Ellen Patterson is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department, where she focuses on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions, particularly for the Firm’s financial institution clients. Recently, she has represented multiple strategic and private equity clients in bids for assets and/or deposits of failed banks and thrifts from the FDIC, including representing East West Bancorp in its acquisition of the banking operations of United Commercial Bank from the FDIC and its concurrent $500 million private capital raise. She has represented TD Bank Financial Group in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Commerce Bancorp, the sale of its TD Waterhouse subsidiary to Ameritrade, its acquisition of a majority interest in TD Banknorth, and its subsequent acquisition of the remaining minority interests in TD Banknorth.  Ms. Patterson’s other financial institution experience includes representing Corsair Capital as the lead private equity investor in National City Corporation’s $7 billion capital raise, Bear Stearns and other private equity investors in the recapitalization of Doral Financial Corp. (the parent company of one of the largest banks in Puerto Rico), UBS AG in its acquisition of Brazilian investment bank Banco Pactual, Independence Community Bank Corp. in its sale to Sovereign Bancorp and the underwriters in Hudson City Bancorp’s $3.93 billion second-step conversion and common stock offering.

Ms. Patterson has been recognized by Chambers USA 2009 America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as a national leader in Financial Institutions M&A and by The New York Times as one of the next generation of deal makers in "The Facebook of Wall Street's Future." She is a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Control Contests.

Ms. Patterson joined Simpson Thacher following her graduation from Columbia Law School in 1998. At Columbia, she was a member of the Columbia Law Review. She received her B.A., cum laude, from Harvard College in 1995.

Publications

•	FDIC Issues Guidance on Policy Statement for Investments in Failed Banks
•	FDIC Adopts Final Statement of Policy on Private Investor Purchases of Failed Banks
•	FDIC Proposed Policy Statement on Private Capital Investor Purchases of Failed Banks
•	Treasury Department Outlines Reforms to U.S. Financial Supervision and Regulation

Speaking Engagements

•	Lee Meyerson to Co-Chair and Ellen Patterson to Speak at PLI's "Banking Law Update 2009: Shaping the Future of the Financial Services System" Seminar December 1, 2009

Admissions

•	New York 1999

Education

•	Columbia Law School, 1998 J.D. Columbia Law Review, 1996-1998
•	Harvard University, 1995 B.A. cum laude