Ropes & Gray LLP provides comprehensive legal counsel to private equity firms, advising on M&A, fund structuring, financing, and regulatory challenges. David Blittner leads the team from New York and is highly experienced in leveraged buyouts, investments, and divestitures for major private equity firms. Julie Jones, who continues to chair the firm from New York and Boston alongside vice-chair and fellow private equity adviser Neill Jakobe, has been a longstanding adviser to TPG, handling acquisitions and investments across multiple sectors. William Shields has recently taken the lead on significant transactions for Bain Capital alongside Charlie Boer in Boston. Boston’s Taylor Hart and Chicago’s Matthew Richards are also noted for their transactional expertise, while Boston’s Michael Lee co-heads the firm’s global finance practice group.
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Testimonials
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- 'Extremely high quality legal counsel; strategic, thoughtful, creative. Very thorough in diligence and bring the best solutions to deal making.'
- 'Ropes combines both sound legal advice with good business judgment as we think through complicate competitive situations. In addition, they have worked with us on novel transaction structures, and highly complicated global deals. '
- 'The Ropes & Gray team epitomizes what it means to be a trusted advisor and collaborative partner in their approach to delivering M&A advice.'
Key clients
- Advent International
- Altamont Capital Partners
- American Industrial Partners
- Aquiline Capital Partners
- Audax Group
- Avista Healthcare Partners
- Bain Capital
- Berkshire Partners
- Blackstone
- CCMP Capital Advisors
- Charlesbank Capital Partners
- CIVC Partners
Practice head
Paul Blittner
Other key lawyers
Julie Jones; Neill Jakobe; William Shields; Charlie Boer; Taylor Hart; Matthew Richards; Michael Lee