Atif Azher
USA Guide 2024
Band 3 : Private Equity: Buyouts
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About
Provided by Atif Azher
Practice Areas
Atif Azher is a Corporate Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Palo Alto office, where he has led some of the most successful and market-defining M&A transactions in recent years. He provides sophisticated transactional counsel to public and private companies, investment funds and financial institutions, in a variety of domestic and cross-border transactions. He regularly advises on multi-billion dollar mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and JVs, drawing on his substantial experience across a broad range of industries, including technology, technology-enabled services, software, internet, sports, entertainment and media, healthcare, financial services, fintech, retail and consumer products, and real estate. Additionally, he has experience working on SPAC transactions, including advising target companies, SPACs and PIPE investors.
Career
Partner, joined Firm in 2004
Personal
BS and BSBA, magna cum laude, University of Arizona (2000); MA, University of Pennsylvania (2004); JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School (2004).
Chambers Review
USA
Atif Azher is a rising star in the private equity market who is active in domestic and cross-border transactions. He frequently handles transactions in the technology and life sciences industries.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Atif is a great person to have running a deal. He is an expert negotiator and knows how to marshal a strong team to get the job done."
"He has a really commanding presence in negotiations."
"Atif is a good technical lawyer and understands how to get deals done."
"Atif is a great person to have running a deal. He is an expert negotiator and knows how to marshal a strong team to get the job done."
"He has a really commanding presence in negotiations."
"Atif is a good technical lawyer and understands how to get deals done."
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