ProfessionalsNicholas J. Olson
Tel: +1-212-373-3565
Fax: +1-212-492-0565
nolson@paulweiss.com
nolson@paulweiss.com
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York,
NY
10019-6064
Fax: +1-212-492-0565
As a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the Asset Management M&A Group, Nick Olson advises many of the largest asset management firms in the world on mergers, acquisitions and other large-scale strategic transactions. Additionally, Nick frequently advises both investors and firms in GP stakes and other minority investment transactions. Nick has substantial experience advising asset management and financial services firms and their principals on structuring compensation, retention and equity ownership arrangements in connection with strategic transactions and succession planning.
EXPERIENCE
Nick has been involved in many of the largest transactions in the asset management, broker dealer and financial services industries over the past decade, including advising:
- Blackrock in its:
- $12.5 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners
- acquisition of Citigroup’s Mexican asset management business
- acquisition of a minority investment in Circle Internet Financial
- Lincoln Financial Group in its sale of its wealth management business to Osaic
- Wells Fargo in connection with its $2.1 billion sale of its asset management business to GTCR and Reverence Capital Partners
- Affiliated Managers Group in its:
- acquisition of Parnassus Investments and Abacus Capital Group
- acquisition of minority equity interests in Baring Private Equity Asia, Garda Capital Partners, Comvest, Partners, Jackson Square Partners, OCP Asia, Forbion and Ara Partners
- Sun Life Financial in its acquisitions of InfraRed Capital Partners, Crescent Capital Group and Advisors Asset Management
- Pagaya Technologies Ltd. in its $8.5 billion de-SPAC business combination with EJF Acquisition Corp.
- Aquarian Holdings in its acquisition of a 43% ownership stake in Obra Capital
- Betterment in its acquisition of Makara
- Vantiv in its $12 billion merger with Worldpay
- Foresters Financial in its sale of assets related to its U.S. asset management business, including First Investors mutual funds, to Macquarie Investment Management, and assets related to its U.S. broker-dealer and advisory business to Cetera Financial Group
- Tennenbaum Capital Partners in its acquisition by BlackRock
- Resolute Investment Managers in its acquisition of an interest in RSW Investments
- Tunbridge Partners in its acquisition of a minority interest in Savanna Capital Partners
- Eurazeo in its acquisition of a minority interest in private equity manager Rhône Group
- American Capital in its merger with Ares Capital and the sale of American Capital Mortgage Management to American Capital Agency
- Raymond James Financial in its acquisition of the Private Client Services business of Deutsche Bank Securities (the legacy business of Alex. Brown)
- DST Systems/ALPS Advisors in the acquisition of Red Rocks Capital
- John Hancock in its acquisition of the retirement plan services business of New York Life Investment Management