Combining ‘best-in-class knowledge’ and the ’experience to advise on high-profile strategic transactions’, the education team at Hogan Lovells US LLP draws on firm-wide expertise to support high-profile clients. William Ferreira heads the firm’s global government contracts and education practice, leveraging extensive government contracts expertise to advise clients in their dealings with the U.S. government as well as in international matters, with particular experience in U.S. federal funding for scientific research. Stephanie Gold, at the helm of the domestic and international education team, advises on compliance, investigations, mergers, and strategic initiatives. Intercollegiate athletics is a key area for Joel Buckman, who has experience handling a range of equality, diversity, and inclusion-related matters. Clients praise the ‘network of attorneys’ across a range of practice areas in the U.S. and internationally, who provide ’seamless’ advice. Megan Wilson has longstanding experience in the education sector and regularly advises clients on regulatory matters. The team is based in Washington, D.C.
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Testimonials
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- 'Hogan Lovells' global expertise in issues that affect academic medical centers and universities is unmatched. They have on the ground support in more countries than you can imagine, and frequently advise on incredibly complex cross-border issues. They also have a breadth of practices and can frequently tap partners who have expertise in many needed areas for cross-practice advice, e.g., privacy, trade, etc.'
- 'William Ferreira is outstanding. He and his team are incredibly responsive, return answers quickly, and supply impeccable work product. William and his team quickly issue spot and come up with creative solutions. If I faced any kind of complicated international issue, Hogan would be my first call for outside support.'
- 'Best-in-class knowledge and experience to advise on high-profile strategic transactions in the education industry; great mastery of regulatory structure that affects client choices and strategy. Across various practice areas within the firm (employment, corporate, tax, real estate, etc), they have lawyers who are experienced in working with higher education institutions, so the experience working with people outside of the core education practice is relatively seamless.'
- 'Stephanie Gold is unmatched when it comes to knowledge of the education regulatory framework that applies to higher ed institutions. She applies that knowledge to complex transactional work and has built a network of attorneys within the firm who have experience serving universities.'
- 'The Washington DC office has been working with us for over 15 years and we haven`t seen a better firm/team in all the period. William Ferreira is excellent and they have all technology needed for the job. In educational and health they are the best team we have work with.'
- 'In the last two years we have work with William Ferreira and Lauren Colantonio as partner and associate. They make a very productive and innovative team, they are also very competent and objective. The kind of people we like to work with.'
Key clients
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Seattle University
- Vanderbilt University
- Yale University
- Tulane University
- American Council on Education
- American Public Education, Inc.
- Yeshiva University
- University of Kansas
Work highlights
Representing Yale University and Tulane University in Hansen, et al. v. Northwestern University, et al., a putative class action of current and former students against 40 national universities and the College Board for allegedly conspiring to collect financial information from non-custodial parents for purposes of calculating a student’s financial need in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
Represented Vanderbilt University, as tenant, in connection with a 99-year ground lease of General Theological Seminary’s entire campus in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan for use by Vanderbilt for its university operations, including as an additional campus for its students.
Representing Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) across a range of controversies and compliance matters in the education sector, including civil rights, intellectual property, government grants and contracts, academic/scientific research compliance, study abroad, and international academic programs.
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Joel Buckman
Practice head
Stephanie Gold; William Ferreira
Other key lawyers
Joel Buckman; Megan Wilson; Lauren Colantonio