Expertise
Corporate law
M&A
Curriculum vitae
Admitted to the German bar as Rechtsanwalt in 2004.
Dr. Sebastian Olk is a founding partner of GOF and advises on all corporate and business law matters. He has broad experience in the areas of complex national and cross-border M&A transactions and in providing day-to-day advice on corporate law aspects (including re-organizations and joint ventures). His clients include leading corporations, financial investors und private clients. His expertise particularly covers advising leading financial investors on small to mid cap transactions.
Sebastian graduated from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and completed his legal traineeship in Munich and New York. He holds a doctorate degree (Dr. jur.) of the University of Regensburg. Sebastian worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in Munich from 2005 until 2008 and at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP in Munich and New York from 2008 until founding GOF in 2011. In 2008, he was seconded to the Group Legal Department of Infineon Technologies AG in Neubiberg. In 2009, Sebastian worked at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York.
Sebastian has been appointed as a part-time lecturer at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich. He is the author of numerous publications, particularly in the fields of corporate and private international law. Sebastian has been also appointed an examiner for the First State Examination in Law by the Bavarian Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection.
Reference clients
- Regularly advises ZF Friedrichshafen on joint ventures and other M&A transactions, including the joint venture with e.GO Mobile and acquisition of a stake in the ASAP Group
- Regularly advises Perusa Partners on M&A transactions, including on acquisition of the MÜPRO Group and the acquisition and sale of the Senator Group
- Regularly advises BlackFin Capital Partners, including on its sale of the finanzen.de Group and acquisition of Bonnfinanz from the Zurich Group
- Regularly advises MAN Energy Solutions SE, e.g. on its investment in H-Tec Systems