OlgaGidalevitz Ph.D.

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Olga Gidalevitz represents public and private companies, financial institutions, banks, and agents in connection with U.S. and cross-border financing transactions, including secured and unsecured credit facilities, acquisition finance, syndicated facilities, and senior and subordinated loans. Olga also has extensive experience advising clients on corporate governance and other environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, including compliance with the EU rules on ESG disclosures.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Olga gained over a decade of experience on the international circuit, having worked in Dubai, Egypt, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. Most notably during this time, Olga was the first woman to receive an award from the Saudi National Lawyer Committee for initiating vast reforms of legal education in Saudi Arabia while serving as a university law department chair in Jeddah.

Olga has worked as a law professor in Saudi Arabia and in the United States, where she taught courses on international trade and Islamic law. She has also developed and taught courses on trade, energy, and climate change at the United Nations Institute for Training & Research (UNITAR), with a focus on capacity building and public officials training.

Olga's Ph.D. and post-doctoral research focused on climate change and ESG matters, a topic she has published and lectured on extensively.

Olga is a qualified lawyer in Russia and in Illinois.

Experience

  • ACI Worldwide refinances its $1 billion senior secured credit facilityJones Day represented ACI Worldwide, Inc., a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, in connection with the refinancing of its $1 billion senior secured credit facility.
  • Financial institutions analyze obligations under Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures ActJones Day advised financial institutions regarding obligations under the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act (VCMDA) and on proposed website disclosure.
  • Agriculture company amends $1.9 billion credit facilityJones Day represented an agriculture company in connection with an amendment of its $1.9 billion credit facility.
  • MassMutual provides variable term loan series to sponsor-backed borrowerJones Day represented Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, as administrative agent and lead lender, in connection with a variable term loan series provided to a sponsor-backed borrower.
  • Agriculture company obtains $100 million credit facilityJones Day represented an agriculture company in connection with a $100 million credit facility with a major national bank, as administrative agent.
  • MassMutual provides $92 million term loan to special purpose vehicle owned by joint ventureJones Day represented Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, as lead lender, in connection with a $92 million term loan facility provided to a special purpose vehicle owned by a joint venture.
  • Angel fund obtains revolving credit facilityJones Day represented an angel fund in connection with a revolving credit facility obtained to replace the existing credit facility of a publicly traded company acquired by the fund.
  • MassMutual provides $130 million revolving credit facility to SPV, managed by leading global investment firmJones Day represented Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, as lead lender, in connection with a $130 million revolving credit facility provided to a special purpose vehicle under the management of a leading global investment firm.
  • Agriculture company obtains $2 billion credit facility with major national bankJones Day represented an agriculture company in connection with a $2 billion credit facility with a major national bank, as administrative agent.
  • Agriculture company obtains $2 billion credit facilityJones Day represented an agriculture company in connection with a $2 billion credit facility.
  • Agriculture company obtains $200 million credit facilityJones Day represented an agriculture company in connection with a $200 million credit facility with a major national bank, as administrative agent.
  • Agriculture company obtains $250 million credit facilityJones Day represented an agriculture company in connection with a $250 million credit facility with a major national bank, as administrative agent.
  • Follett Corporation acquired by private investor groupJones Day advised Follett Corporation in the sale of its corporate entity as well as Follett Higher Education, the company’s collegiate retail and Follett ACCESS business, to a group of private investors led by Jefferson River Capital LLC, a private investment company controlled by the James family.
  • Diversified global manufacturer of industrial components obtains $1.2 billion senior secured credit facilityJones Day represented a diversified global manufacturer of industrial components in connection with its $1.2 billion senior secured credit facility.
  • Asbury Automotive Group acquires Larry H. Miller Dealerships and Total Care Auto for $3.2 billionJones Day advised Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABG), one of the largest automotive retail and service companies in the U.S., in its acquisition of Larry H. Miller Dealerships, and Total Care Auto, Powered by Landcar for $3.2 billion.
  • Riverside acquires PFB Corporation for CA$178 millionJones Day advised The Riverside Company on its take-private acquisition of PFB Corporation (TSX: PFB), a North American vertically-integrated manufacturer of proprietary insulating building products based on expanded polystyrene technology, for a cash payment of CA$24.10 per share (CA$178 million on a fully diluted basis), as well as the transaction's financing.
  • Solmax acquires U.S. geosynthetics manufacturer PropexJones Day served as antitrust and financing counsel to Groupe Solmax Inc. (Solmax) in the acquisition by Solmax of Propex Operating Company, LLC, a leading geosynthetics manufacturer with a long track record in the construction, transportation, mining, and automotive industries.
  • Agriculture company reissues certain industrial revenue bondsJones Day represented an agriculture company in connection with the reissuance of certain industrial revenue bonds.
  • Follett Corporation divests Baker & Taylor division to private investor groupJones Day advised Follett Corporation in its divestiture of its Baker & Taylor division, the world's premier distributor of physical and digital books and services to public and academic libraries, which will now operate as an independent, privately-owned entity group led by Baker & Taylor's President and CEO Aman Kochar.
  • Leading provider of education technology, services, and print and digital content amends $350 million secured credit facilityJones Day represented a leading provider of education technology, services, and print and digital content in connection with an amendment to its $350 million secured credit facility.
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    March 2024 Podcast

    JONES DAY TALKS®: Court Stays SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule, but Companies Should Continue Preparations

    February 2024 White Paper

    2023 U.S. Real Estate Round-Up: Effects of State ESG Laws on Commercial and Residential Building Owners

    February 2024 Alert

    Business Organizations Challenge California's Climate Change Disclosure Requirements as Unconstitutional

    December 2023 Alert

    Maryland to Propose Building Energy Performance Standards

    December 2023 Commentary

    The CFTC Proposes "Guidance" for Derivatives Markets on Listing Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivatives

    December 5, 2023 Firm Hosted

    How Non-European Companies Will be Impacted by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Why They Need to Act Now

    November 2023 Newsletters

    Mandatory Climate Change Reporting Requirements Under the New European ESRS E1

    October 2023 Handout

    ESG Roadmap: Real Impacts on Real Property and Infrastructure

    September 2023 Commentary

    California Emissions Bills: What Your Company Needs to Know

    September 2023 White Paper

    Who, What, When: The Impact of the EU CSRD on Non-EU Companies
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    Additional Publications

    Article XXI and XXV in Max Planck Commentaries on World Trade Law (2nd ed.), P. Stoll and H. Hestermeyer, P. Abel (Eds), The Netherlands: Brill

    The Potential of Tariff Policy for Climate Change Mitigation: Legal and Economic Analysis, 48 Journal of World Trade, Issue 5, pp. 1007–1037

    Third Country Relations in EU Unbundling of Natural Gas Markets: The "Gazprom Clause" of Directive 2009/73 EC and WTO Law, in: Buschle, Dirk / Hirsbrunner, Simon / Kaddous, Christine (eds.). European Energy Law – Droit européen de l'énergie. Bâle 2011, pp. 263-284

    International Trade Regulation and the Mitigation of Climate Change: World Trade Forum, Cambridge University Press 2009

    Winterkrieg im Gasgeschäft: Ursachen und Auswirkungen' UniPress 140 (2009) 40 (in German)

    December 5, 2023 Firm Hosted

    How Non-European Companies Will be Impacted by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Why They Need to Act Now

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