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Thomas Bell

Global 2026

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Private Equity: Fund Formation

USA

13 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Partner specializing in investment management. Founded and headed the Firm's Private Funds Practice. Advises clients globally on private equity funds, real estate funds, hedge funds and similar funds. Representative clients: CVC Capital Partners, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Macquarie, New Mountain Capital, Pretium, The Sentient Group, Sterling Investment Partners, Waterton Global and Webster Bank.

Career

Joined, 1983; Partner, 1992.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association. International Bar Association. Past Chair, International Bar Association Subcommittee on Private Investment Funds. Founder, past Co-Chair, Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds.

Personal

Yale Law School (JD 1983); New College, Oxford University (MA 1980); Dartmouth College (BA, summa cum laude, 1978).

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Global Guide

Private Equity: Fund Formation - USA

Senior Statespeople

Individual Editorial

Thomas Bell advises leading asset management clients on raising large real estate and infrastructure funds. He has further experience of advising clients on secondary transactions.

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