Air Products (NYSE: APD) announced the addition of Charles "Casey" Cogut, Senior M&A Counsel at the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (STB), to its board of directors.

Cogut joined the New York-based law firm in 1973 and served as partner in STB from 1980-2012. For many years he was a leading member of STB's merger and acquisition (M&A) and private equity practices.He specialized in domestic, international and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, the representation of special committees of boards of directors, and buyouts and other transactions involving private equity firms.In addition, he regularly advised boards of directors with respect to corporate governance matters and fiduciary responsibilities.From 1990-1993 he served as senior resident partner in the firm's London office.