The Firm represented Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (“Oaktree”) in its initial public offering of 8.8 million units representing limited liability company interests.  Oaktree is a Los Angeles-based investment management firm with approximately $75 billion of assets under management.  Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley were the joint global coordinators for the $380 million offering.  The units began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “OAK” on April 12, 2012.

The Simpson Thacher team for this transaction included Tom Wuchenich, Ryan Nolan, Sara Terheggen, Michael Reeves, Daniel Daneshrad, Christopher Piazza and Kelli Schultz (Capital Markets); John Hart, Katharine Moir and Sean Austin (Tax); Tristan Brown and Paul Koppel (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); and A.J. Kess and Maia Gez (Public Company Advisory Practice).