Partner, New York Office

William E. Curbow is a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and a member of the Firm’s Corporate Department where he concentrates on mergers and acquisitions. Transactions which he has handled include the representation of: First Reserve Corporation in connection with its acquisition of CHC Helicopter Corporation; Bahamas Oil Refining Company International Limited and Quicksilver Gas Services LP and its investments in DOF Subsea ASA and Glencore International AG; L-3 Communications Corporation in connection with numerous acquisitions, including purchases of Insight Technology Incorporated, the Aircraft Integration Systems division of Raytheon Company, Northrop Grumman’s Electron Devices and Displays-Navigation Systems businesses and the Goodrich Avionics Systems division of Goodrich Corp., and CMC Holdings, Inc.; Vodafone Group Plc in connection with the purchase by Verizon Wireless of Alltell Corp.; The Blackstone Group LP in connection with its purchases of Travelport Inc. and Worldspan Techologies Inc.; The Cypress Group in connection with the purchases of Meow Mix Holdings, Inc., the automotive aftermarket group of Dana Corporation and the automotive business segment of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company; Brooklyn Basketball, LLC in connection with the purchase of the New Jersey Nets.

Mr. Curbow joined Simpson Thacher in 1989 and became a partner in 1996. He received his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Connecticut in 1984 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1987. Mr. Curbow is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut.