Contacts:
Jamie Barr, Hong Kong
Joseph E. Gilligan, Washington D.C.
Richard T. Horan Jr., Northern Virginia
Alexander B. Johnson, New York
Dr. Christoph Louven, Dusseldorf
Nigel Read, London
Richard Ufland, London

With a strong presence in the world's major financial hubs, our experienced team of more than 400 M&A lawyers is ideally placed to advise on the largest and most complex global transactions. In the past four years, our lawyers have advised on more than 1,000 transactions around the world, with an aggregate value in excess of US$580bn. The strength of our platform and the extensive scale of our international M&A capability has resulted in Hogan Lovells being ranked among the leading law firms for M&A, including Top 15 rankings for global completed M&A in 2010 from Bloomberg, Mergermarket, and Thomson Reuters.

We offer an outstanding international transactions capability, with critical mass in Europe and the United States, along with strong Asia and Middle East practices and an established presence in Latin America. This global presence, together with Hogan Lovells' one-team approach, allows us to structure, negotiate and implement highly complex cross-border transactions on behalf of our clients.

Public and private companies, private equity firms, investment banks, financial institutions, boards of directors, special committees, supervisory boards, significant investors and other clients rely on us to guide them through a deal’s every aspect towards a successful outcome. Our experience and deep industry knowledge ensures that our focus remains fixed on providing comprehensive and innovative solutions to all our clients.

• Ranked "The Elite for Corporate/M&A, Nationwide" by Chambers USA, 2011
• "[Hogan Lovells] has true international reach and its influence in the corporate and M&A sphere is worthy of recognition...it makes significant waves with its excellent client care and depth of business understanding." Chambers UK, 2010
• Ranked Tier 1 for M&A: Large Deals ($1bn-5bn) by Legal 500 US, 2011
• Leading firm for "Corporate M&A" in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Vietnam by Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2008 - 2011 
• "Now that Hogan & Hartson and Lovells have merged, it is a strong global firm that others will have a difficult time competing with for cross-border transactions," (2011). Ranked Tier 1 for Corporate/M&A in multiple U.S. cities by Chambers USA, 2006 - 2011   
• "They are a rarity in appreciating how to work within business and commercial frameworks." Chambers UK, 2011   
• "Legal advice and practical experience second to none." Legal 500 United Kingdom, 2010

• Winner of multiple awards at the 2010 M&A Advisor Awards for our work advising Ford Motor Company on its US$1.8bn sale of Volvo Car Corporation to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Co. Ltd., including:
  • Cross-Border Deal of the Year (Over $1 billion)
  • Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year (Over $750 million)
  • Industrial Manufacturing/Distribution Deal of the Year (Over $100 million)
• Winner of M&A Deal of the Year for our work advising Ford Motor Company on its US$1.8bn sale of Volvo Car Corporation to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Asia Legal Business China Law Awards 2011
• Winner of M&A Deal of the Year for our work advising on the Morgan Stanley-Mitsubishi UFG Joint Venture, Asia Legal Business Japan Law Awards 2011
• Winner of seven Deal of the Year awards and two Honorable Mentions at the Asian-MENA Counsel Deals of the Year 2010, including:
  • advising Ford Motor Company on its US$1.8bn sale of Volvo Car Corporation to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Deal of the Year)
• Shortlisted as M&A Team of the Year for Germany, JUVE Awards 2009 and 2010