Trevor Currie advises privately held emerging and high growth companies, multinational corporations, venture capital funds, private equity funds and corporate venture groups on a range of complex business transactions. He has extensive experience counseling clients on mergers, acquisitions, private equity investments, venture capital matters, equity and debt financings, divestures, corporate restructurings and general corporate matters.
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Work Highlights
Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
- Caterpillar Inc., the world’s largest construction-equipment manufacturer, in connection with its equity investments in dozens of strategic targets, multiple acquisitions, and the sale of minority equity stakes in various Caterpillar Venture Capital Inc. portfolio companies
- NRG Energy, Inc. in connection with its issuance of $650.0 million of preferred stock and related acquisition of Vivint Smart Home, Inc.
- DevCo Partners in connection with its acquisition of Dieseko Group.
- A publicly traded mobile computing company in connection with its acquisition of a leading provider of prescriptive analytics for the retail and consumer packaged goods industries
- An insurance and financial services company in connection with its acquisition of a document services and compliance company
Accolades
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Best Lawyers, “The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch,” 2024
Education
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University of Notre Dame Law School, 2014 J.D.
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Loyola University Chicago, 2011 B.A.A.
Trevor Currie is a Partner in the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. Based in Chicago, he advises privately held emerging and high growth companies, multinational corporations, venture capital funds, private equity funds and corporate venture groups on a range of complex business transactions. He has extensive experience counseling clients on mergers, acquisitions, private equity investments, venture capital matters, equity and debt financings, divestures, corporate restructurings and general corporate matters.
Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
- Caterpillar Inc., the world’s largest construction-equipment manufacturer, in connection with its equity investments in dozens of strategic targets and the sale of minority equity stakes in various Caterpillar Venture Capital Inc. portfolio companies
- SoftBank Vision Fund II, as lead investor, in Tractable's $65 million Series E investment round at a pre-money valuation of $370 million
- Inversago Pharma, Inc., a clinical stage biotech company, in its CAD 95 million Series C funding, led by New Enterprise Associates
- Redwood Capital Management, LLC, MSD Partners, L.P., and their respective affiliates, in the purchase of $40 million of Series A Senior Preferred Stock issued by American Public Education, Inc.
- DevCo Partners in connection with its acquisition of Dieseko Group.
- NRG Energy, Inc. in connection with its issuance of $650.0 million of preferred stock and related acquisition of Vivint Smart Home, Inc.
- Corazon Capital, a Chicago-based venture capital firm, in connection with minority equity investments in numerous early-stage and high-growth companies
- A publicly traded mobile computing company in connection with its acquisition of a leading provider of prescriptive analytics for the retail and consumer packaged goods industries
- An insurance and financial services company in connection with its acquisition of a document services and compliance company
- A full-cycle referral management platform in connection with its sale to a leading healthcare and information technology company
Trevor received his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 2014 and his B.A.A. from Loyola University, Chicago, in 2011. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and Wisconsin.