, Capital Markets and related practices, we bring clarity, discipline and strategic judgment to the most complex capital structure challenges.
Our multidisciplinary model reflects how capital structure matters evolve in practice: interconnected, dynamic and demanding holistic, solutions‑oriented thinking. We advise clients across the value chain, including companies, sponsors, boards, lenders, creditors and investors across the full lifecycle of their investments and are uniquely positioned to provide unconflicted, client-aligned advice across the capital structure. From initial capital deployment through periods of growth, stress, transition or transformation, we support them with deep experience across credit, capital markets, restructuring, M&A, private equity, litigation and tax. We design and execute innovative approaches that preserve value, align incentives, secure liquidity and create strategic pathways through uncertainty.
We counsel clients on liability management transactions, complex recapitalizations, distressed and special situations matters, opportunistic credit strategies, debt‑for‑control solutions and in‑court and out‑of‑court restructurings. Whether guiding directors through governance considerations, crafting bespoke financing solutions, structuring distressed M&A transactions or managing stakeholder negotiations, our lawyers bring measured judgment, market insight and a solutions‑oriented mindset.