Simpson Thacher & Bartlett represented a consortium of six private equity firms that purchased a $10.1 billion stake in a newly created gas pipeline from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. [ADNOC] on Tuesday. The value of the share, which has rights to 38 pipelines, is estimated to be $20.7 billion.

The Simpson team included New York M&A partners Eli Hunt and David Lieberman and associates Jihyun Chung, Michael Schaeppi and Benjamin Bertan; London-based M&A partner Amy Mahon and associates Alexander Yeagley, Luca Sportelli and Jenny Leung; and New York tax partner Jonathan Goldstein and associate Tyler Robbins.