Joseph Conahan > WilmerHale > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
WilmerHale Offices
7 WORLD TRADE CENTER
250 GREENWICH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10007
NEW YORK
United States
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Joseph Conahan
Work Department
Cross-Border Transactions; Life Sciences; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company) Transactions; Technology
Position
Partner
Co-Chair, Mergers and Acquisitions Practice
Career
Joe Conahan’s practice focuses on the representation of buyers, sellers and boards of directors in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and other strategic transactions in the life sciences, technology, FinTech and industrial sectors, as well as on counseling public companies on complex governance and disclosure matters.
Professional Activities
Mr. Conahan recently served as co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Mergers & Acquisitions Committee and co-chaired the advisory committees for the Boston Bar Association’s 2016 M&A Conference and 2017 M&A Conference.
Community Involvement
Mr. Conahan’s pro bono work includes the representation of organizations such as GlobalGiving Foundation and Boston Children’s Chorus on a variety of matters.
Memberships
Bar Admissions:
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Other Organizations:
American Bar Association
Education
Georgetown University Law Center , J.D. (2004)
Georgetown University , B.S. (2001)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
(Leading lawyers)The ‘strong and experienced team‘ at WilmerHale ‘offers consistent high-quality‘ advice to companies of all sizes, investment banks and private equity firms, and particularly excels in M&A matters involving the tech, life sciences and financial services sectors. The practice is under the joint leadership of two well-regarded partners based in Boston: Hal Leibowitz, whose notable areas of strength include joint ventures and sell-side M&A, and Joseph Conahan, who offers support to boards of directors, buyers and sellers in acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. In the same office, Andrew Bonnes plays a prominent role in public and private M&A deals. In New York, Andy Alin acts for financial institutions, fintech companies, and private equity sponsors, while Chris Barnstable-Brown is noted for his experience in the tech, finance and life sciences industries.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Government > Government relations
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Environment > Environment: litigation