Robert Olsen Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc

Often in affiliation with global law firms, I represent business clients in corporate, financing, and securities transactions, commercial litigation, arbitration, DOJ, SEC, and internal investigations, HSR 4(c) and FCPA matters, DOJ/FTC second requests, outsourcing contracts analysis and revision, research and writing, and other matters, and I review case materials in Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Danish.Represented global automobile manufacturer in DOJ investigation of emissions compliance, global investment bank in European compliance investigation, global retailer in SEC investigation of Latin American operations, and national petroleum company in history’s largest FCPA claim.

Washington, Dc

Represented the largest U.S. bank in $10 billion international fraud litigation (Bondi ex rel Parmalat Finanziaria S.p.A. v. Bank of America) and related civil and administrative cases pending in U.S. and Italian courts: substantive case analysis, deposition preparation, and trial preparation. Practice required significant understanding of securities law, structured transactions, debt financings, IPOs, SPVs, and international investment banking practices generally and an ability to read technical documents in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and other languages.

Washington, Dc

Represented a Dutch petroleum refiner in reviewing Portuguese-language documents remotely in a commercial arbitration case.

Washington, Dc

Represented a large pharmaceutical company, a major national bank, a major multinational imaging company, and broker-dealers in litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and other matters.

Herndon, Va And Peachtree City, Ga

Represented supplemental air carrier in corporate, securities, commercial, bankruptcy, and other substantive matters, including negotiating and drafting S-3 and S-8 registration statements, periodic reports and proxy materials, aircraft financing documents, collective bargaining agreement, commercial office subleases, and related organization and transaction documents; structuring modified Dutch auction issuer tender offer for outstanding debt securities; analyzing twelve aircraft leases; and preparing successful litigation defenses.

Washington, Dc

Represented numerous clients in corporate, securities, commercial, and other substantive matters, including negotiating and drafting Form S-1 registration statement, private offering memoranda, securitization documents, merger and acquisition agreements, international product development and manufacturing agreements, and related organization and transaction documents; counseling public companies and broker-dealers on compliance and corporate governance matters; representing broker-dealers as underwriter’s counsel; advising venture funds and capital markets firms regarding concerns under the ’34 Act and both ’40 Acts; preparing customer agreement, terms of use, privacy policy, and successful SEC no-action letter request for online broker-dealer; advising broker-dealer on Regulation M matters; representing international telecommunications company in corporate, financing, and commercial matters; documenting international asset purchase with significant letter of credit, tax, customs, and marine insurance law considerations; documenting $56 million note sale; helping to coordinate and document $800 million financing of Mexican light rail system; preparing successful litigation defenses; and representing creditors in Chapter 11 transactions and litigation.

Washington, Dc

Represented client in commercial litigation.

Washington, Dc

Documented institutional private placement and reorganization of national branded golf course developer; conducted due diligence for $400 million loan transaction; negotiated asset purchase transaction; partially documented structured finance transaction; performed legal and business risk analysis for representations and warranties risk insurers; represented master franchise association in fraud and bankruptcy litigation pending in federal and state courts; handled multi-state merger portion of $80 million roll-up; conducted due diligence review (trust preferred, merger stock, and REIT issuances), Rule 144A transaction analysis, and hostile takeover analysis for bank holding companies, thrifts, and their underwriters.

College Park, Md

Principal business and bankruptcy attorney; negotiated and drafted plans of reorganization, disclosure statements, credit agreements, asset sale agreements, and numerous other documents for bankruptcy, business, banking, and First Amendment litigation and appeals.

Sao Paulo, Brazil And Washington, Dc

Vice consul, U.S. Consulate General, São Paulo, Brazil; economic officer, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Washington, DC; secretariat officer for U.S. government participation in minister-level UN trade summit hosted by the United States; member of U.S. delegation to preparatory committee, drafted briefs in support of U.S. position in two cases pending before the U.N. Human Rights Commission.

Denver, Co

Principal corporate, securities, and commercial transactions attorney and fraud litigator; structured, negotiated, and documented over 60 public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, two investment company registrations, five mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, franchising transactions, and venture capital financings; handled securities compliance and the representation of clients before the SEC, CFTC, FTC, and other federal and state agencies; represented five broker-dealers in registration, compliance, due diligence, and general corporate matters; practiced before six federal district courts as first-chair litigator representing plaintiffs (60%) and defendants (40%) in securities fraud and other complex commercial litigation; managed firm with up to eight attorneys and 400 clients, 90% of them institutions and other businesses.

Denver, Co

Structured, negotiated, and documented public and private offerings of debt and equity securities; handled other corporate, securities, UCC, and municipal bond transactions and fraud litigation; issued an opinion of bond counsel; and successfully prosecuted two major securities fraud suits against a national broker-dealer.

Denver, Co

Established securities practice for eighth-largest Denver law firm and supervised one attorney; structured, negotiated, and documented public and private offerings of debt and equity securities; handled other corporate, securities, UCC, and municipal bond transactions; served as court-appointed receiver for affiliate of SIPC-liquidated broker-dealer.

Denver, Co

Chief operating officer of subsidiaries of Industrial Valley Bank, Philadelphia, PA, with responsibility for office build-out, equipment acquisition, employment and management of the staff, national advertising and marketing, customer, government, and business-source relations, legal compliance, accounting and finance, credit approval, and investment portfolio management.

Denver, Co

Chief operating officer of subsidiaries of Industrial Valley Bank, Philadelphia, PA, with responsibility for office build-out, equipment acquisition, employment and management of the staff, national advertising and marketing, customer, government, and business-source relations, legal compliance, accounting and finance, credit approval, and investment portfolio management.

Philadelphia, Pa

Prepared branch feasibility and market analyses, branch applications to regulatory authorities, new service feasibility studies, and annual reports to shareholders.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Denver Law Journal

M.A., American Civilization

A.B. Cum Laude, History