2024 DIVERSITY DATABASE UNDERWRITER Hogan Lovells

Hogan Lovells is a global megafirm with more than 45 offices in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The firm boasts more than 2,800 lawyers, making it one of the largest firms.

The Making of a Megafirm

Hogan Lovells was formed in 2010 through the merger of DC’s Hogan & Hartson and London’s Lovells. Hogan & Hartson traced its roots to 1904 in the Beltway, where it was known for its government, regulatory, and tax work. London’s Lovells dated back to 1899, when its predecessor firm was established by John Spencer Lovell. The combined firm became a global powerhouse.

Sector-Focused Success

Hogan Lovells focuses on three practice groups: Corporate & Finance; Litigation, Arbitration & Employment; and Global Regulatory & Intellectual Property. The firm was among the first to create sector-focused practice groups and is particularly well-versed in the life sciences, healthcare, financial services, mobility, technology, and energy sectors. The firm’s clients include those with household names such as Ford Motor Co., General Electric, IBM, SAB Miller, Chase, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, Black & Decker, Apple, Google, and UnitedHealth.

The firm is among the top five in Vault’s ranking for Privacy and Data Security. Hogan Lovells has won Chambers’ Privacy and Data Security Team of the Year more than once—and the award wasn’t even introduced until 2015. Its Cybersecurity and Privacy practice crosses borders and industries—from financial services, automotive, and retail to health industries. And since privacy and data security never sleep, neither does Hogan Lovells, which staffs a 24-hour hotline for clients with data emergencies. The firm also publishes a blog on privacy policy: Chronicles of Data Protection.

The firm’s healthcare practice, which sits among the top five in Vault’s practice area rankings, advises a diverse group of clients across the healthcare industry from around the globe. The firm is often called upon to advise on regulatory issues—hot topics after the passing of the Affordable Care Act and its evolution. The firm’s fintech practice has helped create regulatory frameworks, and attorneys in this group have advised on headline M&A deals and high-profile disputes. Hogan Lovells even has a practice handling uncrewed aviation systems (drones) through which it counsels clients bringing this technology into every day use.

Dedicated to Pro Bono

Hogan Lovells has long supported ground-breaking social developments. For example, it boasts of having the oldest dedicated pro bono practice in the legal industry; the firm celebrated the 50^th anniversary of this practice in 2022. The firm is focused on access to justice and the rule of law, and its lawyers collectively spend more than 150,000 pro bono hours per year. As part of its pro bono effort, Hogan Lovells attorneys often represent clients in highly visible cases heard by the highest courts in the land, including respondents in a voting rights case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.

• Life Storage in its response to an unsolicited takeover proposal and subsequent US$12.7bn friendly merger with Extra Space Storage, creating a US$47bn enterprise value combined company. (M&A)
• The Republic of Ghana in groundbreaking, precedent-setting comprehensive domestic debt exchanges. (Restructuring and Special Situations)
• Kaiser Foundation Hospitals on its US$7bn acquisition of Geisinger Health System and launch of its major new nonprofit initiative, Risant Health. (Global Regulatory; M&A)
• Daiichi Sankyo in a transaction involving a total potential consideration of up to US$22bn to develop and commercialize a class of biopharmaceutical drugs that are designed as a targeted therapy for cancer. (Global Regulatory; Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology)
• Danco Laboratories in a case that reached the Supreme Court, after a Fifth Circuit judge effectively revoked FDA approval for mifepristone, a drug commonly used in abortion. (Litigation, Arbitration and Employment)
• Coinbase in the first cryptocurrency case ever heard at the Supreme Court, obtaining a decision confirming a case is automatically stayed during the pendency of an interlocutory appeal of a denial of a motion to compel arbitration. (Litigation, Arbitration and Employment)
• Mercedes Benz Group AG on its joint venture with MN8 Energy to develop, own and operate a Mercedes-Benz branded network of 2,500+ high-powered electric vehicle chargers across the U.S. and Canada

• The National Law Journal “2023 Litigation Department of the Year”
• Law360: Ranked #1 U.S firm in “Pulse Leaderboard” and #1 in “Social Impact Leaders”
• Law360: six practice groups named among “2023 Practice Groups of the Year” and eight partners named among “2023 MVPs”
• Financial Times: Partners Neal Katyal and Jessica Ellsworth named “Most Innovative Supreme Court Practitioners”  
• The American Lawyer: Partner Neal Katyal named among Litigators of the Year
• Bloomberg: Katie Wellington named among Bloomberg Law’s “They’ve Got Next” 40 under 40