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Joseph Gilligan
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Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Joe Gilligan serves as co-chair of the United States Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) committee and previously served as head of our Corporate ractice group for the Americas.
For over 20 years, Joe has represented publicly and privately held companies, boards of directors, strategic investors, and special committees in all types of M&A transactions. Clients depend on him to handle a variety of other corporate matters, including financings, governance counseling, and disclosure issues.
As co-director of our activist investor practice, he also assists clients in preparing for, engaging with, and defending against activist shareholders.
In M&A matters, Joe has in-depth experience advising clients on public and private mergers, tender offers, and going private transactions, as well as proxy contests, strategic investments, and cross-border acquisitions. He helps acquiring and target companies, as well as special committees of independent directors, in connection with hostile and unsolicited takeover proposals and anti-takeover defenses.
Memberships
Member, American Bar Association
Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1997
M.B.A., Loyola University Maryland, 1994
B.B.A. Accounting, Loyola University Maryland, 1989
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Financial services regulation