Bio

Olga Loy concentrates her practice on tax and structuring aspects of private equity, venture capital and SBIC fund formation and complex business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, recapitalizations, debt and equity restructurings, and executive compensation. Olga represents funds and fund sponsors in tax structuring, negotiating, and forming private equity and venture capital funds. She plans and structures other complex business transactions, including corporate mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and venture capital investments. Furthermore, she represents large public and private corporations on tax structuring of IPOs, SPACs, spin-offs, debt restructurings and general tax planning. Olga regularly represents large and mid-size private equity funds and their management companies. These clients invest in North America, Europe, and Latin America. She also advises real estate funds and investors in tax structuring matters, including REIT counsel and planning and cross-border analysis. Additionally, Olga is an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, where she teaches a course on tax structuring of private investment funds and a lecturer at the Venture Capital Institute, where she teaches a course on venture capital funds and investments. The Legal 500 US sources describe Olga as “an outstanding partner with deep technical tax knowledge, effective administration of client matters, billing transparency including adherence to budgets and bringing the appropriate individuals with the technical expertise on to client matters.”