The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., in connection with the public offering of 9,284,337 shares of class A common stock of Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. (“Artisan Partners”), inclusive of the shares sold pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares, in each case at a price to the underwriters of $59.675 per share, or approximately $554.0 million in the aggregate. The offering closed on March 12, 2014.
Artisan Partners is a global investment management firm that provides a broad range of high value-added investment strategies in growing asset classes to sophisticated clients around the world. The firm’s principal offices are located in Milwaukee, San Francisco, Atlanta, New York, Kansas City and London. The shares of Artisan Partners are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “APAM.”
The Simpson Thacher team included Joshua Ford Bonnie, Lesley Peng, Siobhan Lam and Erika Tang (Capital Markets); David Rubinsky and Brittany McCants (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Robert Holo and Adam Wells (Tax) and Andrew Pagliughi (Blue Sky).
