Cate H. Bae is a counsel based in the New York office and a member of the firm’s Investment Management Group. Her practice focuses on advising sponsors ...
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Experience
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- Fortitude Re, a Carlyle portfolio company, in its $28 billion reinsurance transaction with Lincoln Financial Group.
- Carlyle in its $2.1 billion capital raise and equity investment in Fortitude Re and the formation of a strategic advisory services agreement.
- Carlyle in its $1.8 billion acquisition, with T&D Holdings, of a majority interest in Fortitude Re.
- Carlyle in its strategic partnership with AIG to position DSA Re as a platform to provide solutions for insurance liabilities globally.
- HarbourVest Partners as lead investor in Lime Rock Partners IV AF, L.P., a $1.9 billion acquisition fund which acquired the remaining assets of Lime Rock Partners IV, L.P.
- HarbourVest Partners in its role as a lead investor in the restructuring of Eos Capital Partners III and Eos Capital Partners IV.
- Carlyle in various fundraising activities, including in the formation of:
- Carlyle Credit Opportunities Fund, a $2.4 billion U.S. and Western Europe credit opportunities fund.
- Carlyle Europe Partners IV, a €3.75 billion Europe buyout fund.
- Carlyle Europe Technology Partners III, a €656 million Europe growth capital/technology fund.
- Carlyle Sub-Saharan Africa Fund, a $698 million Sub-Saharan Africa fund.
- Carlyle Peru Fund, a $308 million Peru buyout/venture fund.
- Carlyle Cardinal Ireland Fund, a €300 million Ireland-focused growth capital fund.
- Global Infrastructure Partners in the formation of various funds and accounts in the infrastructure sector, including:
- Global Infrastructure Partners IV, a $22 billion global infrastructure fund.
- Global Infrastructure Partners III, a $15.8 billion infrastructure fund.
- Global Infrastructure Partners II, an $8.25 billion infrastructure fund.
- Global Infrastructure Partners Capital Solutions Fund, a $731 million global credit opportunities fund.
- J.F. Lehman in its formation of JFL Equity Investors III, a $575 million fund focused on the defense, aerospace and maritime sectors.
- KKR in the formation of KKR Asset-Based Finance Partners Fund, a $2.1 billion fund focused on asset-based financing for global privately originated and negotiated credit investments.
- KKR in the formation of KKR Global Infrastructure Investors IV, a $17 billion global infrastructure fund.
- Oaktree Capital Management in various fundraising activities, including in the formation of:
- Oaktree Opportunities Fund X/Xb, a $12.5 billion global distressed debt fund.
- Oaktree European Principal Fund IV, a €1 billion Europe buyout fund.
- Oaktree European Capital Solutions Fund, a €703 million Europe senior debt fund.
- One Rock Capital Partners in the formation of One Rock Capital Partners II, a $964 million U.S. buyout fund.
- Stone Point Capital in various fundraising activities, including in the formation of:
- Trident IX, a more than $9 billion financial services buyout fund.
- Trident VIII, a $7 billion financial services buyout fund.
- Trident VII, a $5.5 billion financial services buyout fund.
- Trident VI, a $4.25 billion global financial services buyout fund.
- Trident V, a $3.5 billion financial services buyout fund.
Education
- Columbia Law School, 2009, J.D.
- Hunter College, 2005, M.A.
- Ewha Womans University, 2001, B.A.