Jacqueline B. Clinton

Jackie Clinton is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Tax Practice based in New York. She advises on the tax aspects of a broad range of corporate matters, including the formation and structuring of private investment funds, mergers and acquisitions, secondaries transactions including traditional and synthetic secondaries acquisitions and dispositions, and GP-led restructurings, as well as minority stakes deals. Jackie regularly represents prominent private equity sponsors, including Hellman & Friedman, Silver Lake, Stonepeak, BlackRock and KKR.

Jackie has advised:

• Silver Lake in multiple transactions, including in raising $20.5 billion for its seventh buyout fund, the establishment of a new long-term investment strategy supported by a $2 billion investment by Mubadala Investment Company and its $1.2 billion strategic investment in Integrity Marketing Group
• Hellman & Friedman in multiple transactions, including in raising $16 billion for Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners IX and $24.4 billion for Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners X
• Stonepeak in multiple transactions, including its C$1.6 billion recapitalization of Xplore, the acquisition of six logistics assets totaling 2.3 million square feet in Houston, TX, the acquisition of nine logistics assets totaling 1.8 million square feet in Jacksonville, FL, raising $3.15 billion for its inaugural Stonepeak Opportunities Fund, its $3 billion recapitalization of Cologix, the establishment of Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund IV for $14 billion, and a minority investment by Blue Owl’s GP Strategic Capital platform
• KSL Partners in the establishment of its $1.44 billion second flagship fund targeting credit and equity investments and KSL Capital in raising $2.7 billion for KSL Capital Partners V
• D Capital in raising JPY 67 billion in its second Japan buyout series of funds
• Neuberger Berman in the establishment and raising of its over $1 billion second commingled real estate private equity secondaries fund
• Canyon Partners in the formation and raising of $1.2 billion for its real estate debt strategy
• Rubicon Technology Partners in multiple transactions, including raising $1.3 billion for Rubicon Technology Partners III, raising $1.7 billion for Rubicon Technology Partners IV and its $500 million single-asset continuation fund to extend Rubicon's partnership with Cin7
• EQT, alongside CPPIB, in their $2.7 billion acquisition of a majority equity stake in Waystar and subsequent acquisition of Recondo Technology by Waystar, and EQT in its acquisition of a majority interest in Aldevron and its majority investment in Storable Inc.
• Technology Crossover Ventures in multiple transactions, including raising $3 billion for TCV X, raising $4 billion for TCV XI, and in its acquisitions of Oversight and Watermark Insights
• Clearlake Capital Group in multiple transactions, including raising $3.6 billion for Clearlake Capital Partners Fund V and in its acquisition of a majority stake in WhiteStar Asset Management
• Corsair Capital in multiple transactions, including raising $1 billion for Corsair V Financial Services Capital Partners and in its acquisition of the Multi Service Payment Solutions Business
• Portfolio Advisors in its merger with FS Investments, creating a $73 billion alternative investment firm
• Riverwood Capital in raising $1.8 billion for its fourth-generation funds and in the formation and fundraising of over $1.4 billion for Riverwood Capital Partners III
• Carlyle in its minority investment by CAPTRUST Financial Advisors

Jackie received her J.D. and Business Law Certificate from the University of California Berkeley School of Law in 2012 and her B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University, cum laude, in 2007.