Bio

S. Todd Crider is a Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where he is a member of the Firm’s Corporate Department and Head of the Latin America Practice. Todd divides his time between the Firm’s New York and São Paulo offices. He advises clients in international corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions and project finance. Todd concentrates primarily on transactions in Latin America and Spain and speaks Spanish, Portuguese and French. Todd’s practice and experience reflects the evolving nature of Practice in Latin America. In corporate finance, Todd has led transactions in Latin America and Europe, including advising in debt or equity offerings by issuers from Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia, as well as Spain and Portugal. Todd has handled matters for BAML, BTG Pactual, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Itau, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and UBS, among others. In M&A, Todd’s experience includes representing Apax, Blue Water, Carlyle, CVC, KKR, Patria, Riverwood, SoftBank, Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) and other private equity firms. Todd’s experience also includes advising principals in strategic transactions such as The Boeing Company in its acquisition of Embraer (terminated), Despegar.com, Inc. (NYSE: DESP) in its acquisition of Best Day Travel Group, Grupo Axo in its announced strategic distributor partnership with Nike to acquire Nike’s operations in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, TCV in its investment in Nubank, the controlling shareholders of Distribución y Servicio D&S in the sale of a controlling stake to Walmart, Dunas Energía in its tender offer by Grupo Energía Bogotá, Netshoes in its merger with a Magazine Luiza subsidiary, Volcan in its joint venture related to Port of Chancay in Peru, Gas Natural in its tender offer for Endesa, Portugal Telecom in its response to an unsolicited tender offer, Vivo in its exchange offers in Brazil, Telefónica Móviles in its acquisition of Motorola’s mobile telephone companies in Mexico, and Owens-Illinois in acquisitions and joint ventures in Latin America. In project finance, Todd has represented sponsors and lenders in hydro-electric projects, airport expansions, toll road projects, gas-fired generation facilities and other projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.