Ropes & Gray LLP

Ropes & Gray LLP‘s practice in white-collar criminal defense and corporate investigations has a strong track record of representing clients in cross-border proceedings, with considerable expertise in matters relating to government enforcement, securities enforcement, anti-corruption, anti-bribery, and financial fraud matters. Co-leading the group, Christopher Conniff in New York is a seasoned trial lawyer specializing in white-collar criminal defense, regulatory enforcement, internal investigations, and commercial matters, especially in sectors such as banking, private equity, healthcare, hedge fund, and sports, and Boston-based James Dowden acts for clients in a broad range of enforcement proceedings brought by federal, state and foreign government agencies. The team also includes Alexandre Rene in Washington DC, who represents corporate entities and executives in litigation and investigations arising out of white-collar criminal prosecutions, grand jury investigations, criminal antitrust investigations, as well as corporate compliance matters. Sarah Coyne in New York joined from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in April 2025, and is experienced in issues such as financial crime, securities fraud, healthcare fraud, as well as allegations of misconduct and serious wrongdoing, and former US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Joshua Levy, rejoined the group in Boston in March 2025.