John D. Lobrano is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department where he is a member of the Capital Markets and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups. Mr. Lobrano regularly advises on domestic and international securities offerings, with particular experience in offerings of convertible notes and other equity-linked securities as well as high yield debt financings. Mr. Lobrano’s capital markets engagements have included representations of issuers, designated underwriters’ counsel engagements and regular representation of major investment banks. Mr. Lobrano’s capital markets practice is complemented by frequent restructuring and liability management engagements, including representations of major investment banks as dealer managers or solicitation agents, as well as issuers, in connection with debt tender offers, exchange offers and consent solicitations. Mr. Lobrano also has considerable experience in the area of mergers and acquisition having represented many of the firm’s significant private equity sponsors such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and The Blackstone Group and their portfolio companies.

Mr. Lobrano’s practice has long included a substantial international element.  Mr. Lobrano is a member of the firm’s International Practice Group and practiced in the firm’s London office for seven years.  Mr. Lobrano has advised on securities offerings by North American, South American, European and Asian issuers. 

Mr. Lobrano is well recognized as one of the world’s leading capital markets lawyers.  He is identified as a leading practitioner in a wide variety of publications including International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, PLC Cross-border Capital Markets Handbook, The Best Lawyers in America and New York Super Lawyers.

Mr. Lobrano joined Simpson Thacher in 1983 and became a partner in 1991.  He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Amherst College in 1979 and his J.D. from NYU Law School in 1983, where he was an editor of the Annual Survey of American Law.  Mr. Lobrano is a member of The Association of the Bar of The City of New York, The New York State Bar Association and The American Bar Association.   Mr. Lobrano is a member of the TriBar Opinion Committee and a director of The Lawyers’ Alliance for New York, a provider of business and transactional legal services for non-profit organizations.

Honors/Associations

•	Association of the Bar of the City of New York
•	New York State Bar Association
•	American Bar Association
•	International Bar Association

Publications

•	The SEC’s New Large Trader Reporting Rule
•	SEC Removes Credit Rating Criteria from Form S-3 and F-3 and from Certain SEC Rules
•	SEC Announces Final Rules Implementing The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program
•	SEC Shut-Down: Impact on Capital Markets Transactions and Public Companies (10 Law Firm Consensus Report as of 12:00 Noon EDT)
•	Short Sale Regulation Update: SEC Adopts "Alternative Uptick Rule"
•	SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance Regarding Climate Change Disclosure
•	SEC Proposes Amendments to Rule 10b-18 Safe Harbor for Issuer Share Repurchases
•	Private Equity Investments in Portfolio Company Debt: An Overview of Legal Issues, 2009
•	Restructuring Public Debt – An Overview of the Legal Framework
•	NYSE Clarifies New Corporate Governance Standard Requiring Shareholder Approval of Equity Compensation Plans
•	Disclosure Controls and Procedures (October 2002)
•	SEC Accelerates the Filing Dates of Periodic Reports by Certain U.S. Companies
•	SEC Issues Legal Bulletin on Shareholder Proposals Relating to Stock-Based Compensation
•	SEC Issues Order Requiring Senior Officers to Provide Sworn Statements Concerning the Accuracy and Completeness of Filed Periodic Reports and Proxy Statements
•	Non-U.S. Issuers to Become Subject to EDGAR
•	SEC Proposes New Disclosures Relating to Critical Accounting Policies
•	SEC Proposed Rule Changes on Corporate Disclosure
•	SEC News Release Proposes Corporate Disclosure Rules
•	SEC Issues Releases Concerning MD&A And Other Accounting-Related Disclosures
•	Stock Option Repricings: Financial Accounting and Tender Offer Compliance Issues
•	SEC Adopts New Financial Statement and Periodic Reporting Rules for Guaranteed Securities
•	SEC Adopts Exemptions for Cross-Border Tender Offers, Exchange Offers and Rights Offerings
•	SEC Proposes Exemptions for Cross-Border Tender Offers and Rights Offerings
•	Amendments to Regulation S: New Restrictions on Offshore Equity Offerings by U.S. Issuers

Admissions

•	New York 1984

Education

•	New York University School of Law, 1983 J.D. Annual Survey of American Law, Articles Editor, 1982-1983
•	Amherst College, 1979 B.A. magna cum laude