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Ropes & Gray LLP is a global law firm with 11 offices located in the United States, Asia and Europe. The firm has more than 1,200 lawyers and professionals worldwide, and its clients include corporations and financial institutions, government agencies, universities, and health care organizations. It was founded in 1865 in Boston, Massachusetts by John Codman Ropes and John Chipman Gray.
The firm's major practice areas include private equity, mergers & acquisitions, intellectual property, complex business litigation, securities litigation, health care, life sciences, bankruptcy and business restructuring, government enforcement and white collar crime, privacy & data security, investment management, hedge funds, antitrust, employee benefits, tax, and real estate. Ropes & Gray also is recognized as a global leader in several industries, including life sciences, health care, asset management, TMT (technology, media & telecommunications) and retail.
Operations
The firm has offices in Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. Ropes & Gray’s international practices have been consistently recognized by respected publications and organizations such as Chambers, Legal 500, International Financial Law Review and U.S. News – Best Lawyers.
Chambers Global recognized Ropes & Gray in 31 practices, and the firm’s lawyers received 49 rankings in the 2016 edition of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Chambers UK recognized 15 lawyers in six Ropes & Gray practice areas, and Chambers Asia-Pacific recognized 23 Ropes & Gray lawyers in 20 practices.
The firm's work in Asia, which focuses on private equity, M&A, life sciences and intellectual property, has received a great deal of recognition. Ropes & Gray won in all three categories it was nominated in at the 2016 International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Asia Awards. Shortlisted for private equity for the fourth consecutive year, Ropes & Gray clinched the “Private Equity Deal of the Year” award for its work on Bain Capital’s acquisition of Yukiguni Maitake, along with “Private Equity Team of the Year.” The firm also took home “Restructuring Deal of the Year” for the restructuring of PT Berlian Laju Tanker. At the 2016 Asian Lawyer Awards, Ropes & Gray won “M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia” and “M&A Deal of the Year” for its work on Tesco’s $6.4 billion sale of Korean supermarket chain Homeplus to MBK Partners, CIPPB and Temasek. The deal was one of the largest private equity transactions of 2015, and the largest buyout in South Korea. Additionally, the annual China Business Law Awards named Ropes & Gray a “Firm of the Year” for compliance and anti-corruption in 2016.
Rankings
Ropes & Gray is highly ranked in several publications, including The Financial Times, Chambers, and The American Lawyer. For six consecutive years, 2011 through 2016, Ropes & Gray was named to The American Lawyer’s “A-List” ranking of 20 top law firms based on attorney diversity, pro bono work, associate satisfaction and firm performance. In 2016, it was ranked 13th on the AmLaw 100, which ranks firms by gross revenue.
U.S. News / Best Lawyers named Ropes & Gray "Law Firm of the Year" for biotechnology and leveraged buyouts private equity. The firm also was among the 20 U.S. law firms with the most top-tier national rankings in the "Best Law Firms" survey. The firm was ranked in the first tier nationally in 27 areas, including banking and finance, biotechnology, corporate, general commercial litigation, health care, M&A, mutual funds, patent litigation, private equity, real estate, securities litigation, and tax, among others.
In 2013, Law360 named Ropes & Gray one of the five practice groups of the year for private equity, health law, securities litigation and white collar crime.
Directors & Boards magazine named Ropes & Gray one of the top 10 U.S. law firms in dealing with general corporate governance issues in its 2009 survey of "Top Corporate Governance Law Firms." Ropes & Gray was named one of the top five securities litigation firms in the United States by Law360 in 2010, 2011 and 2013. The firm also was named one of 14 "standout" securities litigation firms in a BTI Consulting Group survey of 240 corporate counsel nationwide in 2010.
The Financial Times, in the first U.S. edition of its "Innovative Lawyers" report in December 2010, highly commended Ropes & Gray for work in automotive restructuring, citing the firm's role in representing the main credit holders in the Chapter 11 case of Plastech, the largest minority-owned auto supplier in Michigan. The firm also was commended in the litigation category for two cases: advising former senior officers of Freddie Mac in numerous securities fraud class actions and derivative actions, and its lawyers' successful arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in Jones v. Harris, the seminal case on mutual funds advisor fees.
In the annual Chambers USA “Award for Excellence” honoring outstanding firms that demonstrate their pre-eminence in key practice areas, Ropes & Gray was recognized as the leading U.S. law firm for intellectual property (2010) and investment funds (2009). Ropes & Gray was named a finalist for the top investment funds practice and the top healthcare practice in the U.S. in 2013.
In the 2013 Chambers USA, Ropes & Gray attorneys were recognized with 121 rankings across 43 areas of law. The firm also had 13 practice areas ranked in the top band, including banking & finance, bankruptcy/restructuring, corporate/M&A, employee benefits & executive compensation, health care, hedge & mutual funds, labor & employment, litigation: general commercial, private equity: buyouts, private equity: fund formation, tax, investment funds: registered funds, and life sciences.
Ropes & Gray LLP is a global law firm with 11 offices located in the United States, Asia and Europe. The firm has more than 1,200 lawyers and professionals worldwide, and its clients include corporations and financial institutions, government agencies, universities, and health care organizations. It was founded in 1865 in Boston, Massachusetts by John Codman Ropes and John Chipman Gray.
The firm's major practice areas include private equity, mergers & acquisitions, intellectual property, complex business litigation, securities litigation, health care, life sciences, bankruptcy and business restructuring, government enforcement and white collar crime, privacy & data security, investment management, hedge funds, antitrust, employee benefits, tax, and real estate. Ropes & Gray also is recognized as a global leader in several industries, including life sciences, health care, asset management, TMT (technology, media & telecommunications) and retail.
Operations
The firm has offices in Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. Ropes & Gray’s international practices have been consistently recognized by respected publications and organizations such as Chambers, Legal 500, International Financial Law Review and U.S. News – Best Lawyers.
Chambers Global recognized Ropes & Gray in 31 practices, and the firm’s lawyers received 49 rankings in the 2016 edition of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Chambers UK recognized 15 lawyers in six Ropes & Gray practice areas, and Chambers Asia-Pacific recognized 23 Ropes & Gray lawyers in 20 practices.
The firm's work in Asia, which focuses on private equity, M&A, life sciences and intellectual property, has received a great deal of recognition. Ropes & Gray won in all three categories it was nominated in at the 2016 International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Asia Awards. Shortlisted for private equity for the fourth consecutive year, Ropes & Gray clinched the “Private Equity Deal of the Year” award for its work on Bain Capital’s acquisition of Yukiguni Maitake, along with “Private Equity Team of the Year.” The firm also took home “Restructuring Deal of the Year” for the restructuring of PT Berlian Laju Tanker. At the 2016 Asian Lawyer Awards, Ropes & Gray won “M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia” and “M&A Deal of the Year” for its work on Tesco’s $6.4 billion sale of Korean supermarket chain Homeplus to MBK Partners, CIPPB and Temasek. The deal was one of the largest private equity transactions of 2015, and the largest buyout in South Korea. Additionally, the annual China Business Law Awards named Ropes & Gray a “Firm of the Year” for compliance and anti-corruption in 2016.
Rankings
Ropes & Gray is highly ranked in several publications, including The Financial Times, Chambers, and The American Lawyer. For six consecutive years, 2011 through 2016, Ropes & Gray was named to The American Lawyer’s “A-List” ranking of 20 top law firms based on attorney diversity, pro bono work, associate satisfaction and firm performance. In 2016, it was ranked 13th on the AmLaw 100, which ranks firms by gross revenue.
U.S. News / Best Lawyers named Ropes & Gray "Law Firm of the Year" for biotechnology and leveraged buyouts private equity. The firm also was among the 20 U.S. law firms with the most top-tier national rankings in the "Best Law Firms" survey. The firm was ranked in the first tier nationally in 27 areas, including banking and finance, biotechnology, corporate, general commercial litigation, health care, M&A, mutual funds, patent litigation, private equity, real estate, securities litigation, and tax, among others.
In 2013, Law360 named Ropes & Gray one of the five practice groups of the year for private equity, health law, securities litigation and white collar crime.
Directors & Boards magazine named Ropes & Gray one of the top 10 U.S. law firms in dealing with general corporate governance issues in its 2009 survey of "Top Corporate Governance Law Firms." Ropes & Gray was named one of the top five securities litigation firms in the United States by Law360 in 2010, 2011 and 2013. The firm also was named one of 14 "standout" securities litigation firms in a BTI Consulting Group survey of 240 corporate counsel nationwide in 2010.
The Financial Times, in the first U.S. edition of its "Innovative Lawyers" report in December 2010, highly commended Ropes & Gray for work in automotive restructuring, citing the firm's role in representing the main credit holders in the Chapter 11 case of Plastech, the largest minority-owned auto supplier in Michigan. The firm also was commended in the litigation category for two cases: advising former senior officers of Freddie Mac in numerous securities fraud class actions and derivative actions, and its lawyers' successful arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in Jones v. Harris, the seminal case on mutual funds advisor fees.
In the annual Chambers USA “Award for Excellence” honoring outstanding firms that demonstrate their pre-eminence in key practice areas, Ropes & Gray was recognized as the leading U.S. law firm for intellectual property (2010) and investment funds (2009). Ropes & Gray was named a finalist for the top investment funds practice and the top healthcare practice in the U.S. in 2013.
In the 2013 Chambers USA, Ropes & Gray attorneys were recognized with 121 rankings across 43 areas of law. The firm also had 13 practice areas ranked in the top band, including banking & finance, bankruptcy/restructuring, corporate/M&A, employee benefits & executive compensation, health care, hedge & mutual funds, labor & employment, litigation: general commercial, private equity: buyouts, private equity: fund formation, tax, investment funds: registered funds, and life sciences.
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