Jason Freedman > Ropes & Gray LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
Ropes & Gray LLP Offices
THREE EMBARCADERO CENTER
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Jason Freedman
Work Department
Private Equity
Position
Partner
Career
Jason Freedman focuses his practice primarily on transactional matters, representing private equity firms and strategic investors in the structuring and negotiation of leveraged buyouts, cross-border transactions, public and private mergers and acquisitions, PIPE investments, and other direct investments. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, he is also helping clients navigate potential impacts of the pandemic on their investments. Additionally, Jason advises clients on corporate governance, securities law, compliance and other general corporate matters. He regularly works with private equity sponsors such as Altamont Capital, Bain Capital, Genstar Capital, HIG Capital and TPG Capital.
Jason joined the firm in 2005 after clerking at the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Education
- JD, Stanford Law School, 2004; Managing Editor, Stanford Law Review ; Chairman, Student Advisory Board and Managing Editor, Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance
- BA (Economics), magna cum laude, Colby College, 2001
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