The Firm recently represented a group of underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., in the initial public offering of common stock of Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (“Dunkin’ Brands”), a portfolio company of Bain Capital LLC, The Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners. Dunkin’ Brands shares are now listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “DNKN”. A total of approximately $454.6 million in proceeds was raised in the offering. Dunkin’ Brands received approximately $395.3 million in gross proceeds from the offering and the remaining $59.3 million in gross proceeds were received by affiliates of Bain Capital LLC, The Carlyle Group, Thomas H. Lee Partners and certain other selling stockholders.

With more than 16,000 points of distribution in 57 countries worldwide, Dunkin’ Brands is the world’s leading franchisor of quick service restaurants serving hot and cold coffee and baked goods, as well as hard-serve ice cream.  

The Simpson Thacher team included Rhett Brandon, Justin Hoffman, Jonathan Lieberman and Bianca Bowen (Capital Markets & Securities), Noreen Lavan (Environmental), Greg Grogan and Julia Gaffin (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits), Jennie Getsin (FINRA), Parijat Sharma (Intellectual Property), Scott Dyer (Labor), Stella Kwak (Public Company Advisory Practice), Mardi Merjian and Daniel Molina (Real Estate) and Jonathan Cantor and Amie Broder (Tax).