Paul Bolaji is Counsel in the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. He advises public and private companies and private equity firms in connection with mergers and acquisitions, investments, dispositions, joint ventures and other significant corporate transactions. He has experience across sectors including health care, biotechnology, e-commerce, energy, infrastructure and financial services.
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Work Highlights
Notable experience includes advising:
- Teleflex in the $1.5 billion sale of its OEM business and the $530 million sale of Acute Care and Interventional Urology businesses
- Manulife Investment Management and Portland General Electric in the $1.9 billion acquisition of Washington state utility operations and select assets from PacifiCorp
- Duke Energy Corporation in a $6 billion investment in Duke Energy Florida by Brookfield Super-Core Infrastructure Partners for a 19.9% stake therein*
- Performance Food Group Company in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc.*
- ALLETE, Inc. in its take-private sale to a consortium led by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Global Infrastructure Partners*
- carsales.com Ltd. in its $624 million acquisition of a 49% stake in Trader Interactive and the related option to acquire the remaining 51% of the company*
- Corix Infrastructure, a water utility holding company, in its merger of equals with SouthWest Water Company*
*Includes experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Education
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Columbia Law School, 2016 J.D.
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
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Ohio State University, 2010 B.A.
Dean's List
Admissions
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District of Columbia 2018
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New York 2017
Paul Bolaji is Counsel in the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice, based in Washington, D.C. He advises public and private companies as well as private equity firms in connection with mergers and acquisitions, investments, dispositions, joint ventures and other significant corporate transactions. He has experience across sectors including healthcare, biotechnology, e-commerce, energy, infrastructure and financial services.
Notable experience includes advising:
- Teleflex in the $1.5 billion sale of its OEM business and the $530 million sale of Acute Care and Interventional Urology businesses
- Manulife Investment Management and Portland General Electric in the $1.9 billion acquisition of Washington state utility operations and select assets from PacifiCorp
- Duke Energy Corporation in a $6 billion investment in Duke Energy Florida by Brookfield Super-Core Infrastructure Partners for a 19.9% stake therein*
- Performance Food Group Company in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc.*
- ALLETE, Inc. in its take-private sale to a consortium led by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Global Infrastructure Partners*
- carsales.com Ltd. in its $624 million acquisition of a 49% stake in Trader Interactive and the related option to acquire the remaining 51% of the company*
- Corix Infrastructure, a water utility holding company, in its merger of equals with SouthWest Water Company*
- The private equity arm of a pension fund in various transactions.
*Includes experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Paul earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2016, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and his B.A. from Ohio State University in 2010. He is admitted to practice in Washington, D.C. and New York.