Zahed A. Haseeb

Zahed Haseeb advises clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions involving asset managers and broker-dealers. Mr. Haseeb regularly represents institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds in all aspects of their investments in private investment funds, as well as fund sponsors in connection with the structuring and distribution of U.S. and international private offerings of investment funds. In addition, Mr. Haseeb advises clients on related general corporate and regulatory matters, including on compliance with the Investment Advisers Act, the Investment Company Act and the rules and regulations of FINRA.

Mr. Haseeb’s representations include:

• a sovereign wealth fund in connection with numerous private fund investments
• ADQ Management Holding Company LLC on the CFIUS aspects of a potential investment in a U.S. insurance company
• Banc of California, Inc. in its merger with PacWest Bancorp and concurrent $400 million capital raise from affiliates of funds managed by Warburg Pincus LLC and certain investment vehicles managed by Centerbridge Partners, L.P.
• BlackRock, Inc. in its:
  • $12.5 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners
  • $12 billion acquisition of HPS Investment Partners
• CC Capital in its $250 million investment in The Westaim Corporation to create an integrated insurance and asset management platform
• Compass in its $159 million acquisition by Vinci Partners Investments Ltd.
• Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. in its acquisition of a 19.9% strategic minority stake in Canyon Partners, LLC.
• Fortress Investment Group LLC in SoftBank Group Corp.’s sale of a 90% stake in Fortress to Mubadala Investment Company PJSC and senior management of Fortress
• Lincoln National Corporation in its sale of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation and Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation to Osaic, Inc.
• Mubadala Investment Company PJSC in its:
  • acquisition of Truist Financial Corporation’s remaining stake in Truist Insurance Holdings, LLC by an investor group led by Stone Point Capital and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice at an enterprise value of $15.5 billion
  • anchor co-investment as part of a $600 million fundraise by I Squared Capital for Transportation Equipment Network, a leading North American trailer leasing platform
• NFP in its $13.4 billion acquisition by Aon plc from funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and HPS Investment Partners
• Rithm Capital Corp. in its $720 million acquisition of Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.
• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in its strategic alliance with, and $400 million strategic investment in, Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.
• the management team bidder group led by Jeff Leerink, the CEO and founder of SVB Securities, and backed by funds managed by The Baupost Group L.L.C. in the acquisition of SVB Securities from SVB Financial Group
• United Talent Agency, LLC in the sale of a significant minority stake to EQT AB

Mr. Haseeb also has an active pro bono practice focusing on immigration matters and nonprofit governance.