Deploying specialists across the life sciences, real estate, and financial services spheres, Hogan Lovells US LLP has a strong track record representing foreign private issuers and investment banks. The practice has in-depth expertise in private placement offerings of equity securities and REIT transactions, with the New York-based team leader Richard Aftanas is highly knowledgeable in IPOs and investment-grade debt offerings. From Philadelphia, Steve Abrams is an expert in follow-on offerings ad PIPEs, while New York’s Sina Hekmat and Rupa Briggs have solid cross-border experience and de-SPAC business combinations. Meanwhile, in Northern Virginia, Kevin Greenslade concentrates on recapitalizations, managed buyouts, and private equity investments.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction

Key clients

  • Optinose, Inc.
  • Gilead Sciences
  • Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc.
  • Elme Communities
  • Perspective Therapeutics
  • Bitfury Group
  • Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
  • Portage Biotech, Inc.
  • Acasti Pharma
  • Vaccinex, Inc.

Lawyers

Practice head

Richard Aftanas

Other key lawyers

Steve Abrams; Sina Hekmat; Rupa Briggs; Kevin Greenslade