Olivia Tyrrell
USA Guide 2024
Band 3 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by Olivia Tyrrell
Practice Areas
Olivia Tyrrell is a Corporate / M&A partner in Baker McKenzie's Chicago office. Olivia has also practiced in the Firm's Sydney and Barcelona offices. She is a member of Baker McKenzie's Global Transactional Healthcare group. Olivia was named a 2020 and 2023 “Top Women in Dealmaking” by The Deal, received the “Chicago 40 Under 40” award from The National Law Journal, and was named among the "most influential women lawyers in Chicago" in 2017 and Notable Women in Law in 2022 by Crain's Chicago Business.
Olivia guides clients through transformational corporate transactions, particularly on cross-border mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and corporate reorganizations, often involving complex, multijurisdictional carve-out transactions. She has acted as lead counsel for several multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare companies in high-profile transactions, including several large spin-off and carve-out transactions in over 100 countries.
Professional Memberships
Law Society of Queensland - Member
American Bar Association - Member
Chicago Bar Association - Member
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations - Member
Illinois State Bar Association - Member
Expert in these Jurisdictions
United States
Languages Spoken
English
Education
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
J.D.
2003
Queensland University of Technology
LL.B., summa cum laude
2001
Queensland Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Business Accounting, summa cum laude, University Medalist
1998
Chambers Review
USA
Olivia Tyrrell is involved in high-value transactions on behalf of a range of clients. She frequently handles cross-border matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Olivia's level of client service is exceptional. She is a very strong transactional lawyer with a financial background."
"Olivia is calm, collected and thoughtful in the most high-pressure situations. She is an absolutely superb attorney."
"Olivia's level of client service is exceptional. She is a very strong transactional lawyer with a financial background."
"Olivia is calm, collected and thoughtful in the most high-pressure situations. She is an absolutely superb attorney."