What separates Hogan & Hartson’s private equity and venture capital lawyers from other groups that work in this area?

We are accessible. We provide you with more than a contact lawyer — we provide you with a team tailor made to serve the needs of your business, and we encourage you to contact each member of that team as needed. We work to understand your business and your industry, to provide service as quickly and efficiently as you need it, to anticipate and resolve issues proactively so you can focus on moving forward.

We offer sophisticated solutions. Our lawyers represent private equity funds in leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and many other types of investment transactions. We represent venture capital funds and private companies in early, middle, and later stage venture capital investments. We continue to serve clients originally sponsored by private equity or venture capital funds through and beyond the IPO stage, as public entities, and in “going private” transactions, as well as in connection with significant M&A activity relating to trade sale exits. Our lawyers assist private equity and venture capital funds in domestic and international fund formation and structuring and corporate clients engaged in strategic venture capital investing.

We are recognized leaders. Our private equity and venture capital lawyers bring a strong “sector approach” to deal structuring, bringing to bear a legal team which couples transactional experience with our leading national and international regulatory lawyers. Our strong substantive knowledge of regulatory and other legislative movements in highly regulated sectors such as telecommunications, media, entertainment, technology, health, life sciences/biotechnology, energy, hotel and leisure, and other industries provides a significant differentiation to the advice we provide our clients, both in connection with the making of an investment decision and post-investment growth strategies. Hogan & Hartson is recognized for its strength in leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations led by private equity funds. In addition, we have one of the largest and most active small business investment company (SBIC) practices in the United States. In recent years, we have represented as many as one-third of all SBIC license applicants. Our clients include leading private equity fund sponsors, and bank subsidiaries and affiliates.

We provide a global perspective. With 25 global offices, we advise clients on private equity transactions in Europe, Asia, and around the world. Through our Private Equity Coordinating Group, we exchange information across offices concerning best practices, transactions, industry knowledge, business contacts, deal opportunities, and document precedents. Our lawyers recently have participated in leveraged acquisitions and venture capital investments involving companies and private investment funds in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Mexico, China, and other parts of Asia.

At Hogan & Hartson, we have the business experience to partner with clients as general outside counsel from initial business inception. We have the substantive depth to serve as special acquisition, financing, regulatory, and securities counsel. We strive to build relationships based upon the simple principle that whatever the issue, we will deliver the answers you need, when you need them.

Recent Awards and Rankings

• Ranked for Investment Funds: Venture Capital nationwide by Chambers USA and described as "exceptional and really knows venture capital" and "client-centered service" in 2008.
• Ranked in tier one for Investment Funds in Washington, D.C. by Chambers USA and described as "the original Washington, D.C. corporate firm" in 2007. 
• Ranked in tier one for Corporate/M&A & Private Equity in Washington, D.C. by Chambers USA in 2007-2008.
• Ranked #3 counsel to target for global announced private equity transactions for deal value by Bloomberg in 2007.
• Ranked #4 counsel to target for global completed private equity transactions for deal count by Bloomberg in 2007.
• Ranked #4 counsel to target for U.S. announced private equity transactions for deal count and #5 for deal value by Bloomberg in 2007.
• Ranked #4 counsel to target for U.S. completed private equity transactions for deal count by Bloomberg in 2007.
• Highly recommended for private equity and venture capital in 2006 by UK Legal 500.

• ABS Capital Partners
• ACON Investments
• Advent Venture Partners
• Alpine Investors
• Anschutz Investment Company
• BIA Digital Partners
• Camden Partners
• CapitalSource Inc.
• Doughty Hanson & Co. Technology Ventures
• Energy Special Situations Fund
• Ferd Private Equity
• Grotech Capital Group
• KRG Capital Partners
• Lehman Brothers
• Northzone Ventures
• QuestMark Partners
• RockPort Capital Partners
• Thayer Lodging Group
• The JBG Companies
• WWC Capital Group