Zhiyan Cao advises on the full range of secondary transactions, including GP-led transactions, continuation funds, tender offers and other bespoke liquidity solutions. She also has experience advising private equity firms and corporations in M&A, joint ventures and other strategic transactions, such as private equity buyouts, preferred equity investments and strategic minority investments.
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Work Highlights
Zhiyan’s experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
- Multiple sponsors in the formation of single asset and multi asset continuation vehicles
- Coller Capital as lead investor in the formation of TPG Twin Brook Capital Partners’ $3 billion credit-focused continuation vehicle
- Coller Capital as lead investor in the formation of Abry Partners’ $1.6 billion credit continuation vehicle
- Hamilton Lane as lead investor in the formation of Banner Capital Management’s Fund I
- Hamilton Lane as lead investor in MiddleGround Capital’s $440 million MiddleGround Carbon CV, L.P. fund
- Presidio, a portfolio company of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, in its acquisition of a majority stake in Contender Solutions, an Elite ServiceNow partner
Education
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University of New South Wales Law School, 2009 LL.B.
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University of New South Wales, 2009 B.A.
Zhiyan Cao is a Partner in the Firm’s Fund Transactions Practice. Based in New York, she advises on the full range of secondaries transactions, including GP-led transactions, continuation funds, tender offers and other bespoke liquidity solutions. She also has experience advising private equity firms and corporations in M&A, joint ventures and other strategic transactions, such as private equity buyouts, preferred equity investments and strategic minority investments.
Zhiyan’s experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
- Multiple sponsors in the formation of single asset and multi asset continuation vehicles
- Coller Capital as lead investor in the formation of TPG Twin Brook Capital Partners’ $3 billion credit-focused continuation vehicle
- Coller Capital as lead investor in the formation of Abry Partners’ $1.6 billion credit continuation vehicle
- Hamilton Lane as lead investor in the formation of Banner Capital Management’s Fund I
- Hamilton Lane as lead investor in MiddleGround Capital’s $440 million MiddleGround Carbon CV, L.P. fund
- Presidio, a portfolio company of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, in its acquisition of a majority stake in Contender Solutions, an Elite ServiceNow partner
Zhiyan received her B.A. and LL.B., with honors, from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 2009, where she was an editor of the University of New South Wales Law Journal. She is admitted to practice in New York and New South Wales.