
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP fields a ‘commercially minded’ team that benefits from strong cross-practice collaboration, working with clients on a wide variety of competition matters. The practice is consistently sought after by blue-chip clients for its expertise in complex and market-leading transactions. The team is headed up by Antonio Bavasso, a respected antitrust lawyer renowned for his considerable experience in merger reviews, government antitrust investigations, and antitrust litigation. Étienne Renaudeau is noted for his focus on obtaining antitrust approvals for high-profile, cross-border transactions. Ross Ferguson left the firm to join Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in April 2024.
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Kernmandanten
- AGCO
- Antin Infrastructure Partners
- Blackstone
- Blackstone Real Estate
- Bridgepoint
- Cisco Systems
- Corsair Capital
- EQT
- EQT Active Core Infrastructure
- John Laing
Highlight-Mandate
- Advised News UK in relation to the ongoing bid for the sale of Telegraph Group titles out of administration.
- Acted for KKR in connection with the combination of NielsenIQ and GfK SE.
- Acted for John Laing, a portfolio company of KKR, in connection with its acquisition of a portfolio of three assets (the “Portfolio”) from AMP Capital, the infrastructure manager of the Irish Infrastructure Fund (IIF).
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Die Anwält*innen an der Spitze ihres Berufsstands, die aufgrund ihres langjährigen Engagements in marktführender Arbeit von Wettbewerbern und Mandanten gleichermaßen geschätzt und anerkannt werden.

Praxisleitung
Antonio Bavasso
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Étienne Renaudeau