Overview
Eduardo Gallardo is Global Co-Chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office.
Eduardo has over 25 years of experience representing public company sellers and buyers, including boards of directors and special committees, in connection with mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers, both negotiated and contested. He also represents public companies in connection with proxy contests, leveraged buyouts, spinoffs, divestitures, restructurings, recapitalizations, joint ventures, and other complex corporate transactions.
Eduardo has substantial experience in the technology, financial services, telecommunications, energy, real estate, healthcare, and life sciences industries.
Quotes in Chambers USA from clients include: "Eduardo Gallardo is incredibly smart and very commercial. I really admire his creativity in unique situations. He can lead everything." "He is commercial and attentive, and his deep transactional experience and expertise drives creative solutions and successful outcomes for his clients." And: "Eduardo is a superstar when it comes to sophisticated, high-impact public company advisory work. He's extremely intelligent and strategically impressive."
Recognitions
- Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A and Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense (2022 – 2024)
- The Legal 500, M&A: Large Deals $1Bn+ (2022 – 2023)
- The American Lawyer, “Dealmaker of the Year”
- The National Law Journal, Mergers & Acquisitions and Antitrust Trailblazer
- Lawdragon 500, Leading Dealmaker in America
- IFLR1000, Notable Practitioner
- The International Financial Law Review, Leading M&A Attorney
- The Columbia Law School Latin American Law Student Association, Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2018
Education
- Columbia University, J.D., 1999
- Cornell University, B.A., 1996
Representations
- Represented Thoughtworks in its $1.75 billion take-private by Apax Funds.
- Represented Nokia in the sale of its Device Management (DM) and Service Management Platform (SMP) businesses to Lumnine Group.
- Represented AT&T Services, Inc., in the $1.4 billion sale of Warner Bros. Games’ Playdemic, Ltd., the mobile games studio responsible for Golf Clash, to Electronic Arts.
- Represented Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. I in its—$2.2 billion acquisition of SmartRent. Inc.
- Represented PAR Technology, a leading global provider of restaurant software, in its $500 million acquisition of Punchh Inc.
- Represented Amherst Residential in its proposed $2.3 billion acquisition of Front Yard Residential Corporation, a publicly-traded REIT.
- Represented Barnes & Noble Education in its successful defense against an unsolicited takeover bid launched by Bay Capital Finance.
- Represented GulfMark Offshore in its $1.2 billion business combination with Tidewater.
- Represented Hewlett Packard Enterprise in connection with its spin-off and merger of its Enterprise Services Business with CSC by means of a Reverse Morris Trust transaction.
- Represented MiraMed Global Services in its acquisition of Medac, Inc., a leading provider of anesthesia revenue cycle management.
- Represented California Water Service Group in its $2 billion unsolicited interloper bid for SJW Group.
- Represented Marriott International in its $12 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.
- Represented DepoMed, Inc., in connection with its successful defense against a $3.3 billion unsolicited takeover offer from Horizon Pharma, including related proxy contest and litigation.
- Represented MGM Growth Properties in its $5.5 billion bid for Vici Properties.
- Represented Towers Watson in connection with its $18 billion merger of equals with Willis Group.
- Represented Hewlett-Packard Company in its approximately $3.0 billion acquisition of Aruba Networks, Inc.
- Represented The Related Companies in its investment in CommonWealth REIT, including successful consent solicitation to remove and replace the entire Board of Trustees of CommonWealth, and related litigation.
- Represented Transatlantic Holdings, a reinsurance company, in its $3.4 billion merger with Alleghany Corporation, and successful defense against a hostile exchange offer commenced by Validus Holdings.
- Represented Zayo Group, in its $2.2 billion acquisition of AboveNet, Inc.
- Represented the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Fushi Copperweld, a China-based US publicly traded company, in connection with its completed going-private transaction.
- Represented Baldor Electric Company in its $4.2 billion sale to ABB Ltd via a tender offer.
- Represented The Williams Companies, Inc., in its $5.9 billion acquisition of the 50% general partner interest in Access Midstream Partners from Global Infrastructure Partners.
- Represented CommScope Inc. in its sale to The Carlyle Group for $3.9 billion.
- Represented Heineken in its $7.6 billion acquisition of the beer operations of FEMSA.
- Represented Emulex Corporation in its successful defense against an attempted hostile takeover by Broadcom Corporation.
- Represented SES Global in its $760 million acquisition of New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd.
- Represented SES Global in its tax-free disposition to GE of various satellite businesses for $1.3 billion.
- Represented SunTrust Banks Inc. in its $14.7 billion unsolicited bid for Wachovia Corporation.
Matters may have been completed before joining Paul Hastings.
news
- Paul Hastings Advised Thoughtworks in $1.75 Billion Take-Private by Apax Funds - August 5th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advises Barnes & Noble Education in a Definitive Agreement with Immersion Corporation - April 22nd, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advises Nokia in Sale of Device Management and Service Management Platform Businesses to Lumine Group - December 22nd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Barnes & Noble Education in Refinancing - July 31st, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Quotient Technology on Board Changes - June 7th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Barnes & Noble Education in Sale of DSS Segment - June 1st, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Sisecam Chemical Resources LLC in Acquisition of Sisecam Resources LP - May 26th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Morgan Stanley on Financing for RenaissanceRe’s $2.985 Billion Acquisition of Validus Re - May 24th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Goldman Sachs on Financing for ONEOK’s $18.8 Billion Acquisition of Magellan Midstream Partners - May 15th, 2023
- Eduardo Gallardo Named a 2023 “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer - March 28th, 2023
- Eduardo Gallardo Elected to The American Law Institute - July 25th, 2022
- Paul Hastings Advises Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Independent Director Slate Led by CEO Eileen Drake in Successful Takeover Defense - June 30th, 2022
- Paul Hastings Advises Barnes & Noble Education on Renewed Cooperation Agreement with Outerbridge Capital Management - June 27th, 2022
- Eduardo Gallardo, Preeminent Mergers and Acquisitions Leader, Joins Paul Hastings - June 9th, 2022
Recognitions
insights
- Public Company Update: D.C. District Court Rules Proxy Voting Advice Beyond The Scope Of Federal Proxy Rules - March 6th, 2024
- Delaware Chancery Upholds Rejection of Advance Notice; Strikes Down Certain Bylaw Amendments - January 5th, 2024
- Recent Court Rulings Shape Strategies for Closed-End Funds in Shareholder Activism Context - January 4th, 2024
- Recent Rulings from Delaware Chancery Favorable to Companies in Shareholder Activism Context - December 19th, 2023
- SEC Adopts Rules Enhancing Short Sale Disclosures - October 19th, 2023
- Public Company Update: 2023 DGCL Amendments Now Effective - August 1st, 2023
- SEC Adopts Amendments to Share Repurchase Disclosure Requirements - May 11th, 2023
- Revisiting Corporate Bylaws for the Universal Proxy Era - August 15th, 2022
- Case Study: Aerojet Rocketdyne Successful Takeover Defense - July 29th, 2022
- The Board of Directors’ Duty of Oversight and Cybersecurity - October 28th, 2021
- Why the SEC’s Proposal to Amend Rule 13f-1 Should Fail - July 27th, 2020
- On an Expansive Definition of Shareholder Value in the Boardroom - October 22nd, 2019
- Boards of Directors’ Duty of Oversight and ESG Matters: “Caremark” Revisited - July 2nd, 2019
- Delaware’s PLX Decision Reminds Corporate Boards of Perils of Navigating Activist Campaign - November 29th, 2018
Involvement
- Member, The American Law Institute
- Member, Board of Visitors of Columbia Law School
- Member, Advisory Board of Columbia Law School’s Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets
- Member, the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals
- Fellow, the American College of Governance Counsel