Geoffrey Bailhache

Simpson Thacher represented Corsair Capital (“Corsair”), the existing majority investor in ZEDRA, in connection with a strategic minority investment by British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (“BCI”), one of Canada’s largest institutional investors, into ZEDRA.~~Founded in 2016, ZEDRA is one of the fastest growing global specialists in trust, fiduciary, corporate and fund services delivering a tailored and diversified range of wealth, governance and administrative solutions to clients who include high net worth individuals and families, multi-national companies of all sizes, corporate pension schemes as well as alternative investment managers.~~The Simpson Thacher team includes Geoffrey Bailhache, Derek Baird and Surya Kiran Banerjee (Corporate) and Ross Ferguson (Antitrust).

Jun 6

1 min

Simpson Thacher Partners Jason Glover and Geoffrey Bailhache have been named to Private Equity News’ list of the “Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers” for 2024. The list recognizes the “the top legal minds working in the buyout sector.” Jason was recognized for his leadership of the Firm’s London office as well as its European Funds Practice, which has advised on numerous “landmark fundraisings over the past 12 months,” including for CVC, EQT and Cinven. Geoff was noted for his role advising on “complex, cross-border transactions” such as Blackstone’s acquisitions of Civica and Technology Crossover Ventures’ acquisition, as part of Aurelia Bidco, of Adevinta ASA, among others.~~To view the full list of honorees and accompanying profiles, please click here (subscription required).

Jul 5

1 min

Simpson Thacher is representing Technology Crossover Ventures (“TCV”) in connection with the acquisition by a consortium comprised of Denis Ladegaillerie, EQT and TCV of a block of 71.92% of the share capital of Believe to be followed by a tender offer to acquire 100% of the share capital of Believe, valuing the company at €1.52 billion.~~Headquartered in Paris, France, Believe is a global independent music company. Believe was co-founded by Denis Ladegaillerie in 2005 with a mission to partner with local artists and labels, supporting them in their creative journeys and to grow their audiences at each stage of their career and development. Today, Believe provides more than 1.3 million independent artists with marketing, artist development, production, publishing, branding, live and financing solutions in more than 50 countries around the world across more than 150 digital streaming providers, including Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, and Amazon.~~The Simpson Thacher team includes Geoffrey Bailhache, Ciaran Cronin and Rhona Luithle (M&A); Nicholas Shaw (Capital Markets); Étienne Renaudeau, Henry Llewellyn and Kelly Karapetyan (Antitrust); and Robert Guo, Amanda Miller and Stephanie Lee (Funds).

Feb 16

1 min

Simpson Thacher is representing funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities in their announced £140 million pending strategic investment in Currencies Direct. The investment will be made in partnership with Currencies Direct’s management team, led by Keith Hatton, and Palamon Capital Partners and Corsair, which will retain their majority co-controlling stake in Currencies Direct.~~Currencies Direct is a leading global provider of digital foreign exchange and international payment services to private clients and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).~~The Simpson Thacher team includes Geoffrey Bailhache, James Campisi and Jason Yue (Corporate); Owen Lysak, Adam Robins, Etienne Renaudeau and Henry Llewellyn (Regulatory); Yash Rupal and Ellie Verran (Tax); and Ashley Bannister (Finance).

Aug 3

1 min

Simpson Thacher is representing Technology Crossover Ventures (“TCV”) in connection with the announcement of a voluntary tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding ordinary Class A shares in Adevinta ASA (“Adevinta”) by Aurelia Bidco Norway AS which is owned by Permira, Blackstone, General Atlantic and TCV.~~Adevinta is a global classified-ads specialist with online marketplaces in 10 different countries. It was spun out of Norwegian media company Schibsted in 2019 and operates websites across Europe. In 2020, the company merged with eBay’s classifieds business. That deal created the world’s largest online classified advertising business and made eBay the top shareholder in Adevinta.~~The Simpson Thacher team includes Geoffrey Bailhache, Atif Azher, James Evelegh and Simone Chua (M&A).

Nov 22

1 min