Ropes & Gray LLP

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. Carolyn Vardi, also in New York, routinely advises on complex domestic and cross-border public and private M&A, working with funds and financial institutions. 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.