Blake Liggio is a partner in Goodwin’s Real Estate Industry group. Blake focuses on mergers and acquisitions, including the representation of acquirors, targets, boards of directors, transaction committees and investment banks. He also advises clients on a range of corporate matters, including fiduciary duties, corporate governance, federal securities law disclosure and compliance, and defensive measures.
Blake is also a member of the firm’s PropTech practice steering committee. This practice focuses on the intersection of Real Estate and Technology, and Blake is responsible for driving strategy across the two groups to effectively support clients involved in this converging area. Blake is member of Goodwin’s Attorney Review Committee and ESG Steering Committee.
Experience
Mergers and acquisitions representations include:
Financial advisor M&A representations include:
- Centerview Partners as financial advisor to Thoratec in its $3.4 billion sale to St. Jude Medical, XenoPort in its $467 million sale to Arbor Pharmaceutical, Idenix in its $3.8 billion sale to Merck, Relypsa in its $1.5 billion sale to Galenica, Qualcomm in its $47 billion acquisition of NXP Semiconductors, Kite Pharma in its $11.9 billion sale to Gilead, and Qualcomm in connection with the unsolicited offer from Broadcom
Blake also provides ongoing pro bono advice to The Greater Boston Food Bank on general corporate matters and is a leader in the firm’s initiative on the GLAD Transgender Name Change Project.
Areas of Practice
Professional Experience
Blake served as a law clerk to the Honorable R. Marc Kantrowitz of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and a law clerk for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Blake served from 2020 - 2022 as an adjunct professor at Columbia University, where he taught a workshop on real estate M&A entitled “Real Estate Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Workshop” for Columbia Business School and Columbia Law School.
Credentials
Education
JD2009
Northeastern University School of Law
BA2003
Colby College
(magna cum laude)
Clerkships
Massachusetts Appeals Court, Honorable R. Marc Kantrowitz
Admissions
Bars
- Massachusetts
Recognition & Awards
Legal 500 – Real Estate / REITs (2017)
Law360 Rising Star – M&A (2017)
National LGBT Bar Association, Best Lawyers Under 40 (2017)
Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star (2018; 2019; 2020)
IFLR1000 Rising Star (2019; 2020;2021)
Publications
Blake’s recent speaking engagements and article publications include:
- Co-Author, “Envisioning the New Normal: Real Estate + Technology – Part 8: Series Wrap-Up,” Goodwin Insight, September 2020
- Speaker, “Why COVID is Accelerating M&A Activity and How to Get a Deal Done,” Shadow Ventures Webinar, July 2020
- Co-Author, “Envisioning the New Normal: Real Estate + Technology – Part 1: Office,” Goodwin Insight, July 2020
- Speaker, “Navigating the Ins and Outs of Cross-Border M&A,” Goodwin’s webinar event, July 2020
- Co-Author, “How Technology May be a Key X-Factor in the Real Estate Industry’s Road to Recovery,” Goodwin’s PropTech Pulse Series, May 2020
- “20/20 Vision on Biotech M&A,” ABFO Boston Chapter Meeting, February 2020
- Co-Author, “Mergers and Acquisitions: Impact on the Real Estate Technology Revolution,” Corporate Real Estate Journal, November 2019
- Speaker, “Mergers and Acquisitions on Fire – Major RE Tech Companies Invest in PropTech,” RealComm Conference 2019, June 2019
- Co-Author, “Real Estate Innovation,” Goodwin’s PropTech Pulse thought leadership, April 2019
- Co-Author, “The PropTech Industry is Set for a Wave of Consolidation,” Goodwin’s PropTech Pulse, March 2019
- Co-Author, “The Rising Presence of Tech-Experience in the C-Suites and Boardrooms of Real Estate Firms,” Goodwin’s PropTech Pulse, January 2019