AI-washing – when AI hype becomes a litigation risk
Bryan Lowrance
Partner Corporate & Finance
Boston
New York
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Bryan Lowrance is an M&A partner. He advises public and private companies and investors on domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and tender offers. Bryan also advises clients on strategic matters, corporate governance and securities laws. In particular, he advises clients on matters related to shareholder activism including proxy contest defense.
Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Bryan practiced in the Boston office of another premier global law firm.
Representative experience
A leading medical technology company on multiple transactions.*
AbbVie in its acquisition of Capstan Therapeutics*
Eversource in the divestiture of its Aquarion water business*
A medical imaging company on its acquisition of an AI platform.*
MACOM Technology Solutions on multiple transactions.*
Becton, Dickinson and Company on multiple transactions.*
Max Finkelstein, Inc. on its sale to U.S. Autoforce.*
American Well on its acquisition of Conversa Health.*
Altimeter Growth Corp. on its US$40 billion stock-for-stock deSPAC combination with Grab Holdings Inc.*
ProSight Global, a specialty insurance company, on its sale to investment funds affiliated with TowerBrook Capital Partners.*
A special committee of the board of Akcea Therapeutics in connection with the sale of Akcea to Ionis Pharmaceuticals.*
Town Fair Tire on its sale to Mavis Tire Express Services.*
Radius Health on its acquisition by Gurnet Point Capital and Patient Square Capital.*
TravelCenters of America on its acquisition by BP.*
A large sovereign wealth fund on its investment in a major U.S. asset manager.*
A pharmaceutical company in responding to an activist investor.*
A pharmaceutical company in a proxy contest with an activist investor.*
CIRCOR in a proxy contest with an activist investor.*
Voya Prime Rate Trust in a proxy contest with an activist investor.*
Various registered funds in connection with activist investors.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., The University of Chicago Law School, 2015
- B.A. English Literature, Cornell University, 2006
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Massachusetts
- New York