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Associate in Simpson Thacher's Mergers & Acquisitions group. Prior experience also includes rotations in the Capital Markets and Banking and Credit practice groups. Recent representative matters at Simpson Thacher include: Mergers and Acquisitions:• L-3 Communications in connection with its sale of its National Security Solutions business to CACI International for $550 million.• Glimcher Realty Trust in connection with its acquisition by Washington Prime Group in a stock and cash transaction valued at $4.3 billion.• Genesee & Wyoming in connection with its acquisition of the Arkansas Division of Pinsly Railroad Company. • Royal Ahold in connection with its merger of equals with Delhaize Group at a combined valuation of approximately $29 billion. • Blackstone Real Estate Partners in connection with joint venture with Kimco Realty based on a gross purchase price of approximately $1.1 billion.• Lightyear Capital in connection with acquisition of RidgeWorth Capital Management, a multi-boutique asset management firm with approximately $50.6 billion in AUM, from SunTrust Bank.• Walter Energy in connection with its successful defense against proxy contest waged by Audley Capital Advisors for five of ten board seats at Walter Energy’s 2013 annual meeting.Banking and Credit:• CoStar Group in connection with its $625 million senior secured credit facility to finance its acquisition of Apartments.com.• Blackstone in connection with the financing of its $5.4 billion acquisition of The Gates Corporation.• JPMorgan Chase connection with a $215 million senior secured credit facility for Emmis Operating Company.• La Quinta in connection with its $2.35 billion senior secured credit facilities.Capital Markets:• American Tire Distributors in connection with its private offering of $225 million of senior subordinated notes.• Hilton Worldwide in connection with its $2.7 billion IPO and offering of $1.5 billion senior notes.

Legal extern through Michigan Law's Geneva International Fellowship Program to the Human Rights and Economic and Social Issues Section (HRESIS) of the Research and Right to Development Division (RRDD) of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.