Bio

Khaled is a Managing Director at Foros where he advises clients on strategic alternatives and M&A transactions. Khaled’s recent transaction experience includes advising Blackbaud on its response to an unsolicited takeover proposal from 18% owner, Clearlake Capital; HP on its $3.3 billion acquisition of Poly; Volt on its sale to ACS; SEACOR on its $1 billion Take-Private Transaction with AIP; Acreage Holdings on its amended plan of arrangement with Canopy Growth; Diplomat on its $0.9bn sale to OptumRx; Kodak on its issuance of $200 million of convertible preferred stock to Southeastern Asset Management; IFS on its acquisitions of WorkWave and Astea; MDC on its sale to Shore View Industries; Intersil on its $3.2 billion sale to Renesas; Analog Devices on its $14.8 billion acquisition of Linear Technology and its $2.5 billion acquisition of Hittite; Lenovo on its $2.9 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility from Google and its $2.3 billion acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business; Verizon on its $10.5 billion divestiture of wireline operations in California, Florida and Texas; Carpathia on its sale to QTS; WideOpenWest on the sale of 50% interest to Crestview; and ST Telemedia (Level 3’s largest shareholder) on Level 3’s $7.3 billion acquisition of TW Telecom. Prior to joining Foros, Khaled was a senior M&A banker at Credit Suisse covering the technology sector. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 2004, Khaled was a consultant at McKinsey & Company where he advised clients across sectors on strategic matters. Khaled earned a B.A. (with highest honors) in Economics from The American University in Cairo and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.