Nick Shaw is a Partner in the Firm’s London office, where he leads Simpson Thacher’s European Finance and Capital Markets group. He routinely advises leading private equity firms and their portfolio companies on leveraged finance, high yield, infrastructure finance and other financing and high yield transactions. Chambers cites him as a “main player in the market” who is “highly respected by peers”. His clients have included KKR, Apax, TDR Capital, I Squared Capital and Blackstone.
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Work Highlights
- KKR in the financing aspects of its €22 billion offer for the purchase of Telecom Italia’s fixed-line network
- Melrose Industries PLC in its demerger of its GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy businesses
- BlackRock in its lease-and-leaseback deal for Saudi Aramco’s gas pipeline network with Saudi Aramco for approximately $15.5 billion and subsequent offering bond offerings
- Takko Fashion Gmbh in the group’s successful cross-border restructuring
- Stonegate in relation to numerous financing transactions, including its offerings of high yield notes and PIK loans, as well as asset backed financings
- Blackstone Property Partners Europe Holdings and Logicor in numerous real estate bond offerings and tender offers
Education
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Columbia Law School, 1997 LL.M.
James Kent Scholar; with Honors
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University of Adelaide Law School, 1997 LL.M.
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University of Adelaide Law School, 1993 LL.B.
First Class Honours
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University of Adelaide, 1991 B.A.
Admissions
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U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York 1999
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U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1999
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New York 1998
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Supreme Court of South Australia 1995
Nick Shaw leads the Firm’s European Finance and Capital Markets group. He represents private equity sponsors and banks in capital markets and acquisition finance transactions. His private equity financing experience includes numerous representations for sponsors such as KKR, Apax and Blackstone and their portfolio companies.
He received his B.A.(Jur.) from the University of Adelaide in 1991, his LL.B.(Hons.) from the University of Adelaide Law School in 1994, an LL.M.(Comm.) from the University of Adelaide Law School in 1997 and an LL.M. from Columbia University School of Law in 1997. He was a James Kent Scholar at Columbia in 1997.