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Provided by Sven Mickisch
Managing Partner of Simpson Thacher’s Financial Institutions Practice, Sven Mickisch advises on complex, high profile and often groundbreaking transactions and corporate matters across the financial services space. He has significant experience advising financial institutions in mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments, consortia and financing transactions and has handled numerous restructurings and recapitalizations of financial institutions. He also regularly advises private equity firms transacting in the financial services sector. Sven has been repeatedly recognized by New York Law Journal, Who’s Who Legal, Law360 and Euromoney.
Joined Simpson Thacher as Managing Partner in 2024, having previously been a Partner at another major U.S. law firm where he held several leadership positions.
J.D., Columbia Law School, 2005 (James Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar); LL.B., London School of Economics and Political Science, 2004 (Sir Morris Finer Memorial Prize).
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His ability to see around corners relative to potential issues is one of his greatest assets.
Sven is an excellent lawyer and very commercial in his approach.
He is a very sophisticated M&A lawyer and he understands how to get to the right answer efficiently.
His ability to see around corners relative to potential issues is one of his greatest assets.
Sven is an excellent lawyer and very commercial in his approach.
He is a very sophisticated M&A lawyer and he understands how to get to the right answer efficiently.