Hal J. Leibowitz

Recognized by Best Lawyers^® since 2012.

60 State Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(617) 526-6000

Firm: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

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Overview

Firm

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Years In Practice

Phone Number (617) 526-6000

Hal Leibowitz is co-chair of WilmerHale’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. He has previously served as chair of the firm’s Corporate Practice and as vice chair of the Transactional Department. Mr. Leibowitz's practice focuses on corporate and securities law matters for companies in the technology, life sciences and services industries, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and public company counseling.

Among the clients he represents are:

Akamai Technologies
Analogic Corporation
Cynosure, Inc.
Kadant Inc.
LTX-Credence Corporation
PAREXEL International
PerkinElmer, Inc.
Progress Software Corporation
RSA Security Inc.
The Boston Consulting Group
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Representative transactions in which Mr. Leibowitz has served as counsel include:

A wide range of merger and acquisition transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of numerous public and private companies, tender offers, exchange offers and going private transactions
Public offerings in the technology, life sciences and services industries for both issuers and underwriters
Venture capital financings of technology companies in the telecom and wireless, software and services industries

What legal services does this lawyer offer?

Corporate Law

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Awards

Recognized in the 2004-2013 editions of Boston Magazine as a "New England Super Lawyer" (formerly "Massachusetts Super Lawyer") for mergers and acquisitions, as well as for his representation of public companies
Listed in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 editions of The International Who's Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers as one of the world's leading corporate lawyers
Listed in the 2013 and 2014 editions of The International Who's Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers as one of the world's leading M&A lawyers
Selected by LMG Life Sciences as winner of its "Canadian Impact Deals of the Year" in 2013 award for representation of Enobia Pharma in the company's acquisition by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Recognized for exceptional standing in the legal community in the 2006 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
Recognized as a Massachusetts leader in the corporate/M&A field in the 2007-2014 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business

Languages

English

Education

Graduated

Brandeis University, BA

Graduated 1982

Contact Details and Office Locations

Office: (617) 526-6000

60 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109

Boston, Massachusetts 02109

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