Nafees Saeed

Prior to joining Kirkland, Nafees was involved in the following matters:

• Microsoft on its US$68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
• ChampionX on its $7.8 billion sale to SLB.
• Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) on its US$1 billion acquisition of Kustomer.
• Brookfield:
  • on its US$4.8 billion acquisition of a controlling stake in Oaktree Capital Group.
  • on the $1.5 billion acquisition of joint control of Castlelake, a global alternative investment firm specializing in asset-based private credit including aviation and specialty finance.
  • Brookfield Business Partners on its US$4.6 billion acquisition of substantially all of the global business of Westinghouse Electric Company.
  • Brookfield on its US$16 billion acquisition of Nielsen Holdings plc.
  • on its recommended cash offer for Tritax Eurobox plc for an implied enterprise value of £1.1 billion and the sale of Tritax Eurobox assets to SEGRO.
  • on the $1 billion acquisition of Generator Hostels.
  • on the sale of Student Roost to a joint venture formed between GIC and Greystar.
  • Brookfield and affiliated portfolio companies on a range of strategic acquisitions, investments and divestitures requiring multijurisdictional antitrust and foreign investment approvals.
• Advent International:
  • on the acquisition of Eriks UK & Ireland by its portfolio company Rubix.
  • on the acquisition of a 38.74% stake in Tinexta S.p.A.
  • on the acquisition of Syspro.
  • on the acquisition of Heidrick & Struggles.
  • on the acquisition of Clubessential by its portfolio company Xplor.
  • on the acquisition of a controlling stake in McAfee.
  • on its proposed acquisition of SOBI.
  • on its €3.9 billion sale of Aareon.
  • the take private of Maxar Technologies.
  • portfolio company Laird on its carve-out sale of its Connected Vehicle Solutions, Connectivity, Performance Materials and Thermal Systems divisions.
  • on its proposed takeover offer for Spectris.
  • on its acquisition of IRCA and subsequent acquisition of Kerry’s sweet ingredients business.
  • on the sale of Ultra PCS to Eaton.
• Depop and its shareholders on the sale of the company to Etsy for US$1.625 billion.
• Lenovo on its US$2.9 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility from Google.
• A leading global payments provider in securing CMA clearance for a strategic acquisition of a competitor.
• Bain Capital on its US$4 billion acquisition of Kantar from WPP.
• American Securities and portfolio company Emerald Kalama Chemical on the US$1.1 billion sale of Emerald Kalama to LANXESS.
• HNA Group on its CHF2.73 billion acquisition of Swissport.
• L’Oréal USA on its US$1.3 billion acquisition of the CeraVe, AcneFree and AMBI skincare brands from Valeant Pharmaceuticals and on its acquisition of NYX Cosmetics.
• Johnson & Johnson on the UK Phase II review of the sale of its personal lubricants business to Reckitt Benckiser.
• Universal Music Group on the European Commission’s Phase II review of its acquisition of EMI.
• Iron Mountain on the UK Phase II review of its US$2 billion acquisition of Recall Holdings, securing conditional clearance.
• Johnson & Johnson on a UK Phase II merger investigation involving the sale of its personal lubricants business.
• Numerous clients in Phase I and Phase II merger investigations before the CMA, European Commission and other international competition authorities.