Contacts:
J. Warren Gorrell Jr., New York and Washington, D.C.
Richard T. Horan Jr., Northern Virginia

Hogan & Hartson is one of the world's leading law firms in mergers and acquisitions and is consistently ranked among the top law firms for M&A around the globe. During the past two years, our lawyers have advised on more than 350 mergers and acquisitions transactions, with a total value exceeding $320 billion. With a network of offices strategically located around the world, we use a team-oriented, collaborative approach to assist clients in all aspects of complex M&A transactions.

Our experienced team of more than 200 M&A lawyers regularly structure, negotiate, and implement transactions of all forms and sizes. We regularly advise U.S. and non-U.S. public and private companies, private equity firms, investment banks, boards of directors, special committees, and other clients on M&A transactions worldwide. Our lawyers, who include some of the most widely respected attorneys in their fields, help set us apart from other firms and allow us to offer comprehensive depth and breadth of service.

Our clients, who range from mature global businesses to start-ups, rely on us to guide them through every aspect of complex M&A transactions. We understand the business needs of our clients and we are ready to assist with appropriate legal advice and support, whatever the nature of the issue or transaction.

Because we are able to draw on our internationally recognized government and regulatory practices, we are particularly adept at handling M&A transactions for companies in regulated industries where the intersection of business and government require an integrated strategy for handling the many issues that arise in such transactions. We also provide comprehensive M&A solutions by leveraging the experience of out attorneys in other practice areas, including: antitrust/competition, tax, intellectual property, labor and employment, government relations, environmental, litigation, securities, and employee benefits.

We have been highly-ranked by Chambers USA for our corporate/M&A practice in several markets, and more than 30 of our partners have been recognized by Chambers USA as leading individuals for corporate/M&A. We have also been recommended for our M&A/corporate practice by Legal 500 and Chambers Global in several markets in Europe and Asia.

Recent Awards and Rankings

• Ranked in the top 10 for U.S. announced and completed M&A transactions by Bloomberg in 2007.
• Ranked in the top five counsel to target for global and U.S. announced M&A deals by Bloomberg in 2007.
• Ranked in the top 15 for global announced and completed deals by Bloomberg in 2006 and 2007. 
• Ranked in the top 15 for U.S. announced and completed transactions by Thomson Financial in 2007. 
• Ranked in the top 20 for global completed transactions by Thomson Financial in 2007. 
• Ranked in the top 20 for cross border announced M&A deals by Bloomberg in 2007.
• Ranked in the top 10 for announced global and U.S. private equity M&A deals by Bloomberg in 2007. 
• Recommended for Mergers & Acquisitions: International deals $1bn-5bn in 2007 by Legal 500 US.  
• Recommended in tier one by Chambers USA for Corporate/M&A in Washington, D.C., Colorado, Maryland, and Northern Virginia in 2006 and 2007.