OlgaGidalevitz Ph.D.

Olga Gidalevitz represents public and private companies, financial institutions, banks, and agents in connection with U.S. and cross-border financing transactions, including secured and unsecured credit facilities, acquisition finance, syndicated facilities, and senior and subordinated loans. Olga also has extensive experience advising clients on corporate governance and other environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, including compliance with the EU rules on ESG disclosures.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Olga gained over a decade of experience on the international circuit, having worked in Dubai, Egypt, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. Most notably during this time, Olga was the first woman to receive an award from the Saudi National Lawyer Committee for initiating vast reforms of legal education in Saudi Arabia while serving as a university law department chair in Jeddah.

Olga has worked as a law professor in Saudi Arabia and in the United States, where she taught courses on international trade and Islamic law. She has also developed and taught courses on trade, energy, and climate change at the United Nations Institute for Training & Research (UNITAR), with a focus on capacity building and public officials training.

Olga's Ph.D. and post-doctoral research focused on climate change and ESG matters, a topic she has published and lectured on extensively.

Olga is a qualified lawyer in Russia and in Illinois.