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Olivia Tyrrell

Olivia Tyrrell

USA 2026

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About

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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

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

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial - USA - Nationwide

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Olivia Tyrrell is called on to advise multinational pharmaceutical clients on corporate transactions, particularly cross-border mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances.

Corporate/M&A - Illinois

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Olivia Tyrrell is involved in high value transactions on behalf of a range of clients. She frequently handles cross-border matters.

Strengths

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  • Olivia has great expertise and is able to stay involved in a transactions, being really in the weeds on critical issues whilst managing the team to get us the best outcomes.

    Life Sciences: Corporate/CommercialChambers Guide to the USA
  • Olivia Tyrell is terrific.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA
  • Olivia Tyrell has an ability to stay involved in the transaction. She's really in the weeds on all the critical issues, and manages a really large team to get us the best outcomes we could hope for.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA

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