Demetrius Baefsky is a Partner in the Private Funds Practice at Simpson Thacher, based in the Firm’s New York office. Demetrius advises private equity sponsors on the formation, structuring and operation of private equity funds across asset classes, including buyout funds, real estate funds, continuation vehicles and co-investment funds. His experience includes representing some of the world’s most prominent private fund sponsors such as Blackstone, Silver Lake and Stonepeak, among others.
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Work Highlights
- Arlington Capital Partners in the establishment of the $6 billion Arlington Capital Partners VII
- Blackstone in multiple fundraisings, including the establishment of the $30.4 billion Blackstone Real Estate Partners X, the largest real estate or private equity drawdown fund ever raised, the $20.5 billion Blackstone Real Estate Partners IX and Blackstone’s perpetual capital vehicle which was formed to acquire Resolution Life Group Holdings, Ltd. ($3 billion of new capital commitments and $5 billion of rollover capital commitments)
- Silver Lake in connection with multiple fundraises, including the establishment of Silver Lake Partners VII ($20.5 billion), Silver Lake Partners VI ($20 billion) and Silver Lake Alpine II ($3.125 billion)
- Calera Capital in connection with multiple fundraises, including the establishment of its first single-asset continuation vehicle Calera Capital Image Holdings, L.P. ($750 million)
Education
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University of Chicago Law School, 2018 J.D.
Mark Mamolen Prize in Business
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University of California, Berkeley, 2015 B.A.
All Academic Pac-12, First Team 2013-2015; Varsity Letter Men's Crew
Demetrius Baefsky is a Partner in the Private Funds Practice at Simpson Thacher, based in the Firm’s New York office. Demetrius advises private equity sponsors on the formation, structuring and operation of private equity funds across asset classes, including buyout funds, real estate funds, continuation vehicles and co-investment funds. His experience includes representing some of the world’s most prominent private fund sponsors such as Blackstone, Silver Lake and Stonepeak, among others. His practice also includes advising on carried interest and similar internal GP arrangements, co-investment vehicles, continuation vehicles, M&A transactions and strategic acquisitions involving financial sponsors, joint ventures, and other corporate transactions and strategic initiatives involving financial sponsors.
Some of Demetrius’s notable work highlights include advising:
- Arlington Capital Partners in the establishment of the $6 billion Arlington Capital Partners VII
- Blackstone in multiple fundraisings, including the establishment of the $30.4 billion Blackstone Real Estate Partners X, the largest real estate or private equity drawdown fund ever raised, the $20.5 billion Blackstone Real Estate Partners IX and Blackstone’s perpetual capital vehicle which was formed to acquire Resolution Life Group Holdings, Ltd. ($3 billion of new capital commitments and $5 billion of rollover capital commitments)
- Silver Lake in connection with multiple fundraises, including the establishment of Silver Lake Partners VII ($20.5 billion), Silver Lake Partners VI ($20 billion) and Silver Lake Alpine II ($3.125 billion)
- Calera Capital in connection with multiple fundraises, including the establishment of its first single-asset continuation vehicle Calera Capital Image Holdings, L.P. ($750 million)
Demetrius received his J.D. from University of Chicago Law School in 2018. He received his B.A. from University of California, Berkeley in 2015, where he was a member of the Varsity Men’s Rowing team for four years and was a member of the PAC-12 All Academic, First Team from 2013-2015. He is admitted to practice in New York.