Katie Thomas (Simmonds) Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York, United States

Katie has been part of the teams advising:- Transaction Committee of Reynolds American in the $60.6b sale to British American Tobacco of the 57.8% of Reynolds stock that BAT did not already own- MSP Recoveryin its $32.6b business combination with Lionheart Acquisition Corp, a SPAC sponsored by Lionheart Equities- Sanofi in its $11.6b acquisition of Bioverativ, its $2.9b acquisition of Provention Bio, and its pending $2.2b acquisition of Inhibrx- Evercore, financial advisor to CoreSite Realty, in the $10.1b acquisition of CoreSite by American TowerApergy (n/k/a ChampionX) in a Reverse Morris Trust acquisition of ChampionX (f/k/a Nalco Champion) from Ecolab, creating an entity with a combined $7.4b enterprise value- athenahealth in its $5.7b sale to Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital (an affiliate of Elliott Management Corporation)- Centerview Partners, as financial advisor to Cantel Medical Corp., in its $4.6b sale to STERIS plc- Straight Path Communications Inc. in its $3.1b sale to Verizon Communications, Inc.- MGM Resorts International in its $1.625b acquisition of the operations of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas- Avista Healthcare Public Acquisition Corp. in its acquisition of Organogenesis Inc. and its proposed merger with Envigo International Holdings, Inc.- GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. in its up to $740m sale of Avera Semiconductor LLC and its $430m sale of a semiconductor fabrication plant to ON Semiconductor Corporation- Heartland Dental Care in the sale, by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, of a majority stake in Heartland to KKR- Irving Place Capital Management and Agiliti Holdco, Inc. (f/k/a Universal Hospital Services, Inc.) in Agliti’s combination with Federal Street Acquisition Corp. (FSAC), a SPAC sponsored by THL, with an implied EV of $1.74b- SiriusXM in its acquisition of a minority stake in SoundCloud- Software Luxembourg Holding in its $1.3b merger with and into Churchill Capital Corp, a SPAC sponsored by Churchill Capital

Greater New York City Area

Sydney

I worked in Herbert Smith Freehills' Corporate team, with a focus on M&A and equity capital markets. During this time, our M&A team was named Australian Deal Team of the Year in the 2015 and 2016 Australasian Law Awards. I also spent 12 months in Herbert Smith Freehills' Leveraged & Acquisition Finance team, working primarily with Private Equity clients on acquisitions and refinancings.

Sydney

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.) And Bachelor Of Laws (Llb)

Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws (Hons)

Law, Exchange Student

Education record