Public Company Mergers and Acquisitions

We represent listed companies on M&A transactions of all forms and sizes, leveraging our deep transactional knowledge across our international platform.

We represent multinational companies, private equity sponsors, and other parties in connection with acquisitions of publicly-traded companies across the globe. We also act as counsel to targets that are public companies, as well as their key shareholders, boards, and special committees in sell-side engagements. Our team has handled some of the most significant public company transactions in the technology, life sciences, health care, energy, food and beverage, real estate, and aerospace, defense, and government sectors.

Our team includes some of the world’s most prominent M&A lawyers and several former high-ranking members of government agencies that oversee public company M&A in key jurisdictions. Working together, our public company M&A team helps our clients navigate the disclosure, deal protection, litigation, and other considerations unique to public company M&A transactions.

We advise on the full range of negotiated and unsolicited transactions, including mergers, tender and exchange offers, “going private” transactions, leveraged buyouts, proxy contests and transactions implemented by schemes of arrangement, takeover bids, and other structures around the world.

We also integrate with our market-leading industry, regulatory, and competition law teams, and work together to help our clients successfully and efficiently execute public company M&A transactions.

Our capabilities at a glance

600

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US$600bn+ in M&A transactions worldwide

1350

Over 1,350 public and private M&A transactions

Hear from our clients and industry leaders

Thoughtful and excellent advice to members of the board of directors and management."

Client quote, Legal 500 US M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals (US$1bn+)

All corporate team members we deal with are excellent. The Hogan Lovells team is commercial, pragmatic, organised and easy to deal with."

Client quote, Chambers UK Corporate/M&A, 2026

The Hogan Lovells team offers top-of-field expertise and superior client service and responsiveness."

Client quote, Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A 2026

They have the winning combination of a measured and rational style with superior substantive arguments which are grounded in reason, logic and the most current jurisprudence."

Client quote, Chambers USA Corporate/M&A: The Elite, 2026

Hogan Lovells are extremely responsive, very quickly available and have an excellent business perspective. They are able to provide legal advice that really takes the business aspects into account."

Client quote, Chambers Europe Corporate/M&A, 2026

The firm's strength lies in its ability to synthesise inputs from other jurisdictions and use those to ensure a transaction structure that works and addresses the commercial needs of its clients."

Client quote, Chambers Asia-Pacific Corporate/M&A, 2026

We are highly confident in the firm's ability to navigate complex legal issues and provide high-quality advice. The team is very collaborative and commercial."

Client quote, Chambers USA Corporate/M&A: The Elite, 2026

The Hogan Lovells team has the ability to focus on the important tasks and present complex legal terms to the management in relatively simple language understandable to everyone."

Client quote, Chambers UK Corporate/M&A, 2026

Key contacts

William J. Curtin, III

Partner

William J. Curtin, III

Partner

New York, Washington, D.C.

Meet the Public Company Mergers and Acquisitions team

Representative experience

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. on its US$6bn acquisition of Cavium, Inc.

Orbital ATK, Inc., a leading aerospace and defense company, on its US$9.2bn sale to Northrop Grumman Corporation.

Walmart in its US$16bn acquisition of a majority stake in Flipkart.

Novartis on its US$8.7bn acquisition of AveXis.

Paysafe Group on a £3bn takeover offer by a consortium led by Blackstone and CVC.

Oracle Corporation on its AUD1.6bn acquisition of Aconex, a leading cloud-based solutions company that manages team collaboration for construction projects.

Xinjiang Urban Construction (Group) Co., Ltd on its US$1.5bn reverse takeover by Jiangsu Jinsheng Industrial Co., Ltd.

Celgene Corporation on its US$9bn acquisition of Juno Therapeutics, a clinical-stage cell immunotherapy company.

Pertamina on its US$1.45bn acquisition of Maurel et Prom.

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division on its US$2.3bn acquisition of Surgical Care Affiliates.

RLJ Lodging Trust on its US$7bn merger with FelCor Lodging Trust.

SAB Miller Plc on its US$122.8bn acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Hatteras Financial Corp. on its US$1.5bn acquisition by Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

Arris Group Inc. on its US$2.26bn acquisition of Pace Plc.

Home Properties Inc. on its US$7.6bn acquisition by Lone Star Funds.

Industrial Income Trust, Inc., a public, unlisted REIT, on its US$4.55bn acquisition by Western Logistics II LLC, an affiliate of Global Logistic Properties Limited.

LabCorp on its US$6.1bn acquisition of Covance Inc.

Lockheed Martin on the US$5bn separation and combination of its Information Systems & Global Solutions business with Leidos Holdings through a Reverse Morris Trust.