Olson, James C.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Jim Olson's practice emphasizes corporate finance, banking, structured finance, international transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. He works with financial institutions, private equity funds, hedge funds, and nonfinancial companies on domestic and cross-border offerings of securities, private placements, debt and acquisition financings, restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions.

Jim's experience includes public and private debt offerings in the U.S. institutional market and the Regulation S and Rule 144A markets, syndicated loans and financings in various currencies, and complex financial transactions and derivatives. He has particular experience in mergers and acquisitions of domestic and international financial institutions, including regulatory aspects of bank and bank holding company mergers and acquisitions, bank formation, bank holding company formation, and bank holding company expansion of nonbanking interests.

Jim has extensive experience in Asia and Australia and served as a member of the Overseas Advisory Board of the China Beijing Equity Exchange, one of the principal equity exchanges for the privatization and transfer of state-owned enterprises and assets in China.

Jim is a frequent lecturer and author on corporate finance and international finance topics. He is active in community and charitable affairs and served as the general counsel of The United Way of the Bay Area.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance
• Private Equity
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation
• Financial Services

Representative Cases

• AMPAM receives investment from Key Principal Partners
• Bay City Capital invests in Via Pharmaceuticals , (2009)
• Education Finance Partners liquidates $1 billion student loan portfolio , (2009)
• Marlin Equity Partners acquires business units from Requisite Technology , (2009)
• SunPower acquires SunRay Renewable Energy for $277 million , (2010)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Corporate Governance, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, International Banking, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Loan Workouts, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Public Finance, Reorganizations, Savings & Thrifts, Shareholders' Rights, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Lafayette College
• Washington and Lee University

Published Works

• FDIC Delays the PPIP Legacy Loan Program to Focus on Public-Private Programs to Sell Assets from Failed Banks, 2009
• The Federal Reserve's Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility ("TALF") Update: Legacy CMBS and Other Developments, 2009
• The Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 Significantly Changes the TARP, PPIP, and TALF Programs and FDIC Insurance, 2009
• The Federal Reserve's Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility ("TALF") Update, 2009
• The Federal Reserve's Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility ("TALF")—Expanding New Credit for Consumers and Businesses, 2009
• The Public-Private Investment Program, 2009
• The Supervisory Capital Assessment Program: Stress Test for U.S. Banking Organizations, 2009
• The Financial Stability Plan's Capital Assistance Program and an Update of the TARP Capital Purchase Program, 2009
• The TARP Capital Purchase Program Expands to Include Subchapter S U.S. Financial Institutions, 2009
• Bank Failures in 2008 and a Look Ahead to 2009, 2009
• The FDIC Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program: FDIC Final Rule Makes Program More Useful But Requires Quick Decisions, 2008
• Presentation to the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong SAR: The United States Securitization Market, 2006
• Dealmakers' Forecast: Banking and Corporate Financing - The Financing Market in 2006, Financier Worldwide Magazine, 2006
• Global Leveraged Finance Roundtable, Financier Worldwide Magazine, 2005
• Opportunities in the China Non-Performing Loan Market, Financier Worldwide Magazine, 2005
• Foreign Investors Queue to Buy Bad Debt: Participation in the China Non-Performing Loan Market, International Financial Law Review/The IFLR Guide to China, 2004
• Legal Developments Relevant for Commercial Banks and Their Holding Companies, Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, reprinted in, Annual Review of Recent Developments and Legislation of Interest to California Business Lawyers (1991 Issue), 1990
• Recent Developments in Business Law Practice, Continuing Education of the Bar, State Bar of California, 1989

Address

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