William Jewett > Ropes & Gray LLP > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile
Ropes & Gray LLP Offices
800 BOYLSTON STREET
BOSTON, MA 02199
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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William Jewett
Work Department
Tax & Benefits
Position
Partner
Career
Bill Jewett is a partner in the firm’s tax & benefits department focusing on ERISA, employee benefits, and executive compensation. He advises employers, investment managers, and financial institutions on a wide range of ERISA matters, including fiduciary conduct, prohibited transactions, investments and financial products. He has helped a number of clients obtain IRS private letter rulings and Department of Labor prohibited transaction exemptions.
Bill regularly represents clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions and related compensation and benefits matters. He represents both public and private companies in connection with employee benefit matters, including tax and benefits planning and compliance. He also provides regular compensation and benefits advice to a variety of tax-exempt clients, including foundations and universities.
Education
- JD, Yale Law School, 2001
- PhD, Yale University, 1991
- M Phil, Yale University, 1986
- BA, Yale University, 1982
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