Patrick Baron is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department. Patrick’s practice is focused on domestic and international corporate finance transactions across a broad range of industries. He has represented both investment banks and issuers in high yield financings, investment grade financings, debt restructurings, liability management transactions, initial public offerings and other capital markets transactions.
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Work Highlights
- Acquisition Finance: Notes offerings, exchange offers and tender offers related to Newmont Mining’s acquisitions of Goldcorp and Newcrest; the combination of AT&T’s WarnerMedia business with Discovery to form Warner Bros. Discovery; the acquisition of ILG by Marriott Vacations; the spin-off of Venator Materials from Huntsman; Northrop Grumman’s acquisition of Orbital ATK; Diebold’s acquisition of Wincor Nixdorf; Darling’s acquisition of VION Ingredients; Wolverine World Wide’s acquisition of the Performance + Lifestyle Group business of Collective Brands; Sealed Air’s acquisition of Diversey; the acquisition of Cadbury by Kraft Foods; the merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio; Blackstone’s acquisition of Hilton Hotels; the acquisition of TXU by KKR and the Texas Pacific Group; Blackstone’s acquisition of Equity Office Properties Trust; KKR’s acquisition of MTU Aero Engines
- Liability Management Transactions: Exchange offers, debt tender offers and consent solicitations by Warner Bros. Discovery, FedEx, United Site Services, Carvana, Freedom Mortgage, MasTec, Northrop Grumman, Diebold Nixdorf
- Investment Grade Debt Offerings: FedEx, UnitedHealth Group, Northrop Grumman, Warner Bros. Discovery, Caterpillar, MasTec, Eagle Materials, Boston Scientific, Element Fleet, Microchip, United States Steel
- High Yield Debt Offerings: Freedom Mortgage, Bausch Health, Hertz, Darling Ingredients, Cimpress, Hovnanian, Republic Finance, Onity, Group 1 Automotive, Marriott Vacations, United States Steel, Del Monte, Tervita, UGI International, NGL Energy, InfraBuild
- Equity Tender Offers: Valvoline, Monster Beverage, GameStop, MSG Networks, TriNet Group, The Hackett Group, DaVita, Taro Pharmaceutical, Seneca Foods
- IPOs: Press Ganey, MTU Aero Engines and Demag Cranes
- Equity Offerings: Carvana, Kratos
Education
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Cornell Law School, 2001 LL.M.
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State Board of Legal Examinations, Düsseldorf, 1999 Zweites juristisches Staatsexamen
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University of Cologne School of Law, 1997 Erstes juristisches Staatsexamen
Clerkships
- Appellate Court of Cologne, Rechtsreferendar, 1997–1999
Admissions
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New York 2002
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Germany 2000
Patrick Baron is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department. Patrick’s practice is focused on domestic and international corporate finance transactions. He has represented both investment banks and issuers in high yield financings, investment grade financings, debt restructurings, liability management transactions, initial public offerings and other capital markets transactions. His practice spans a broad range of industries, including industrials, automotive, mining, infrastructure, aerospace & defense, media and telecommunications, leisure and healthcare. Patrick also regularly advises clients with respect to securities laws and general corporate matters.
Patrick joined Simpson Thacher in 2001. He received his J.D. from the University of Cologne School of Law in Germany in 1997 and his LL.M. from Cornell Law School in 2001. Patrick is admitted to practice in New York and Germany.