John Olden Bio

John is a Partner on the Corporate team. His practice areas currently are primarily private company M&A, venture capital, company law generally and partnership law. He has previously advised in relation to capital markets, in particular, debt capital markets, MTN programmes, commercial paper programmes, standalone debt issuance, and he has advised on equity capital market issuances by Irish companies. He has also advised on equity fundraisings and on public company take-overs. In the area of venture capital he has advised on the establishment and marketing of venture capital funds, ongoing relationships between the general partner and limited Partners and investments by venture capital funds. He has acted for Seroba Life Sciences, one of the two leading Irish life science venture capital funds since the establishment of the first fund in 2001, and most recently in relation to the establishment of the €100 million + Seroba Life Sciences Fund IV in December 2021.