Jonathan Olier is a great deal lawyer. He is very thoughtful, understands the business aspects and is highly solution-oriented.
The partner that really stands out is Jonathan Olier; he is exceptional and practical.
Jonathan Olier's team is very prompt and always on the ball. In order to turn around the drafts, his team will work round the clock to incorporate their comments and revisions. Very dependable.
Biography
Jonathan Olier heads the Corporate M&A and Private Equity practice for Southeast Asia, which encompasses M&A, private equity, investment funds and real estate practices, and focuses on providing an integrated service offering for international and Asia-based clients across a variety of large and complex cross-border M&A and capital raising transactions in the region. He also leads the firm's Indonesia Country Practice.
Jonathan has been practicing for nearly 30 years including the last 15 years in Singapore, leading a team of partners and associates dedicated to advising clients on their M&A and investments in Southeast Asia. He focuses on advising private equity clients, large corporates, investment funds and family offices on strategic transactions, cross-border joint ventures and complex private capital matters. Jonathan's experience in distressed M&A has led to him advising on some of the largest restructurings in Singapore in recent years.
Experience
ESR on multiple transactions, including on the:
- Joint venture with Colt Data Centre Services, a data center operator and service provider, to redevelop brownfield land in Osaka, Japan.
- Disposal of interests in a real estate logistics asset in Sachiura, Japan, to BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts (formerly AXA Investment Managers, now part of BNP) and PGGM, and related joint venture arrangements with BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts and PGGM.
- Disposal of interests in a data center asset in Osaka, Japan to a joint venture vehicle (JVCo) established by ESR and CloudHQ.
- US$208 million investment in BW Industrial, one of the largest logistics and industrial real estate developers in Vietnam.
- Disposal of interests in the Higashi Ogishima B Distribution Centre in Japan to a joint venture vehicle established by ESR and The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), and related shareholder arrangements in respect of the SPC with GIC.
Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings, a subsidiary of Wilmar International, on the divestment of its 50 percent stake in two People's Republic of China (China) joint ventures with Kellanova (formerly Kellogg’s) that operate in the Chinese snacks market to Mars Wrigley Confectionery (China) Ltd. (Mars China) for US$60 million.
A Singapore headquartered private equity firm in its investment in PT ABC Kogen Dairy, a vertically integrated dairy manufacturer producing yogurt and milk products under the brand "KIN" which also operates as one of the largest and the only A2-cow dairy farm in Indonesia.
An Asia-based secondaries firm on its acquisition from an investment bank of a secondary portfolio of equity investments through two newly formed partnerships, of which it is the lead investor.
Keppel Capital, a leading owner and operator of data centers across Asia-Pacific and Europe, on its joint venture with Digital Decarbonization Solutions Platform, a digital infrastructure and decarbonized energy delivery company to acquire certain land in Taiwan to develop and operate an 80 MW Tier III-equivalent greenfield data center campus in North Taiwan. This deal marks Keppel's first data center project in Taiwan.
CVC Capital Partners on its pre-IPO investment, and subsequent sale of shares, in PT Garudafood Putra Putri Jaya Tbk., one of the largest food and beverage companies in Indonesia, to Hormel Foods Corporation.
DigitalBridge on its US$450 million acquisition of a majority ownership stake in AIMS Group from TIME dotcom Berhad and Symphony Communication Public Company Limited.
The sponsors to Aquilius Investment Partners on the establishment of an investment platform dedicated to secondaries in Asia-Pacific.
Aquilius Investment Partners on several acquisitions of limited partnership interests, secondary positions and complex fund continuation and buys outs.
bKash on its:
- Series C investment round with SoftBank Vision Fund II, the tech investment fund of SoftBank, investing US$400 million for a 20 percent stake through a primary and secondary investment.
- Strategic partnership with Ant Financial Services Group, the operator of Alipay, the world's largest third-party payment platform.
PIMCO on its first investment into a Singapore equity joint venture for the purpose of logistics development into Japan.
KKR on its data center investment into South Korea.
A leading global financial sponsor on various transactions in the education sector within Southeast Asia.
Ooredoo Group on the US$6 billion merger of PT Indosat, an Indonesian subsidiary of Ooredoo Group, with PT Hutchison 3 Indonesia, an Indonesian subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.
RATCH Group PCL in its US$605 million acquisition of the Nexif Energy Group and on the formation of NEXIF RATCH Energy, a renewable energy platform with wind, solar and hydro energy assets across Southeast Asia and Australia.
'Dealmaker of the Year'
ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2023
'Asia Top 15 M&A Lawyers'
Asian Legal Business 2023
'Leading Individual' for Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms in Singapore by Legal 500 Asia Pacific since 2019
Band 2 for Singapore Corporate/M&A: International in Chambers Asia Pacific since 2020