Fran Faircloth > Ropes & Gray LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Ropes & Gray LLP Offices

2099 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20006-6807
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Fran Faircloth

Work Department
Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity
Position
Partner
Career
https://www.ropesgray.com/en/biographies/f/fran-faircloth?AK=Fran%20Faircloth
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
(Next Generation Partners)Combining expertise in regulatory investigations, disputes, privacy counselling and corporate data transactions, the data, privacy and cybersecurity team at Ropes & Gray LLP offers US experience with global reach. Clients in the healthcare sector particularly seek out the team, which has established knowledge regarding the handling of data breaches involving sensitive information. Team head Edward McNicholas, based in Washington DC, has a notable track record supporting clients through regulatory investigations and class action litigation in relation to cybersecurity incidents. Also in DC, Fran Faircloth’s practice includes internet governance matters, and compliance counselling on federal, state, and foreign privacy requirements. Boston-based counsel Kevin Angle advises clients on the data privacy implications of complex corporate transactions. Associates Matthew Cin in Chicago, and Briana Fasone in New York, are also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) United States > Media, technology and telecoms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- 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
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- 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)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- 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
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Government > State attorneys general
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- 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
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- 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 and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism