Led by UK and US-qualified partner Michael Kazakevich, Ropes & Gray LLP is best-known for its ability to provide nuanced financing advice across loan and New York-governed high-yield debt products to corporates and private equity sponsors. Combining her London office managing partner duties with fee-earning work, Jane Rogers has good traction among borrowers engaged in European leveraged finance deals, as does Alex Robb - whose work straddles large cap and mid-market mandates for a sponsor-focused client base. Although the team is better-known for its borrower offering, the return in December 2023 of Benoit Lavigne from King & Spalding LLP has strengthened its creditor credentials, in light of his strong connections with credit fund clients providing new money and refinancing debt facilities to borrowers in the mid-market.
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Key clients
- Intermediate Capital Group
- EQT Private Capital Asia
- Goldman Sachs
- Jeffries
- Mizuho
- American Industrial Partners
- Bridgepoint Development Capital
- Avista Capital Partners
Work highlights
Advised Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and Mizuho on all the financing elements of Outbrain’s acquisition of Teads.
Advised ICG, the global asset manager, on its investment into Law Business Research.
Advised AIP, a New York-based private equity firm focused on buying and improving industrial businesses, on two separate acquisitions by its managed investment fund American Industrial Partner Capital Fund VII, L.P. of majority stakes in the Norwegian headquartered AquaShip ASand Intership AS and the subsequent merger and refinancing of the combined group.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Michael Kazakevich
Other key lawyers
Jane Rogers; Robert Haak; Alex Robb; Benoit Lavigne; Ana Biloglav; Alexandru Mocanu; Jacob Bennett; Sean Darling