Ropes & Gray was founded in 1865 in Boston. It has since expanded globally to 11 offices in three continents. In the United States, the firm has offices in Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington D.C. It is best known for its work in the United States in regulatory financial services, private equity and registered funds.
The firm’s Boston office is
market leader in the region in banking, capital markets and M&A. However, the entire firm is active in financial and corporate practices.
In banking, the firm represents borrowers and lenders in acquisition financing, refinancing and general corporate financing.
The capital markets practice has experience on both the issuer and underwriter side in debt, equity, derivatives and structured finance and securitizations matters. In the debt capital markets, the firm works on investment grade and high yield bond offerings. On the equity capital markets side, the team has experience in IPOs, share offerings, share buybacks and follow on offerings. In derivatives, the team works on hedges and regulatory CFTC compliance. Structured finance and securitizations work includes ABS’, CLOs and whole business securitizations.
In the investment funds practice, the firm primarily works with private equity funds, hedge funds and registered funds in fund formation, investments and fund raising.
The private equity and M&A practices advise clients on the buy and sell side in acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures.
The restructuring and insolvency team represents creditors, debtors and trustees in out of court restructurings and Chapter 11 proceedings.
Key clients for the firm include Bain Capital, Golden Gate Capital, Genstar Capital, IQVIA, Surgery Partners, Michaels Stores, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Beam Therapeutics, Wright Medical Group, Domino’s Pizza, Planet Fitness, Dunkin’ Brands Group, BlackRock, Paine Schwartz & Partners, CCMP Capital, Ashmore Investment Advisors, Athyrium Capital Management, PIMCO, Baring Private Equity Asia, TPG Capital, Audax Group, Deutsche Bank Securities, PJT Partners, Veeam Software, the Baupost Group, Elliott Management and Marathon Asset Management.
