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Partners Gillian Emmett Moldowan and David Rubinsky, and Associate Courtney Thomson, authored an article titled, “What Compensation Committees Must Keep In Mind In 2025,” which was published by Law360. The article discusses what the public company compensation disclosure and decision-making process landscape looks for 2025 amid new disclosure obligations, an evolving discussion on the analysis of executive perks and updated proxy advisor policies. 

Simpson Thacher Litigation Partners Lynn Neuner and Laura Lin have been named among the Daily Journal’s 2025 “Leading Commercial Litigators,” a series recognizing the best attorneys working on commercial and bet-the-company litigation across the country.   Read more: https://lnkd.in/eWsDnTqH

Simpson Thacher is pleased to share highlights from our 2024 Pro Bono Program. Over the past year, we opened 123 new pro bono cases and held 56 large clinic events, in addition to nearly 150 weekly clinic sessions in the U.S. and London. With the help of hundreds of corporate client volunteers in addition to Simpson Thacher attorneys and staff, these clinics served homeless youth, small businesses, and individuals seeking assistance with immigration and benefits-related issues. Globally, our teams addressed both high impact matters and smaller engagements that transformed lives and positively impacted our communities from connecting low-income individuals with essential services to criminal justice, helping to stabilize families, and launching and supporting small businesses and nonprofits. Simpson Thacher has an abiding commitment to public service, with tens of thousands of hours devoted yearly to matters that reflect the diverse interests of our lawyers. Read more about Pro Bono at Simpson Thacher here: https://lnkd.in/eX6hshBJ

Simpson Thacher matters have been shortlisted in multiple categories for Global Competition Review’s GCR Awards 2025: Mattress Firm’s acquisition by Tempur Sealy International, in which the Firm represents Mattress Firm; and Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk, in which the Firm represented Cisco with respect to Foreign Direct Investment matters, were both shortlisted for “Merger Control Matter of the Year (Americas).” Additionally, Abram Ellis is a finalist for “Litigator of the Year” at Global Competition Review’s GCR Awards 2025. Abram represented JPMorgan in obtaining the Ninth Circuit’s affirmance of dismissal in an ICE LIBOR lawsuit against several major banks, which was shortlisted for “Litigation Matter of the Year (Cartel Defense).”    Click here view the full list of finalists and cast your vote for the winners: https://lnkd.in/e69EqMNw

Several Simpson Thacher matters were named “Deals of the Year” for 2024 by LatinFinance. The awards recognize outstanding transactions in Latin America over the last year and the dealmakers behind them. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eCG5jrPH

Private Equity News has named Wheatly MacNamara, London Managing Partner at Simpson Thacher and Co-Head of its London Real Estate Group, among the “Twenty Most Influential in Real Estate” for 2025. Wheatly was recognized for her work advising “some of the world’s largest private markets firms” on high-profile real estate transactions, including her role in advising Blackstone on its $7 billion hyperscale data center joint venture with Digital Realty, among others. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eVbdR5dF

Simpson Thacher has launched its inaugural edition of Liability Management Expresso, which offers a quick snapshot of the latest trends and insights in the dynamic world of creative leveraged finance transactions.   Authored by the Firm’s Liability Management and Special Situations team, this edition provides a concise overview of the key developments shaping markets in the U.S. and Europe. Whether you are staying ahead of strategic liquidity plays, tracking tactics employed across the market, or are simply curious about this continuously-evolving space, we will make sure that you are up to speed.   Read more: https://lnkd.in/eQT-RNEx

On January 27, Simpson Thacher hosted an Extraordinary Women on Boards (EWOB) event at the Firm’s New York office. Partners Nick Goldin, Katherine Krause, Sara Razi, Eric Swedenburg and Jonathan Youngwood discussed the legal outlook for 2025, highlighting potential implications for board members concerning mergers and acquisitions and antitrust regulation, securities litigation, and the broader regulatory and enforcement landscape. Partner Lori Lesser moderated the discussion. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eRPSnr3s

Partners Abram Ellis, Karen Kazmerzak and Preston Miller authored an article titled, “5 Factors From Biden’s Final Worker Antitrust Guidelines,” which was published by Law360. The article discussed the recently published joint FTC and DOJ guidelines for business activities affecting workers, which laid out types of agreements that may violate antitrust laws.

Todd Crider, Head of Simpson Thacher’s Latin America Practice, has been named “International Lawyer of the Year” by Latin Lawyer. Todd was recognized for his role advising on several noteworthy transactions over the past year, as well as for his leadership of the Practice and his commitment to pro bono work. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ePYsp2Pj