Said Bakir is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice.
Said represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, public and private companies, and financial institutions on a broad range of corporate and M&A transactions.
He regularly represents clients in connection with:
Mergers and acquisitions
Leveraged buyouts
Carve-out transactions
Joint ventures, co-investments, and minority stakes
Take-private acquisitions
Preferred equity investments
He also draws on prior experience advising clients on complex debt and equity transactions, securities laws compliance, corporate governance, and general corporate matters.
Prior to joining Latham, Said was an associate at a leading international law firm in New York and London.
Experience
Said’s recent experience includes advising:
Bridgepoint, one of the world's leading quoted private asset growth investors, in several matters, including its:
Acquisition of RoC Skincare, the iconic skincare brand, from Gryphon Investors
Reinvestment in Kyriba, alongside minority investor General Atlantic, in a transaction valuing the company at over US$3 billion
Strategic acquisition by its portfolio company LumApps of Beekeeper, the leading mobile-first platform for frontline teams, in a transaction valuing the combined company at more than US$1 billion
The Blackstone Group in its:
Investment in Anthropic’s US$13 billion Series F
Sale of portfolio company Hotwire to funds managed by Brookfield Infrastructure in a deal reported by the Wall Street Journal to be valued at US$7 billion
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) in its:
US$6.2 billion acquisition of ALLETE, a leading energy and regulated utility company
Preferred equity investment in Excelitas, a leading photonics technology company specializing in sensing, detection, imaging, and illumination solutions
Energy Capital Partners in the sale of its portfolio company Calpine to Constellation Energy Corporation for a net purchase price of US$26.6 billion, in a cash and stock transaction creating America’s leading producer of clean and reliable energy
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) in its investment in Omega Healthcare Management Services, joining Goldman Sachs Alternatives as co-lead investors
Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. as anchor investor in a transaction with Hub International Limited (HUB), a leading global insurance brokerage, at a total enterprise valuation of US$23 billion, the then-largest enterprise value for a private insurance broker
Lumen Technologies in the carve-out sale of its consumer Fiber-to-the-Home Business to AT&T for US$5.75 billion in cash
Arcline Investment Management, L.P. in an all-cash take-private acquisition of Kaman Corporation at an enterprise value of approximately US$1.8 billion
Syneos Health in its US$7.1 billion take-private acquisition by Elliott Investment Management, Patient Square Capital, and Veritas Capital
Capital Square Partners in the take-private of StarTek, Inc.
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
New York
Education
Postgraduate Degree Finance & Business Strategy, Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, 2016
LLM, New York University School of Law, 2015 Fulbright Scholar
Postgraduate Degree Tax Law, Panthéon-Assas University Paris II, 2013
Graduate Degree Business Law, Panthéon-Assas University Paris II, 2012
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