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Joseph Gilligan
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
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
Hogan Lovells US LLP‘s ‘world class team‘ in Washington DC is comprised of dedicated activism practitioners alongside specialists in securities regulatory issues. Practice head Joseph Gilligan ‘has an exceptionally deep understanding of the complex legal and business issues associated with M&A and shareholder activism matters‘, Alan Dye utilizes his experience of working at the SEC to provide ‘outstanding advice on all matters related to shareholder activism, engagement and related strategy’, and John Beckman is another key name when it comes to advising public entities on shareholder interactions.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- 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)
- 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)
- 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: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- 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 regulation: electric power
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)