Victoria B. Salem (She/Her)

~~Simpson Thacher Exempt Organizations Group of counsel Victoria B. Bjorklund will speak at New York City Bar CLE’s “Nonprofit Law in the 21st Century – The Changing Landscape” on October 22, 2013. This program will provide an overview of those areas of nonprofit law that either recently experienced, or appear primed to undergo, major changes.   Ms. Bjorklund will speak about “The Delaware Alternative” as she discusses sister state alternatives for practitioners disinclined to incorporate under New York law.~~~~For more information about this program, please click here.

Dec 8

1 min

Simpson Thacher Exempt Organizations Group founder Victoria B. Bjorklund was profiled in the Winter 2012 edition of the Columbia Law School Magazine, Ms. Bjorklund's alma mater.  She is recognized for her dedication to nonprofit organizations, including as a director of and pro bono counsel for the Robin Hood Foundation, and serving as a member of New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s Leadership Committee on Nonprofit Revitalization, among others.~~~~Please click here to read the full article.

Feb 21

1 min

~~Simpson Thacher Exempt Organizations Group of counsel Victoria B. Bjorklund was elected to the Princeton University Board of Trustees, effective July 1, 2013.  She will serve four years as an alumna trustee. After graduating from Princeton in 1973 with an independent concentration in medieval studies, Ms. Bjorklund earned a Ph.D. in medieval studies at Yale University and a law degree at Columbia Law School. She is a member of Princeton's Gift Planning Advisory Committee and has served on a capital campaign committee. To read the full press release, please click here.

Nov 6

1 min

Simpson Thacher has once again been ranked among the leading law firms in the United States in The Legal 500 United States 2013. The Firm was recognized in 40 practice areas, including a total of 17 rankings in the top tier. Simpson Thacher was highly ranked in the following practice areas:~~~~Simpson Thacher was highly ranked in the following practice areas:~~~~Finance~~#1 Bank Lending (including other sources of financing)~~#1 Capital Markets: Debt Offerings - advice to issuers~~#1 Capital Markets: Debt Offerings - advice to managers~~#1 Capital Markets: Equity Offerings - advice to issuers~~#1 Capital Markets: Equity Offerings - advice to managers~~#1 Capital Markets: Global Offerings - advice to financial institutions~~#1 Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings - advice to issuers~~#1 Financial Services: Litigation~~#1 Not-for-profit (non profit and tax exempt organizations)~~#2 Capital Markets: Global Offerings - advice to corporates~~#2 Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings - advice to managers~~~~Industry Focus~~#1 Insurance: Advice to insurers~~~~Investment Fund Formation and Management~~#1 Private Equity Funds~~#2 Mutual/Registered Funds~~~~Labor and Employment~~#1 Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation~~~~Litigation~~#1 Securities: Shareholder Litigation~~~~Mergers, Acquisitions & Buyouts~~#1 Antitrust~~#1 M&A: Mega-Deals ($5bn+)~~#1 Private Equity Buyouts~~#2 M&A: Litigation~~~~Real Estate and Construction~~#1 Real Estate~~Tax #2 Domestic Tax: East Coast~~~~The Legal 500 United States also recognized a number of the Firm’s attorneys. Barry R. Ostrager and Henry B. Gutman, partners in the Firm’s Litigation Department, have been named as two of the country’s “Leading Trial Lawyers.” This is Mr. Ostrager’s seventh consecutive year and Mr. Gutman’s second consecutive year receiving this recognition. In addition, the following attorneys were recognized as “Leading Lawyers” in their respective fields of practice:~~~~Bruce D. Angiolillo~~Kevin J. Arquit~~Thomas H. Bell~~Victoria B. Bjorklund Joshua Ford Bonnie~~Richard Capelouto~~Sarah E. Cogan~~Charles I. Cogut~~James D. Cross~~Gary I. Horowitz~~Lee A. Meyerson~~Wilson S. Neely~~Barry R. Ostrager~~Peter V. Pantaleo~~Gregory J. Ressa~~Brian D. Robbins~~David A. Shevlin~~Mary Kay Vyskocil~~~~Michael W. Wolitzer~~~~In addition to the practice areas noted above, the Firm was recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the following practice areas:~~Finance: Asset Finance and Leasing~~Finance: Corporate Restructuring~~Finance: Financial Services: Regulatory~~Finance: Project Finance: Advice to Lender~~Finance: Project Finance: Advice to Sponsor~~Finance: Structured Finance~~Industry Focus: Energy: Renewable/Alternative~~Industry Focus: Energy: Transactions~~Industry Focus: Environment: Transactional and Regulatory~~Industry Focus: Insurance: Non-contentious~~Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds~~Litigation: International Arbitration~~Litigation: Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense: Consumer Products (including tobacco)~~Litigation: Supreme Court and Appellate~~Litigation: White-Collar Criminal Defense~~Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Transactions~~Tax: Domestic Tax: West Coast~~Tax: International~~

Jul 6

2 min

~~Simpson Thacher Exempt Organizations Group partner David A. Shevlin and retired partner Victoria B. Bjorklund will speak at the 31st annual "Representing and Managing Tax-Exempt Organizations" conference on April 24-25, 2014 in Arlington, Virginia.  Mr. Shevlin will speak on the panel entitled "Creative and Practical Uses of LLCs," which will cover when and how to use LLCs, ensuring the intended liability protection and tax exemption for LLCs. Mr. Shevlin will also speak at the "Issues in Nonprofit Governance: The New World of Social Enterprise and Implications for the Nonprofit Sector" program on April 23, 2014. He will speak on the panel "Charitable Investment in Social Enterprises: Options and Issues," which will examine potential structures for charitable investment in social enterprise.~~~~Ms. Bjorklund will speak on two panels and will be featured on the "Ask the Experts" panel, which will help answer a variety of questions from conference attendees. The first panel, "Disaster Relief Organizations," will cover topics including tax exemption and disaster relief, employer-sponsored disaster relief organizations and special issues for private foundations.  The second panel, "Charitable Giving Update," will provide an update on DAFs and supporting organizations, and will discuss the use and misuse of "America Friends" and loss of the charitable contribution deduction.~~~~For more information about this conference, please click here.

Mar 18

1 min