Charles Cogut

INDEPENDENT

Leading Corporate Lawyer with Multi-Jurisdictional M&A Expertise

Background

• Casey Cogut joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in 1973 and served as a partner from 1980 to 2012. He was a leading member of the firm’s merger and acquisitions and private equity practices.
• From 1990 to 1993, he served as senior resident partner in the firm’s London office.
• Mr. Cogut received his J.D. in 1973 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School after graduating summa cum laude from Lehigh University in 1969.
• He is a member of the Board of Advisors of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. He also is the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and a member of the Executive Committee of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Qualifications, Attributes and Key Skills

• Mr. Cogut spent nearly 40 years at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP where he specialized in domestic, international and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, the representation of special committees of boards of directors, buyouts and other transactions involving private equity firms.
• He regularly advised boards of directors with respect to corporate governance matters and fiduciary responsibilities.
• He has been recognized as one of the most prominent leading corporate lawyers in the United States.