Hogan Lovells US LLP

Corporate

Partner

Joe Gilligan serves as co-chair of the United States Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) committee and previously served as head of our Corporate ractice group for the Americas.

For over 20 years, Joe has represented publicly and privately held companies, boards of directors, strategic investors, and special committees in all types of M&A transactions. Clients depend on him to handle a variety of other corporate matters, including financings, governance counseling, and disclosure issues.

As co-director of our activist investor practice, he also assists clients in preparing for, engaging with, and defending against activist shareholders.

In M&A matters, Joe has in-depth experience advising clients on public and private mergers, tender offers, and going private transactions, as well as proxy contests, strategic investments, and cross-border acquisitions. He helps acquiring and target companies, as well as special committees of independent directors, in connection with hostile and unsolicited takeover proposals and anti-takeover defenses.

Member, American Bar Association

Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1997

M.B.A., Loyola University Maryland, 1994

B.B.A. Accounting, Loyola University Maryland, 1989