Ropes & Gray LLP guides clients through complex commercial disputes across trial and appellate courts, arbitration forums, and regulatory-facing proceedings. Its commercial litigation practice is driven by Jeffrey Bushofsky in Chicago, whose docket covers contract disputes, class actions, and pan-industry business conflicts, alongside Daniel McCaughey in Boston, who excels in financial and credit-related litigation. The adjacent global litigation and enforcement group is co-chaired by Boston-based John Bueker, who focuses on government-facing disputes, and Gregg Weiner in New York, who takes point on business litigation, cross-border disputes, and arbitration enforcement. David Hennes in New York and Peter Welsh in Boston steer the corporate and securities litigation practice, with additional expertise in commercial litigation and financial and governance matters.
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Key clients
- Albertsons Companies, Inc.
- American Industrial Partners
- Apax Partners
- ATI Holdings
- Bain Capital
- Eversource Energy
- Fidelity Investments
- Fortress Investment Group
- Goldman Sachs & Co.
- Harvard University
- HIG/Bayside Capital
- Johns Hopkins University
- Morgan Stanley
- Novartis
- State Street Bank and Trust Company, Currenex, Inc., and State Street Global Markets International Limited
- Sterling Partners
- Walgreen Co. and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
- Waltham Centerpoint I Investment Group
- Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Work highlights
Achieved three major victories - including an award of over $300m in damages - on behalf of an affiliate of Goldman Sachs in a long-running dispute arising from the affiliate's investment in a developer of cell phone towers in Central and South America.
Secured a decisive victory for one of the largest hedge funds in the world in litigation arising from a massive fraud scheme.
Representing a Fortune 30 company and the second largest pharmacy store chain in the United States in numerous cases filed by Blue-Cross-affiliated insurers, part of a national, industry-wide fight between consumers, certain insurance companies, and the nation’s largest retail pharmacies.
Practice head
Jeffrey Bushofsky; Daniel McCaughey
Other key lawyers
John Bueker; Gregg Weiner; David Hennes; Peter Welsh
