About

Oliver has been highly-praised for his work at Oerlikon, the leading high-tech industrial group. Speaking of the significant changes he cites that he ‘was extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to be part as a lead in-house counsel of some of the fundamental portfolio changes implemented by the Oerlikon group in the last three and a half years (including the acquisition of the Metco-Business of Sulzer AG in 2014)’. As general counsel, Oliver has been pivotal in building up a centralised legal organisation since he took over the position last year. Oliver has created and implemented a plethora of standardised processes that has helped generate efficiency in the legal team. He has also had a taking a leading role in harmonising guidelines for contract review and negotiations, and prides himself for his building of efficient processes for mandating, monitoring and assessing of external legal counsel. He has been heavily involved in the build-up of a business segment structure for trade control and compliance.