Alex AberPartner
BostonBiography
Alex Aber focuses his practice on mergers andacquisitions and corporate finance matters. He has
extensive experience representing public and privatecompany buyers and sellers in domestic and crossborder mergers and acquisitions, minority investments
and other strategic business transactions.
Alex has been recognized for his M&A work byChambers USA, IFLR1000, Legal 500 US, and by The
M&A Advisor in its 5th annual 40 Under 40 awards
program.
Alex also advises founders and management of - andinvestors in - early stage and mature technology andlife science companies on a broad range of matters
including corporate governance, equity and debt
financing transactions, technology licensing and jointventures.
Alex currently serves as Co-Chair of the M&A
Committee of the Business Transaction Section of theBoston Bar Association.

Phone+1 617 702 7750

Fax
+1 617 371 1037

Emailalex.aber@hoganlovells.com

Practices
Mergers and Acquisitions
Capital Markets
Venture Capital and Emerging
Companies

Industries
Life Sciences and Health Care
Technology and Telecoms

Representative experience
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) on its acquisition ofMoogsoft, an AI-driven provider of intelligent
monitoring solutions that support DevOps and ITOps.

Education and admissions

Commvault Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVLT) on its
acquisition of Appranix, Inc., a leading provider of cyber
resilience and data protection solutions.

J.D., Northeastern University Schoolof Law, 2002
B.S., Boston University, 1996

Education

Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM) on its acquisitionof Ondat, a cloud-based storage technology provider.

Bar admissions andqualifications

Charles River Associates (Nasdaq: CRAI) on its
acquisition of bioStrategiesGroup, a healthcarecommercial strategy consulting firm.

MassachusettsIllinois (inactive)

OutSystems, a global leader in high-performance
application development, on its acquisition of Ionic.

Accolades

Go1, the Australia-based EdTech unicorn, in variousacquisitions, including on its acquisition of mobile
learning app Blinkist, AI-powered EdTech Anders Pink,
and Swiss-French EdTech Coorpacademy
Celonis SE on its acquisition of Symbio, an innovative
provider of AI-driven business process management
software.
Ovia Health, a digital health company focused onmaternity and family benefits for employers and healthplans, on its sale to Labcorp (NYSE: LH).*
Shift4 Payments (NYSE: FOUR) on its acquisition ofstadium app provider VenueNext.*
Bottomline Technologies (Nasdaq: EPAY) on its
acquisition of TreasuryXpress, a cloud-based enterprisetreasury management software company.*
Altman Vilandrie & Company on its merger with SolonManagement Consulting to form Altman Solon, theworld’s largest TMT-focused consulting firm.*
Recorded Future, a security intelligence company, on its
sale of a controlling interest in the company valued atmore than US$780m to Insight Partners.
Inovalon Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: INOV) on its US$1.2bn
acquisition of ABILITY Network, a leading cloud-based
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology company.*
Dell Technologies on its US$145.8m sale of Mozy, Inc.,a cloud backup solutions company, to Carbonite, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CARB).*
Good Start Genetics, Inc., a molecular diagnostics
company focused on preimplantation and carrier
screening for inherited disorders, on its sale to Invitae"He has excellent expertise in M&Aand corporate transactions."

Thomson Reuters, 2022
"He is responsive, understands myissues and can navigate themeffectively."

Chambers USA, 2022
"I have the highest amount ofrespect for Alex. He's extremely
knowledgeable about transactions."

Chambers USA, 2023

Corporation (NYSE: NVTA).*The Boston Consulting Group on its acquisition ofassets from digital design firm MAYA Design.*
Dell EMC on the US$1.62bn sale of EMC’s enterprisecontent division to Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq:OTEX; TSX: OTC).*
Staples, Inc. (NYSE: SPLS) on the sale of its Staples Print
Solutions business to Taylor Communications, Inc.*
Shopify Inc. (NYSE: SHOP; TSE: SH) on its acquisition ofKit CRM Inc, a virtual marketing assistant for businessowners.*SOFAR S.p.A. on the sale of its surgical robotics division
to TransEnterix (NYSE: TRXC).**Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.

Awards and rankings
Recognized Practitioner, Corporate/M&A, Chambers
USA, 2015-2016, 2022-2023
Highly Regarded, IFLR1000, 2019-2021
Recognized Lawyer, Legal 500 US, 2019-2020
Leading Lawyer, America’s Leading Lawyers forBusiness, Chambers USA, 2015-2016
Ranked among the top 40 Under 40, The M&A
Advisor, 2014

Latest thinking and events
Press releases
Hogan Lovells guides Commvault in acquisition ofClumio, accelerating cyber resilience capabilities
Awards & rankings
Hogan Lovells' Boston M&A group recognized withTier 1 ranking from IFLR1000, 2024
Press releases
Hogan Lovells' pro bono initiative helps Afghan
refugees secure asylum and reunite families
Hogan Lovells Events
Hogan Lovells at the BIO International Convention

Press releases
Hogan Lovells represents content aggregator Go1
in acquisition of mobile learning app Blinkist
Press releases
Hogan Lovells represents Akamai Technologies inagreement to acquire Ondat