James Beebe

James Beebe is a Partner in the Firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice. Based in New York, he counsels public and private companies, financial institutions, executives and creditors’ committees on a broad range of executive compensation and employee benefits matters. He advises clients across industry sectors on the design, operation and termination of compensation and benefits arrangements, including in connection with mergers and acquisitions and for distressed companies and those emerging from bankruptcy or a restructuring. James frequently represents both companies and executives in the negotiation of senior executive employment and compensation arrangements.

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:

• United States Steel Corporation in Its $14 billion Acquisition by Nippon Steel Corporation
• Veritas Capital in a consortium acquisition of Syneos for $7.1 billion
• Veritas Capital in the $5.3 billion acquisition of Veritas-backed Guidehouse Inc. by Bain Capital Private Equity
• Avianca in its successful chapter 11 restructuring
• EMH Partners on its significant minority investment in Stonebranch
• EQT Future, EQT’s new impact-driven longer-hold investment strategy, on an investment in SHL Medical AG
• Nexus Capital Management on its partnership with ACT
• South Street Securities Holdings, Inc. on its acquisition of all of the equity interests of GX2 Systems including GX2's wholly owned broker-dealer subsidiary, GX2 Spread Markets
• Veritas Capital-backed Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the acquisition of NWEA

James received his J.D. from Seattle University, his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University and his B.A. from the University of Washington. James is admitted to practice in New York.