Richard Oliver is head of the firm’s Washington, D.C. Mergers and Acquisitions Group. He concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, securities law and general corporate matters in a variety of industries.
Oliver has represented acquirers, targets, private equity funds and financial advisors in significant transactions, including public and private acquisitions and divestitures, negotiated and contested public acquisitions, distressed company acquisitions, real estate transactions, internal reorganizations and other corporate matters. He also counsels firm clients on joint ventures and other strategic alliances.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | M&A |
Significant representations include:
- Allegiant in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Sun Country Airlines
- Pattern Energy Group in its acquisition of Cordelio Power
- Intelsat S.A. in its $3.1 billion sale to SES S.A.
- DuPont in its $11 billion sale of the majority of DuPont’s mobility and materials business to Celanese
- PPL Corporation in its $3.8 billion acquisition of The Narragansett Electric Company from National Grid
- Aflac Incorporated in its:
- purchase of an approximately 9% stake in and strategic alliance agreement with Trupanion
- sale of an approximately 7% stake to Japan Post Holdings
- IAC in its $500 million acquisition of Care.com
- First Solar, Inc. in:
- its sale of its U.S.-based utility-scale solar project platform to Leeward Renewable Energy Development, LLC, a portfolio company of OMERS Infrastructure Management Inc.
- the $1.7 billion sale to Capital Dynamics of 8point3 Energy Partners LP, which owns interests in a 946 MW portfolio of solar energy projects
- Infrastructure Investments Fund in its $4.3 billion acquisition of El Paso Electric Company
- Brookfield Asset Management Inc. in the $11.4 billion acquisition of Forest City Realty Trust Inc. by a Brookfield real estate investment fund
- SunEdison, Inc. in numerous transactions in connection with SunEdison’s Chapter 11 reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, including its $2.5 billion sale of TerraForm Global, Inc. and a 51% stake in TerraForm Power, Inc. to Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
- Dynegy Inc. in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Engie’s U.S. fossil generation portfolio, including (i) the formation of a joint venture with Energy Capital Partners (ECP) to effect the acquisition, (ii) Dynegy’s subsequent $375 million purchase of ECP’s interests in the joint venture and (iii) Dynegy’s $150 million sale of common stock to an affiliate of ECP
- BHP Billiton in its attempted $150 billion acquisition of Rio Tinto