Katherine M. Krause

Katherine Krause is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department. She regularly advises private equity firms and public companies on mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, spin-offs, recapitalizations and other business combination transactions. In the past she has represented private equity clients, including Goldman Sachs Asset Management, GTCR and Hellman & Friedman, as well as strategic clients and portfolio companies on M&A transactions. Over her career, Katherine has advised on significant corporate matters across a wide range of sectors including private equity, infrastructure and venture capital, among others. She was recently named as one of The Deal’s “Top Women in Dealmaking” and was recognized as one of The American Lawyer’s 2023 “Dealmakers of the Year”.  

Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Katherine was most recently a Managing Director in the Legal Department at Goldman Sachs. During her tenure, she was responsible for supporting the Merchant Banking Division (MBD) in connection with principal investments and dispositions across corporate equity and debt, infrastructure and venture capital opportunities, as well as in connection with fundraising, litigation and regulatory compliance matters. She was also a member of MBD’s Infrastructure Investment Committee and MBD’s Client and Business Standards Committee.

Katherine’s experience includes advising on:

• Blackstone in its acquisition of an equity stake in AIG’s Life & Retirement business
• Board of Directors of Twitter in the $44 billion sale of Twitter to Elon Musk
• Bright Health Group in the $175 million convertible preferred equity financing led by New Enterprise Associates
• Edelman Financial Engines, a portfolio company of Hellman & Friedman, in its strategic investment from Warburg Pincus
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management and EQT in their $8.5 billion acquisition of Parexel
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management in its acquisition of MDVIP in partnership with Charlesbank Capital Partners
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management in its strategic investment in Visual Comfort & Co.
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management in its acquisition of ImOn Communications
• GTCR in its sale of Paya Holdings to Nuvei in a $1.3 billion transaction
• Hellman & Friedman in its $2.8 billion acquisition of At Home Group
• Paysafe in its merger with Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC
• The Bountiful Company, a portfolio company of KKR, in its $5.75 billion sale to Nestlé