Thomas Cheeseman

Thomas Cheeseman is Counsel in Simpson Thacher’s Registered Funds Practice. Based in the Boston office, he advises a broad range of registered funds, business development companies, alternative asset managers, corporate credit managers, investment management firms and other financial services companies on a wide array of corporate transactions. His practice includes advising clients on the formation, structuring and operations of funds as well as on related capital markets transactions, including debt and equity offerings. Thomas also advises issuers and investment banks in public and private securities transactions, corporate governance and securities law compliance matters, SEC disclosure filings and the preparation of annual and quarterly reports and proxy statements.

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:

• Antares Capital LP in the launch of Antares Strategic Credit Fund, a private BDC, and Antares Private Credit Fund, a continuously offered public BDC
• Barings LLC in public and private debt offerings for Barings BDC, Inc.
• Blackstone in debt offerings for BXSL, their public BDC, and BCRED, their private BDC
• HPS Investment Partners on its $400 million private placement of notes by HPS Corporate Lending Fund, a BDC
• Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. in the IPO of Trinity Capital, Inc., a BDC
• Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, a BDC advised by Horizon Technology Finance Management LLC (“HTFM”), in multiple debt and equity offerings as well as the acquisition of HTFM by Monroe Capital LLC
• Portman Ridge Finance Corporation, a BDC, in the issuance of $80 million of unsecured notes in a Rule 144A offering

Thomas received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School in 2016, where he was a John W. Wade Scholar. He received his B.A. from Hamilton College in 2012. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts.