Ropes & Gray LLP handles litigation arising from accounting and finance scandals, data security breaches, complex business disputes, and industry-shaping mergers. The team represents private equity firms, life sciences, and public companies. Leading the practice are David Hennes, out of New York, and Peter Welsh, who is based in Boston. They are joined by Martin Crisp and Jeremiah Williams.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Key clients
- Nippon Steel
- National Amusements Inc.
- Advent International, L.P.
- Directors of Skillsoft Corp
- Sports Entertainment Holdings LLC
- Bain Capital
- Altimeter Capital Management
- Current and Former Directors and Executives of Paratek Pharmaceuticals
- Former Directors of ArcLight Clean Transition Corp.
- Deutsche Bank
Work highlights
Represented Shari Redstone along with National Amusements, Inc. and several of its affiliated entities in connection with stockholder challenges to the $28 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media.
Defended Advent International in multinational litigation related to its sale of a Mexican funeral services company, winning an injunction in the Delaware Chancery Court to prevent the plaintiff from pursuing litigation in both Mexico and the United States.
Practice head
David Hennes; Peter Welsh
Other key lawyers
Martin Crisp; Jeremiah Williams