SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP RENEWS 595,000 SF LEASE AT 425 LEXINGTON

NEW YORK CITY — Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has renewed its 595,000-square-foot lease for 20 years at 425 Lexington Ave. in Manhattan. The international law firm’s headquarters occupies 26 floors of the 31-story building. Lewis Miller, Ken Rapp and Ramneek Rikhy of CBRE represented Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in the transaction. The New York office of Hines represented the owner, its Hines U.S. Core Office Fund. The law firm was established in 1884 and has more than 850 lawyers with offices located in Beijing, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Calif., Sao Paulo, Seoul, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.