Hogan Lovells

Hogan Lovells is an international law firm, helping corporations, financial institutions and government entities. They have 2,500 lawyers and 40 offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the United States.

Hogan Lovells' 2013 turnover was $1.718bn (£1.03bn), a 5.2% increase from the previous year.

Hogan Lovells came top out of UK firms and ninth in the world in the value of mergers and acquisitions it advised upon in 2013.

Background

Hogan Lovells is the result of a merger in May 2010, between Hogan & Hartson and Lovells.

Hogan & Hartson was started in 1904 by Frank J Hogan in Washington D.C., in 1925, Nelson T Hartson, started working at the firm and in 1938 a partnership was forged, leading to Hogan & Hartson. By April 2010, they had 26 offices in twelve countries on four continents.

Lovells started in 1899, when John Spencer Lovell set up a practice in the UK, Reginald White and Charles King joined and in 1924 it was renamed Lovell, White & King. In 1966 Lovell, White & King merged with Haslewoods, a firm famous for representing Admiral Nelson. In May 1988, Lovell, White & King merged with Durrant Piesse to form Lovell White Durrant and in January 2000 they merged with Asia and German firm Boesenbeck Droste to form Lovells. In December 2000 they merged with Dutch firm Ekelmans den Hollander, Lee & Lee in Singaport in March 2001 and with French firm Siméon & Associés in November 2001.

People

• Stephen Immelt, CEO
• David Hudd, deputy CEO
• Warren Gorrell, CEO Emeritus
• Nick Cray, COO
• Ian McFiggans, head of global programme management
• Glenn Campbell, managing partner Baltimore
• Cole Finegan, managing partner Boulder
• Bruno Ciuffetelli, managing partner Caracas
• Miguel Zaldivar, managing partner Caracas
• John Cook, managing partner Colorado Springs
• Cole Finegan, managing partner Denver
• Thad Dameris, managing partner Houston
• Neil O’Hanlon, managing partner Los Angeles
• Luis Perez, managing partner Miami
• Dennis Tracey, managing partner New York
• Emily Yinger, managing partner Northern Virginia
• Janice Hogan, managing partner Philadephia
• Michael Charlson, managing partner San Francisco
• Michael Charlson, managing partner Silicon Valley
• Emily Yinger, managing partner Washington DC
• Jay Gede, managing partner Abu Dhabi
• Horace Lam, managing partner Bejing
• Rahail Ali, managing partner Dubai
• Nick Parden, managing partner Dubai
• Allan Leung, managing partner Hong Kong
• Doug Clark, managing partner Shanghai
• James Harris, managing partner Singapore
• Lloyd Parker, managing partner Tokyo
• Andreas Renck, managing partner Alicante
• Klaas Bisschop, managing partner Amsterdam
• Christoph Wagner, managing partner Berlin
• Catriona Hatton, managing partner Brussels
• Erhard Keller, managing partner Dusseldorf
• Hans-Peter Löw, managing partner Frankfurt
• Eckard Schwarz, managing partner Hamburg
• Andrew Gamble, managing partner London
• José Maria Balañá, managing partner Madrid
• Marco Rota Candiani, managing partner Milan
• Stefan Schuppert, managing partner Munich
• Oxana Balayan, managing partner Moscow
• Marie-Aimée de Dampierre, managing partner Paris
• James Vaudoyer, managing partner Paris
• Miroslav Dubovsky, managing partner Prague
• Fulvia Astolfi, managing partner Rome
• Beata Balas-Noszczyk, managing partner Warsaw

Former people

• David Harris, former co-CEO

Clients

• Advised Kodak Pension Plan's £419m ($650m) purchase of Kodak's personal film business.
• Advised Dell on US$24.4 Billion Deal to Go Private.
• Advised SABMiller’s on its AU$11.5 billion (£7.8 billion) acquisition of Foster's Group Limited, on the disposal of its US$1bn interest in Tsogo Sun Holdings Limited, ts US$1.9bn strategic alliance with Anadolu Efes, on a US$7 billion bond financing and the joint venture between Miller Brewing Company and Coors Brewing Company to form MillerCoors.
• Advised on Apple’s $17bn (£10.9bn) bond issue.
• Advised Mars on its sponsorship of the England football team and advertising campaign during the Euro 2012 football tournament, negotiating endorsement contracts with celebrities and assisting with the negotiation of terms with Fairtrade regarding sourcing and use of sustainable cocoa in Maltesers.
• Advised the Republic of Ecuador in the negotiation of a multi-million-dollar facility agreement.
• Advised the underwriters in connection with the planned high-profile initial public offering of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., which will own, among other properties, New York’s Empire State Building.
• Snapchat turned to Hogan Lovells for the appointment of its first general counsel in 2014.

Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes

Contact

London Office

Address:Atlantic House

Holborn Viaduct

London EC1A 2FG

United Kingdom

Phone:+44 20 7296 2000

Website:http://www.hoganlovells.com/