Oliver Olah

Partner
About

Oliver Olah focuses on domestic and cross-border private equity and mergers and acquisitions transactions across a variety of industries. He delivers a deep bench of legal and industry skill specifically in technology, consumer products/retail, energy, infrastructure and industrials, with a particular emphasis on US/European inbound and outbound transactional matters.

Oliver guides private equity investors and their portfolio companies, financial institutions, corporate clients and senior management from a variety of jurisdictions on their buy-side and sell-side assignments, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, co-investments, venture capital deals, restructurings, strategic investments and other corporate transactional and investment matters involving corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships. Oliver also has significant experience counseling sponsor and non-sponsor clients with transactional representations and warranties insurance (RWI) matters.

In addition to practicing law in the US, with bar admissions in New York and the District of Columbia, he is also qualified to practice in the UK and Germany. Notably, Oliver is fluent in German, French and Hungarian, as well as in conversational Spanish. 

Bar admissions / PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONSDistrict of ColumbiaSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and WalesGermanyNew York

EXPERIENCE

Technology

  • Represented the portfolio company of a financial sponsor in the supply chain automation and logistics software arena in an equity recapitalization by a financial sponsor with significant rollover.    
  • Represented a sovereign wealth fund in its co-investment, alongside financial sponsors, in a web tracking and analytics company. 
     
  • Represented a private equity firm in its majority investment in a cloud-based engineering data management services firm.
  • Represented a private equity firm in its majority investment in a data analytics platform.
  • Represented a private equity firm in the acquisition by its portfolio company.
  • Represented a growth equity firm in its senior equity investment in a software company. 
  • Represented an investment company in its proposed investment in a technology company.
  • Represented an investment company in its investment in an insurance technology company. 
  • Represented an investment firm in its acquisition of an EdTech company providing online proctoring services.
  • Represented an investment firm in its investment in an online staffing and technology talent search company.
  • Represented a private equity firm in its growth equity investment in an EdTech platform.
  • Represented a private equity firm in its growth equity investment in a data-driven media analytics company.
  • Represented an investment firm in its joint venture with a private investment firm in the merger of four software businesses and the public sector and healthcare businesses of a software company. 
  • Represented an investment firm in the merger of its portfolio companies, providers of educational software, concurrent with an investment from an investment manager.
  • Represented an investment firm in the acquisition by its portfolio company of technology and technology-enabled services company focused on state and local government public safety projects.
  • Represented a multinational investment bank and financial services company in the acquisition of certain industrial internet of things (IIoT) assets.
  • Represented a leading investment firm in its joint venture with an investment firm in a leading provider of aerial imagery and property data analytics.
  • Represented a US private equity fund in its senior equity investment in a FinTech platform.
  • Represented a US private equity firm in its exit from an online classified ads business. 
  • Represented a US private equity firm in its digital communications joint venture with a global communications enterprise. 
  • Represented the venture capital arm of a European media conglomerate in its early-stage venture capital investment in an online retail start-up. 
  • Represented the venture capital arm of a European media conglomerate in its early-stage venture capital investment in a telecommunications and digital media start-up. 

Consumer Products and Retail

  • Represented a global water filter company in the acquisition of a high-end design water solutions company.
  • Represented a middle market private equity firm with its acquisition of an e-commerce vendor and “drop-shipper” of artificial plant products.
  • Represented affiliates of a middle market private equity firm with their acquisition of a leading independent remanufacturer of automotive drivetrain components (primarily transmissions, engines and related components) for in-warranty vehicles in the US.
  • Represented a bottled water company with a minority equity investment by a celebrity high-net-worth individual.
  • Represented a German water technology company in its proposed acquisition of certain water filter assets. 
  • Represented a UK private equity firm in its bid for the glass bottle unit of a French consumer products conglomerate. 
  • Represented a strategic investor from Hong Kong in a transaction to acquire certain seafood processing facilities in Europe. 
  • Represented a US private equity firm with a European fashion retail joint venture. 
  • Represented the founders in the buyout of their fashion retail business by a French private equity sponsor. 
  • Represented a French spirits group in the cross-border sale of a whiskey business to an Italian spirits group. 
  • Represented a French spirits group in the sale of a rum business to a US spirits group. 
  • Represented a French spirits group with certain US distribution arrangements. 
  • Represented a French spirits group in the cross-border acquisition of a vodka business from Sweden. 
  • Represented two US private equity sponsors in the acquisition of a food service company. 
  • Represented a US private equity firm with the proposed acquisition of certain hospitality assets. 
  • Represented a Japanese industrial conglomerate in its sale of a US pet food company. 

Energy, Infrastructure and Industrials

  • Represented a global chemicals and distribution leader in the strategic acquisition of a hydrocolloid producer and distributor. 
  • Represented a global asset management firm with an investment by an independent asset management company in a leading biogas platform. 
  • Represented a global asset management firm with certain corporate and restructuring matters relating to certain assets in Japan, Chile and the Czech Republic.
  • Represented a global asset management firm with certain corporate and restructuring matters relating to a Japanese-US cross-border investment.
  • Represented the merchant banking division of a US financial institution with its equity investment in an oil and gas company. 
  • Represented the merchant banking division of a US financial institution in the sale of an infrastructure business to a private equity investor. 
  • Represented a US private equity firm in its equity investment in a natural gas production company. 
  • Represented a US private equity firm in its equity investment in a Mexican energy company. 
  • Represented a US energy private equity firm in its equity investment in an oil and gas exploration and production company. 
  • Represented a US energy investment firm in the proposed acquisition of certain oil and gas assets. 
  • Represented a European shipping company and a Korean merchant marine company in the cross-border, out-of-bankruptcy acquisition of certain terminals in the US from a Korean shipping company. 
  • Represented senior management in a proposed equity investment in an oilfield services joint venture. 
  • Represented a US private equity firm with its equity investment in an upstream oil and gas company. 
  • Represented a US energy investment firm in a restructuring transaction and related corporate governance matters. 
  • Represented a US private equity firm with its equity investment in an oil and gas exploration and production company. 
  • Represented a European energy generation, distribution and trading conglomerate in its bid for certain lignite and hydro energy assets. 
  • Represented a consortium of private equity sponsors and a Canadian pension fund in a bid for the cross-border acquisition of certain industrial assets and related co-investments with the merger between two European cement conglomerates. 
  • Represented a US private equity fund in a transaction to acquire a wind turbine manufacturer from an Indian conglomerate. 
  • Represented a Chinese private equity investor in its acquisition of a cargo handling company from a European private equity sponsor. 
  • Represented a German private equity firm in the cross-border sale of an automotive manufacturing company to a Mexican automotive supplier.  
  • Represented an Indonesian operator of telecommunication towers in the proposed acquisition of telecommunication towers in Europe. 
  • Represented a US private equity firm with the acquisition of a stake in a German shipping company. 
  • Represented a German industrial conglomerate in the proposed sale of certain automotive equipment assets. 
  • Represented the merchant banking division of a financial institution in the buyout of a packaging business.
  • Represented a Japanese industrial conglomerate in its cross-border acquisition of a stake in a Brazilian oil company. 
  • Represented a Japanese industrial conglomerate in the cross-border project financing for a gas pipeline in Venezuela. 
  • Represented a Japanese industrial conglomerate in the proposed acquisition of a US utilities company.
  • Represented a US mining company in the cross-border project financing for the extension of a copper mine in Peru. 

Health Care

  • Represented a privately held, healthcare real estate investment and management company in its acquisition of certain skilled nursing facilities.
  • Represented an investment firm with its acquisition of a regional provider of hospice-related services.
  • Represented an investment firm with its acquisition of a regional provider of hospice-related services.
  • Represented a middle market private equity firm with its acquisition of a national provider of medical and psychological evaluations and case review services.
  • Represented a private equity firm in its bid for the proposed acquisition of a home healthcare business.

Financial Institutions

  • Represented a US financial services company as a registered investment advisor in the majority stake acquisition by certain private equity investors.  
  • Represented a US private equity fund in an investment in a broker-dealer business. 
  • Represented a UK private equity firm with certain option arrangements. 
  • Represented certain Norwegian investors in the acquisition of shares in a public real estate company. 
  • Represented a US financial services firm in the proposed acquisition of certain asset and wealth management businesses. 
  • Represented a German bank in the sale of its private banking subsidiary to an investor. 
  • Represented a French insurance group in the cross-border acquisition of a Mexican subsidiary from a Dutch insurance group. 
  • Represented a US financial services firm in the reorganization of a European asset management joint venture. 
  • Represented two US financial services firms in an equity investment in a reinsurance company. 
  • Represented a Swiss reinsurance company with a surplus loan note. 
  • Represented a US real estate fund in the acquisition of a real estate portfolio. 
  • Represented a US real estate fund in various restructurings and portfolio company, corporate governance and regulatory matters. 
  • Represented a US real estate fund in various real estate portfolio restructuring and finance transactions. 
Education
  • LL.M., Columbia University School of Law
    Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Bucerius Scholar; DAAD Scholar
  • J.D., LMU Munich School of Law
  • Diploma in Legal Studies, University of Oxford
    German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung) Scholar

Awards

  • The Legal 500 United States
    • Recommended, Private Equity Buyouts (2023)
  • Selected as Young Leader of the American Council on Germany (ACG) (2009)

Seminars

  • Harvard Law School / Harvard Business School Executive Education Program, Senior Module, 2013

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member, American Council on Germany 
  • Member, Global Bridges e.V.
  • Member, Columbia Law School Alumni Association
  • Member, Oxford University Alumni Association

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