Corporate & Transactions
Across negotiating tables and in boardrooms, O’Melveny’s lawyers help reshape businesses, align capital structures to strategic plans, and drive growth.
We recognize that the only measure of quality that matters is our ability to contribute to the long-term success of our clients. And so we are fanatical about client service: we invest time to learn our clients’ business, culture, and goals. We leverage our considerable network to refer investment opportunities, introductions to financing sources, and connections to key business contacts. We push ourselves to produce business solutions to our clients’ pressing needs—not just technically sound legal analysis.
User-friendliness defines our approach. Our collaborative culture allows us to bring together integrated, cohesive teams across numerous disciplines—M&A, capital markets, finance, IP and commercial law, executive compensation, tax planning, restructuring, and corporate governance among them—for the benefit of early-stage startups, private equity sponsors, and multibillion-dollar global corporations alike.
We know that a client-centric commitment matters: the majority of our top clients have worked with us for more than a decade, turning to us year after year for multiple transactions and day-to-day corporate counseling. Whether our clients call on us for a company-changing strategic initiative, a complex capital-raising transaction, or a creative solution to a pressing business issue, the privilege of being their “trusted advisor” is one we don’t take for granted—and it shows.
More than US$1 trillion in M&A deals closed for clients around the world over the last five years
Client Successes
Counseled the pan-European mid-market PE firm on its acquisition of Tietoevry Tech Services, an IT service provided in the Nordic region.
Counseled Alaska on its US$1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines. A 42-attorney team helped close the transaction just nine months after the merger was announced.
Represented Citibank, as administrative agent, in a US$5 billion unsecured senior revolving credit facility for Alexandria Real Estate Equities.
Advised the venture0backed medical technology company, a pioneer in the use of AI technology for coronary artery disease, on its US$364 million IPO on the Nasdaq.
Advised Hyundai on its multi-year, strategic partnership with Waymo. As part of the deal, Hyundai’s all-electric IONIQ 5 SUV will be added to the Waymo One fully autonomous fleet.
Advised Sui on Mill City Ventures III, Ltd.’s nearly US$1 billion fundraise to create a cryptocurrency treasury company for the Sui blockchain and smart contract platform.