The Firm recently represented a group of underwriters, led by Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc., in the initial public offering of common stock of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (“Bright Horizons”), a portfolio company of Bain Capital Partners, LLC. Bright Horizons’ shares are now listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “BFAM”. Bright Horizons received approximately $222 million in gross proceeds from the offering.
Bright Horizons is a leading provider of high-quality child care and early education services as well as other services designed to help employers and families better address the challenges of work and life.
The Simpson Thacher team included Rhett Brandon, John Ericson, Vanessa Clark and Karen Wang (Capital Markets & Securities), Mike Isby (Environmental), Tristan Brown and Grace Lin Wirth (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits), Jennie Getsin and Andrew Pagliughi (FINRA), Roxana Niktab (Intellectual Property), Dov Gottlieb and Kelli Schultz (Public Company Advisory Practice), Krista McManus (Real Estate) and Rob Holo and Adam Wells (Tax).
