Said Bakir

Said’s recent experience includes representing:

• The Blackstone Group in its:
  • Investment in Anthropic’s US$13 billion Series F
  • Investment in Anthropic’s US$30 billion Series G
  • Investment in Anthropic’s US$65 billion Series H at a US$965 billion valuation
  • 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
• 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
  • Acquisition of Obagi Medical, the dermatological skincare and aesthetic business, from Waldencast
  • Strategic acquisition by its portfolio company MiQ Digital of Pathlabs, a US-based provider of media execution services
  • Strategic acquisition by MiQ Digital of Rocket Lab, a mobile app growth hub with a strong footprint in Latin America
  • 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
  • Reinvestment in Kyriba, alongside minority investor General Atlantic, in a transaction valuing the company at over US$3 billion
• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) in its:
  • US$6.2 billion acquisition of ALLETE, a leading energy and regulated utility company
  • Acquisition of a 50% stake, alongside I Squared Capital, in Inkia Energy, a Peruvian private power generation company in Peru, at a total enterprise value of US$3.4 billion
  • Preferred equity investments in Fervo Energy, a leader in next-generation geothermal development
  • Preferred equity investment in Excelitas, a leading photonics technology company specializing in sensing, detection, imaging, and illumination solutions
• Energy Capital Partners in:
  • Constellation Energy’s US$3.1 billion secondary offering of common stock
  • 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, 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
• Permira and Warburg Pincus in an all-cash, take-private US$8.4 billion acquisition of SaaS fintech company Clearwater Analytics
• Howden, the global insurance broking group, in its acquisition of Atlantic Global Risk, the leading independent transaction liability insurance broker in the US
• Arcline Investment Management 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