Simpson Thacher Scoops Kirkland’s Joanne Mak as London Partner

Joanne Mak joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as a partner in London, the firm announced Wednesday.

Mak represents clients on secondaries transactions, including single-asset continuation funds, multi-asset continuation funds, portfolio sales, structured secondaries, synthetic secondaries, stapled secondary offerings, preferred equity, and other fund recapitalizations. She also advises private funds on transactional matters such as direct co-investments, the firm said.

She joins from Kirkland & Ellis.

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