sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message hogan lovells headquarters london united kingdom washington d.c. united states 1 no . of offices 46 2 no . of attorneys 2 500 major practice areas general practice key people stephen j. immelt ceo david hudd deputy ceo revenue 1.72 billion 1.03 billion 2013 3 profit per equity partner 1.2 million 721 000 2013 4 date founded 2010 hogan lovells 1904 hogan & hartson 1899 lovells company type swiss verein two llps website www.hoganlovells.com hogan lovells is a multinational law firm co headquartered in london and washington d.c. . it was formed on may 1 2010 by the merger of washington based hogan & hartson and london based lovells . 5 hogan lovells has around 2 500 lawyers working out of more than 40 offices in the united states europe latin america the middle east and asia . in 2013 hogan lovells was the eleventh largest law firm in the world by revenues 6 earning around us 1.8 bn 1.1 bn that year . 7 hogan lovells claims specialization in government regulatory litigation and arbitration corporate finance and intellectual property . 8 contents 1 history 1.1 hogan & hartson 1.2 lovells 1.3 hogan lovells 2 practice 2.1 lobbying in the united states 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit hogan & hartson edit the logo of hogan & hartson prior to the hogan lovells merger hogan & hartson was founded by frank j. hogan in 1904 . in 1925 hogan was joined by nelson t. hartson a former internal revenue service attorney and john william guider . hogan & hartson then went into partnership in 1938 . in 2000 the firm expanded to tokyo and berlin after poaching a team from the former german ally of uk firm linklaters . the firm expanded its presence in new york and los angeles in 2002 when it acquired mid sized law firm squadron ellenoff plesent & sheinfeld a storied new york city based practice with strengths in media litigation and first amendment law . 9 in 1970 hogan & hartson became the first major firm to establish a separate practice group devoted exclusively to providing pro bono legal services . the community services department csd department dealt with civil rights environmental homeless and other public interest groups . in 1990 hogan & hartson opened an office in london their first outside the u.s. 10 at the time of the merger hogan & hartson was the oldest major law firm headquartered in washington d.c. united states . it was a global firm with more than 1 100 lawyers in 27 offices worldwide including offices in north america latin america europe the middle east and asia . lovells edit the logo of lovells prior to the hogan lovells merger lovells traced its history in the uk back to 1899 when john lovell set up on his own account at octavia hill between st paul s and smithfield . he was later joined by reginald white a clerk in his previous firm to whom he gave articles . in 1924 they were joined by charles king forming lovell white & king . soon after formation the firm moved to thavies inn at holborn circus and later to serjeant s inn fleet street before moving to 21 holborn viaduct in october 1977 . lovells was formed as a result of a number of earlier mergers . in 1966 lovell white & king merged with haslewoods a firm with a much longer history of private client work . haslewoods diverse clients included the treasury solicitor . in 1988 lovell white & king which by then had a large international commercial practice merged with durrant piesse known in particular for its specialism in banking and financial services forming lovell white durrant . it then changed to lovells in 2000 when the firm merged with german law firm boesebeck droste . other mergers then followed in other european countries during the early 2000s decade . 11 in the early 2000s lovells invested strongly in china expanding is office in beijing and opening an office in shanghai becoming the second largest foreign firm in china . following five years of growth culminating in the opening of the firm s madrid office in 2004 lovells had a presence in every major european jurisdiction . in 2007 lovells opened an office in dubai offering legal services to corporations financial institutions and individuals in the middle east and at the beginning of 2009 opened an office in hanoi . in september 2009 lovells opened an associated office in riyadh . at the time of the merger lovells was a london based international law firm with over 300 partners and around 3 150 employees operating from 26 offices in europe asia and the united states . hogan lovells edit the london office of lovells in 2008 shortly before the merger with hogan & hartson . hogan & hartson and lovells announced their agreement to merge on 15 december 2009 . 12 hogan lovells was officially formed on may 1 2010 . in december 2011 it was reported that hogan lovells would be moving to a single chairman model following the retirement of john young . 13 in december 2013 hogan lovells merged with south african firm routledge modise . the addition of about 120 lawyers in the johannesburg office make up the first physical location for hogan lovells in africa although the firm maintains a presence in francophone africa through its paris office . 14 practice edit this section contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message hogan lovells practices in a variety of commercial law . hogan lovells has advised on the following matters advised kodak pensioner plan on its 650m acquisition of the personal film business from kodak 15 counselled tech giant dell on its 24.4 bn deal to go private 16 advised fashion label nicole farhi on its 5.5 m sale to businesswoman and heiress maxine hargreaves adams 17 advised long standing client sabmiller on its 7.8 bn acquisition of australian brewer foster s group on aspects of structuring the bid and acquisition finance . 18 advised sabmiller on its 1bn eurobond issue . 19 advised on apple inc. on its 17bn 10.9 bn bond issue described as the largest corporate bond offering in history . 20 assisted with the negotiation of terms with fairtrade regarding sourcing and use of sustainable cocoa in maltesers for mars 21 advised the republic of ecuador in the negotiation of a multimillion dollar facility agreement to be used by the state owned television and radio network rtv ecuador 22 advised the underwriters bank of america merrill lynch and goldman sachs in connection with the initial public offering ipo of empire state realty trust inc. whose properties include among others manhattan s empire state building . 23 acted for pricewaterhousecoopers bermuda in cases stemming from bernard madoff s ponzi schemes 24 in may 2014 snapchat turned to hogan lovells to hire its first general counsel appointing a washington dc based partner . 25 in july 2015 power management semiconductor company semitrex hired hogan lovells to lobby for energy efficiency issues . 26 lobbying in the united states edit hogan lovells is among the largest lobbying firms in the united states . before the merger by revenue hogan & hartson was among the top five lobbying firms in the united states . 27 since the merger the firm has remained among the largest lobbying firms servicing 12.3 million in lobbying 2013 . 28 see also edit hogan lovells professor of law and finance a position at the university of oxford references edit hogan lovells llp . lawyer.com . retrieved november 20 2015 . offices hogan lovells . hogan lovells . retrieved 24 jun 2014 . kathleen hall 28 feb 2014 . hogan lovells posts best year ever results . law society gazette . retrieved 23 jun 2014 . lucy burton 27 feb 2014 . hogan lovells partners in line for bonus after pep hits 1.2 m . the lawyer . retrieved 23 jun 2014 . amanda becker 3 may 2010 . hogan lovells merger makes firm one of largest in u.s. . washington post . retrieved 23 jun 2014 . jennifer smith 11 dec 2013 . hogan lovells taps steve immelt as firm s first lone ceo . wall street journal . retrieved 24 jun 2014 . legal week lovells to enter global top 10 after securing hogan merger vote . http www.legalweek.com . external link in work help about us . hogan lovells . retrieved 24 jun 2014 . news in brief the lawyer january 21 2002 . http www.thelawyer.com news in brief 102697 . article . marisa m. kashino 12 dec 2011 . howrey v. hogan & hartson a timeline . the washingtonian . retrieved 24 jun 2014 . global lawyers international law firm hogan lovells . lovells.com . v. dion haynes hogan & hartson lovells approve merger washington post december 16 2009 . hogan lovells to move to single chairman as co incumbent retires . the lawyer . 1 december 2011 . retrieved 18 december 2011 . elizabeth amon 20 nov 2013 . hogan lovells to open in south africa business of law . bloomberg . retrieved 27 jun 2014 . http www.thelawyer.com news and analysis city latest deals hogan lovells and links in focus as kodak sells unit to uk pensioners for 650m 3004314 . article hogan lovells . hoganlovells.com . legal week hogan lovells dla lead on nicole farhi sale out of administration . http www.legalweek.com . external link in work help hogan lovells . hoganlovells.com . hogan lovells . hoganlovells.com . http www.thelawyer.com news city latest deals hogan lovells and simpson thacher bite into record 17bn apple bond 3004386 . article hogan lovells . hoganlovells.com . http www.thelawyer.com firms and the bar hogan lovells advises republic of ecuador on financing for rtv ecuador project 3018359 . article hogan lovells . hoganlovells.com . hogan lovells . hoganlovells.com . http www.thelawyer.com in house in house news snapchat turns to hogan lovells for first gc hire 3020131 . article covington welcomes back eric holder lobbying on banks and legalized marijuana picks up . washingtonpost.com . 2015 07 06 . retrieved 2016 08 09 . jeffrey h. birnbaum 27 mar 2007 . lobbying is lucrative . sometimes very very lucrative . . washington post . retrieved 23 jun 2014 . lobbying spending database hogan lovells 2013 . center for responsive politics . retrieved 23 jun 2014 . external links edit hogan lovells website v t e legal services in the united kingdom law of the united kingdom economy of the united kingdom law firms largest firms in the uk europe worldwide current addleshaw goddard allen & overy anderson strathern ashurst asons blm berwin leighton paisner bird & bird blake morgan bristows brodies browne jacobson burges salmon burness paull clifford chance clyde & co cms cameron mckenna co operative dac beachcroft dentons1 dickson minto dla piper2 dwf eversheds farrer & co fieldfisher freshfields bruckhaus deringer gowling wlg3 herbert smith freehills hill dickinson hogan lovells2 holman fenwick willan ince & co irwin mitchell king & wood mallesons lewis silkin linklaters macfarlanes maclay murray & spens mishcon de reya mills & reeve nabarro norton rose fulbright olswang osborne clarke pinsent masons qualitysolicitors reynolds porter chamberlain shakespeare martineau shepherd and wedderburn simmons & simmons slaughter and may squire patton boggs2 stephenson harwood taylor wessing tlt travers smith trowers & hamlins turcan connell watson farley & williams withers defunct addleshaw booth barlow lyde & gilbert cobbetts denton wilde