Simpson Thacher is representing First Student, a portfolio company of EQT, in connection with its definitive agreement to acquire Total Transportation Corp. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed by the end of summer.~~Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Total Transportation is a leading provider of general and special education student transportation, paratransit and charter services. Performing over 75,000 ADA trips per month and transporting approximately 100,000 school students per day, Total Transportation operates nearly 3,200 vehicles in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.~~Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, First Student is a leading school transportation solutions provider in North America. First Student delivers reliable, quality services, including full-service transportation and management, special-needs transportation, route optimization, and scheduling, maintenance, and charter services with a fleet of about 40,000 buses.~~The Simpson Thacher team includes Naveed Anwar, Michael T. Holick, Mark Underwood, Megan Whitman, Omar Kanjwal, Jamie Lee, Chandler Mores and Margaret E. Whalen (M&A); Jeannine McSweeney and Hannah Daniels (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Jonathan Goldstein and Scott Grundei (Tax); Eli Isak and Dorothy Hector (Credit); Hui Lin (Capital Markets); Bobbie Burrows and Benjamin Hart (Intellectual Property); Andrew M. Kofsky (Labor); Krista McManus and Dennis Loiacono (Real Estate); and Timothy Mulvihill and Noreen Lavan (Environmental).