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Brian R. Blais

+1 212 596 9757 Brian.Blais@ropesgray.com

Work Department

Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

https://www.ropesgray.com/en/biographies/b/brian-blais?AK=Brian%20Blais

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
• Dispute resolution > E-discovery
• Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Healthcare > Service providers

Firm Rankings

• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Healthcare > Life sciences
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
• Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
• Antitrust > Cartel
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Government > State attorneys general
• Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• Finance > Fintech
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
• Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
• Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
• Finance > Financial services regulation
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance > Commercial lending
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Finance > Structured finance: securitization
• International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions