Mergers and Acquisitions
Our mergers and acquisitions practice is built upon fourpillars. Technical excellence. Global reach. Industry
knowledge. Full-service capabilities. These resources,
taken together, allow us to provide our clients withworld-class support on their transactions.
In the past five years, Hogan Lovells advised on morethan US$740bn in M&A transactions worldwide,representing entities, principals, and financial advisorsin over 1,200 public and private transactions.
We are consistently ranked among the Top 10 law firms
in the world for M&A, based on the value and volume ofdeals on which we have advised across the globe.
We put our clients first, delivering attentive, clientfocused services wherever and whenever needed.

Technical excellence
Our M&A lawyers are recognized as leaders in theirfield. We help our clients innovate with cutting-edge
M&A strategies that enable them to lead the way in theirindustries, and we partner with financial advisors tomaximize client success.
We invest in ongoing training of our M&A lawyers tostay on top of market trends and developments.

Key contacts
William J. Curtin, III,New York & Washington, D.C.

Trending Topics
2023 M&A Year in Review

Areas of focus
Carve-outs, Spin-offs, and Split-offs
Cross-border Mergers andAcquisitions
Hostile Takeovers and Takeover
DefensePublic Company Mergers andAcquisitions
Licensing and Commercial
Transactions
Mining and Resources
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Oil and Gas: Exploration andProduction

Global reach
Our M&A practice extends across the world’s majorcommercial centers and emerging markets.

Related practices
Capital Markets

We continuously assess our geographic capabilities
and growth plans, not only in light of where business is,but where business is heading.
With 500 M&A lawyers in over 45 offices across Africa,
Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East,and the United States, our global reach ensures that weassist with inbound, outbound, cross-border, anddomestic M&A, wherever a deal takes our clients.

Industry knowledge
Our M&A practitioners serve as members of industry
sector groups composed of corporate, commercial, andregulatory lawyers who immerse themselves in specificindustries. These groups include lawyers with high-levelgovernment and industry backgrounds in their sectors.
Our multidisciplinary industry focus enables us toidentify and anticipate regulatory changes, market
dynamics, and trends that can impact our clients’business transactions.

Full-service capabilities
We offer the full range of legal capabilities necessary toachieve success in our clients' transactions, on time andefficiently.
Whether a transaction gives rise to antitrust review,
employee benefit considerations, intellectual property
safeguards, tax-efficient structuring, or other issues, ourM&A team draws upon over 50 practice areas acrossour firm.
We work together across practice areas and offices,leveraging the transactional knowledge and subject
matter experience of our lawyers to provide our clientswith seamless support.

Representative experience

Commercial
Complex Contracting
Corporate Governance and PublicCompany Representation
Joint Ventures
Private Equity
REITs

AmerisourceBergen Corporation on its US$6.47bn
acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.’s Alliance
Healthcare wholesale distribution business.
ASSA ABLOY on its US$4.3bn acquisition of Spectrum
Brands' Hardware and Home Improvement Division.
Aware Super on its AU$7.9bn consortium bid with
Macquarie and the Australian Retirement Trust for theVictorian Motor Registry.
AXA on AXA Spain’s €310m acquisition of Groupe
Assurances du Crédit Mutuel España.
BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia,
Mercedes-Benz, and Stellantis on the creation of a joint
venture to create a high-powered EV charging network
across North America.
Clipper Logistics plc on its £1bn takeover by GXO
Logistics, Inc.
Duke Realty Corporation on its sale to Prologis Inc. inan all-stock transaction valued at approximately
US$26bn.
Enel Produzione on its €1.39bn acquisition of the entire
share capital of ERG Hydro.
Groupe Artémis, the holding company for the Pinault
family, on its merger with Maisons et Domaines Henriot.
IBM on the global separation and reorganization of its
managed infrastructure services business, in support ofthe separation of that business from IBM to Kyndryl.
A consortium led by Josh Harris on the acquisition of
the NFL’s Washington Commanders for a reported
US$6.05bn, the highest value sports franchisetransaction in U.S. history.
Lockheed Martin in connection with Terran Orbital’s
US$1.58bn de-SPAC transaction with Tailwind TwoAcquisition Corp.
Mondelēz International on its US$1.3bn acquisition ofRicolino, the confectionery business of Grupo Bimbo
S.A.B. de C.V.

Oracle Corporation on its US$28.3bn acquisition ofCerner Corporation.
PerkinElmer on the US$2.45bn sale of its applied, foodand corporate services business to New Mountain
Capital.
Shaftesbury PLC on its all-share merger with Capital &Counties Properties PLC to create a leading mixed-use
central London REIT, named Shaftesbury Capital PLC,
with a combined portfolio of approximately £5bn.
Sojitz Corporation on its joint venture with Braskem
America to produce and market sustainable bioMEG
and bioMPG, the raw materials for the production ofPET.
TelevisaUnivision on its acquisition of Pantaya, a U.S.based streaming platform for Spanish-language movies
and series.

Awards and rankings"They work on the biggest, most groundbreaking andcomplex deals in the market and are a force to bereckoned with.", Legal 500 US, 2023
"Hogan Lovells has significant experience ininternational M&A, including transatlantic deals
involving clients from the regulated industries.",Chambers UK, 2023
"The law firm's global network enables the team tohandle multi-jurisdictional transactions, demonstrating
broad European capabilities coupled with notableinternational expertise.", Chambers Europe, 2023

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