Experience

• • AdoreMe, Inc., a direct-to-consumer lingerie and apparel brand, in its sale to Victoria’s Secret & Co. for an upfront $400 million cash payment and further cash consideration.
  • Cybrexa Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on developing the next generation of cancer therapeutics, in its exclusive collaboration agreement with Exelixis.
  • Dedrone, a startup offering security solutions addressing airspace vulnerabilities exploited by the advances in consumer and commercial drone technology, in its acquisition of Aerial Armor, another leading provider of drone detection security services, and in its subsequent sale to Axon, the global public safety technology leader.
  • Priority Technology Holdings, a leading payments technology company in its $407 million acquisition of Finxera Holdings, a fintech company that launched and operated one of the first Banking as a Service platforms.
  • Robinhood Markets, a U.S. consumer investing and trading service, in its $140 million acquisition of Say Technologies, a venture-backed investor communication platform.
  • Spectris PLC, a supplier providing high-tech instruments, test equipment and software for many of the world's most technically demanding industrial applications, in the sale of its NDC Technologies unit to global precision technology company Nordson Corporation.
  • Teamport Inc. (d/b/a Around), an AI-based camera framing designed for video calls, in its acquisition by Realtimeboard, Inc. (d/b/a Miro) for approximately $102.3 million in aggregate merger consideration.

  Before joining WilmerHale, Mr. Gilligan also advised on the following matters:

  • Represented one of the largest commercial property and casualty insurance organizations in the US, in the disposition of its payout annuities business to a leading provider of in force and reinsurance solutions in the North American life insurance industry.
  • Represented a leading private equity investor in connection with its sale of an innovative fintech company that provides cross-border remittance services, to one of the top credit card networks.
  • Represented the financial services division of an S&P 100 multinational in the $9 billion disposition of its healthcare financial services business.
  • Represented a hedge fund operated by a global private equity investor in connection with the sales of an industry leader in the sustainable manufacturing of automotive parts, and a manufacturer of high-quality, custom single and barrier layer polyethylene films.