Oliver’s practice covers a variety of transactional matters, including capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting and governance matters.

Oliver regularly represents issuers, underwriters and placement agents in capital markets transactions, including public debt and equity offerings, at-the-market (ATM) offerings, PIPE transactions and Rule 144A private placements. Oliver also represents energy and international shipping companies and real estate investment trusts (REITs) with, among others, SEC reporting, proxy statements and governance matters. In addition, Oliver represents public and private purchasers and targets in mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions, including joint ventures and strategic commercial arrangements.

Representative Experience

• Represented an international crude oil shipping company with the commencement of its $75 million note distribution program (January 2021)
• Represented a REIT focused on the acquisition and ownership of postal properties in connection with its public offering of common stock (January 2021)
• Represented the underwriters in connection with an offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 3.950% senior notes due 2050 by an NYSE-listed midstream company (December 2020)
• Represented a REIT focused on the acquisition and ownership of postal properties in connection with the commencement of a $50 million at-the-market offering program of common stock (December 2020)
• Represented a privately held company in the creation of a joint venture with over $2 billion of assets (November 2020)
• Represented the independent financial advisor to an NYSE-listed oilfield services company in connection with its all-stock merger with a NASDAQ-listed oilfield services company (July 2020)
• Represented a REIT focused on the acquisition and ownership of postal properties in connection with its public offering of common stock (July 2020)

• Represented the underwriters in connection with a public offering by a mortgage REIT of preferred stock (July 2020)
• Represented a private company focused on investments in mineral interests in its initial capital raise of $100 million from accredited investors (June 2020)
• Represented the underwriters in a offering by an NYSE-listed owner and operator of oil product tankers of $28 million aggregate principal amount of fixed rate senior unsecured notes due 2025 (May 2020)
• Represented the underwriters in an offering by an NYSE-listed midstream company of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.250% Senior Notes due 2030 (May 2020)
• Represented the sales agents in connection with a residential REIT’s commencement of a $225 million at-the-market offering of common stock (March 2020)
• Represented an office REIT in connection with its commencement of an at-the-market offering of 12 million shares of common stock and 1 million shares of preferred stock (February 2020)
• Represented the sole sales agent in connection with an LNG shipping MLP’s commencement of a $120 million at-the-market offering of common and preferred units (October 2019)
• Represented an office REIT in connection with a $94.3 million public offering of common stock (October 2019)
• Represented the underwriters in an offering by an oil and gas midstream MLP of $500 million aggregate principal amount of investment grade notes due 2050 (August 2019)
• Represented the initial purchasers in connection with an energy infrastructure REIT’s private placement of $120 million aggregate principal amount of high-yield convertible senior notes due 2025 (August 2019)
• Represented an oil and gas midstream MLP in its private placement of $400 million aggregate initial liquidation preference of preferred units and warrants to two private equity funds (July 2019)
• Represented a REIT focused on the acquisition and ownership of postal properties in connection with its initial public offering common stock on the New York Stock Exchange and related formation transactions (May 2019)
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of a Texas-based REIT focused on electricity transmission and distribution in connection with the merger with a leading Texas-based transmission and distribution company for cash consideration valued at $1.275 billion (May 2019)
• Represented an oil and gas midstream MLP in its Rule 144A offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of high-yield senior notes due 2026 (April 2019)
• Represented an oil and gas midstream MLP in its underwritten offering of 1,600,000 preferred units (April 2019)
• Represented the underwriters in an offering by an oil and gas midstream MLP of $600 million aggregate principal amount of investment grade senior notes due 2049 (January 2019)
• Represented a leading oilfield services company in its acquisition of pressure pumping assets valued at $400 million (December 2018)
• Represented an independent oil and natural gas company in its Rule 144A offering of $600 million high-yield senior notes due 2028 (October 2018)
• Represented the sellers in connection with the sale of their respective equity interests in certain midstream joint venture companies to an NYSE-listed midstream company for approximately $470 million (October 2018)
• Represented the underwriters in connection with an offering by an international shipping company of 1,700,000 shares of preferred stock (August 2018)
• Represented a private minerals investment company in an initial equity capital raise of approximately $800 million from accredited investors (June 2018)
• Represented the U.K. and U.S. subsidiaries of an Indian parent company in connection with the sale of the subsidiaries to a U.S. portfolio company (June 2018)
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of the general partner of an oil and gas midstream MLP in the MLP’s exchange of its incentive distribution rights in exchange for newly issued common units of the MLP valued at approximately $937 million (April 2018)
• Represented the underwriters in connection with a $93.389 million offering of common stock by an oil and gas company primarily focused on the acquisition of mineral assets in the Bakken Shale Play (April 2018)
• Represented the underwriters in an offering by an advertising and telecommunications-focused MLP of 2,000,000 preferred units (April 2018)
• Represented a Canadian a dual-listed (NYSE/TSX) retail energy provider and its U.S. subsidiary in the acquisition of an electricity component technology company (March 2018)
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of an oil and gas midstream MLP in connection with its sponsor’s dropdown of refining logistics assets and fuels distribution services valued at $8.1 billion (February 2018)
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of an oil and gas midstream MLP in connection with its sponsor’s exchange of its 2% economic general partner interests in, and incentive distribution rights of, the MLP for 275 million newly issued common units valued at $10.1 billion (February 2018)
• Represented the sole sales agent in connection with an LNG shipping MLP’s commencement of a $120 million at-the-market offering of common and preferred units (January 2018)
• Represented a private minerals investment company in a $525 million equity capital raise from a private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of certain strategic upstream and midstream assets in the Anadarko Basin (December 2017)
• Represented the lead placement agents in connection with a minerals-focused MLP’s private placement of $300 million of convertible preferred units to a private equity fund (November 2017)
• Represented the underwriters in an offering by an oil and gas focused MLP of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its investment grade senior notes due 2047 (October 2017)

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, University of Houston Law Center, cum laude, Managing Editor, Houston Business & Tax Law Journal, 2017BSBA, Accounting, West Virginia University, magna cum laude, 2014BSBA, Finance, West Virginia University, magna cum laude, 2014