The Firm is representing TDR Capital on the financing for its £750 million acquisition of David Lloyd Leisure Group, one of Britain's biggest health club chains.  David Lloyd Leisure operates 87 clubs in the U.K. and an additional 10 clubs across Europe. It has over 440,000 members and employs 6,000 people.

The Simpson Thacher team is Stephen Short, Manas Chandrashekar, Richard Kiveal and Tanim Rahman.