Ropes & Gray LLP is an ‘international powerhouse’, allowing clients of the private funds team to benefit from its multijurisdictional fund structuring expertise. The firm’s global resources are employed across a broad range of strategies, from private equity and credit to energy and renewables. Tom Alabaster is increasingly active in new structures, including open-ended funds, while Christopher Townsend focuses on traditional closed-ended funds and co-investment and carried interest arrangements. Eve Ellis leverages two decades of experience advising on financial services, accumulating an in-depth understanding of fund regulation.
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- ‘Chris Townsend is highly skilled and spends time understanding the specific interests, issues and concerns of each client, commercial and has great availability.’
- 'Their approach is bespoke, thoughtful and prepared to think out of the box to find the right solution for their clients. Their team has a deep understanding of the market and provides top quality advice to top-drawer clients.'
- ‘Eve Ellis - hard-working, responsive and thoughtful. She is always on top of her brief, is one of the smartest people in the room, and a joy to work with.'
- ‘Ropes & Gray have one of the leading private funds practices in the US and European markets, with some excellent practitioners. They have built out a 'full service' team that encompasses fund-raising as well as all of the core transactional, regulatory and securities advisory practices that clients require.’
- ‘Tom Alabaster stands out as an exceptional lawyer and trusted business partner. Tom combines deep legal expertise with a commercial mindset, consistently offering innovative and practical solutions to complex challenges. His ability to understand our business drivers and translate them into actionable legal strategies has been invaluable.’
- ‘They are a truly international powerhouse. Working with UK and US teams on joint projects is seamless and feels like working with a single team. Similarly, they manage to leverage their broad, international expertise to guide clients to a successful international fundraise irrespective of sponsor profile/location.’
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Practice head
Tom Alabaster
Other key lawyers
Christopher Townsend; Eve Ellis