Oliver Feslier Holmes
Biography
Oliver is a senior associate in the Firm's Corporate Practice Group in London. He advises domestic and international clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and investments.
Oliver's practice covers a variety of sectors, with a particular focus on TMT, digital infrastructure and private equity real estate.
Representative Legal Matters
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Advised Google on the USD 1 billion acquisition of its London headquarters from Legal & General, Mitsubishi and ReAssure.
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Advised Equinix, Inc. on the structuring, negotiating, investment into and operation of its xScale joint ventures across the globe including:
- USD 600 million joint venture with PGIM Real Estate to develop and operate xScale data centres in Silicon Valley, USA;
- USD 525 million joint venture with GIC to develop and operate xScale data centres in South Korea;
- USD 3.9 billion joint venture with GIC to develop and operate xScale data centres in Europe and Central America;
- USD 575 million joint venture with PGIM Real Estate to develop and operate xScale data centres in Australia;
- USD 1 billion joint venture with GIC to develop and operate xScale data centres in Japan; and
- USD 1 billion joint venture with GIC to develop and operate xScale data centres in Europe.
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Advised Colt Technology Services on its sale of eight European data centres to DWS Asset Management.
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Advised Ooredoo Group on its strategic partnership with Iron Mountain under which Iron Mountain is taking a minority equity stake in Ooredoo’s carrier-neutral data centre company, MENA Digital Hub.
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Advised Astorg on several bids, acquisitions and add-ons, including its leveraged buy-out of Sofico, a leading European provider of software solutions and services for the automotive leasing and mobility industry.
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Advised Bain Capital on several bids, acquisitions and disposals.
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Advised KKR on aspects of its USD 4.3 billion investment in multinational cosmetics and beauty company Coty Inc.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- New Zealand Law Society
Admissions
- New Zealand (Barrister & Solicitor) (2016)
Education
- Victoria University of Wellington (Bachelor of Laws) (2016)
- Victoria University of Wellington (Bachelor of Arts) (2016)
- College of Law, New Zealand (Professional Legal Studies) (2016)