Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is a law firm, founded in 1884, whose industry groups include financial services and fintech and digital assets. It has approximately 2,000 lawyers across 16 offices, including New York, London, Hong Kong, Brussels, Luxembourg, Tokyo and São Paulo, and works across 32 major practice areas such as banking and credit, capital markets, M&A, private funds and litigation. Its Financial Institutions Practice advises banks, insurance companies, securities and mortgage brokers, specialty finance companies, asset management groups, investors and government agencies on transactional and regulatory matters. The firm states that it also advises numerous fintech companies across all verticals. Featured matters include the Blackstone-led consortium's acquisition of a majority interest in Refinitiv and Refinitiv's later acquisition by the London Stock Exchange.