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Thomas Bell

Thomas Bell

Global 2026

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
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Ranked in 1 practice area

Private Equity: Fund Formation

USA

13 years ranked

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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).

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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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