United States • Investment fund formation and management
Alternative/hedge funds
1
Ropes & Gray LLP
Rankings
United States • Finance
Commercial lending - Advice to borrowers
1
United States • Dispute resolution
E-discovery
1
United States • Finance
Financial services regulation - Broker-dealers
1
South Korea
Intellectual property: foreign firms
1
United States • Healthcare
Life sciences
1
United States • Investment fund formation and management
Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
1
Worldwide
Private equity
1
United States • Healthcare
Service providers
1
Japan
Banking and finance: International firms and joint ventures
2
United States • Finance
Capital markets: equity offerings - Advice to managers
2
United States • Finance
Capital markets: equity offerings - Advice to issuers
2
United States • Finance
Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings - Advice to issuers
2
Latin America: International firms
Compliance and investigations
2
South Korea
Corporate and M&A: foreign firms
2
United States • Dispute resolution
Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense - Advice to individuals
2
United States • Media, technology and telecoms
Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
2
United States • Labor and employment
Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
2
London • Finance
High yield
2
China
Life sciences and healthcare: foreign firms
2
United States • Tax
Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
2
United States • Intellectual property
Patents: licensing
2
United States • M&A/corporate and commercial
Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
2
United States • Investment fund formation and management
Private equity funds (including venture capital)
2
Hong Kong
Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations
2
United States • Tax
US taxes: non-contentious
2
United States • Antitrust
Cartel
3
London • Real estate
Commercial property: investment
3
Japan
Corporate and M&A: International firms and joint ventures
3
United States • Dispute resolution
Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense - Advice to corporates
3
Hong Kong
Investment funds
3
China
Investment funds: foreign firms
3
London • Industry focus
Life sciences and healthcare
3
United States • Dispute resolution
M&A litigation: defense
3
United States • M&A/corporate and commercial
M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
3
United States • Intellectual property
Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
3
China
Private equity: foreign firms
3
London • Corporate and commercial
Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
3
London • Investment fund formation and management
Private funds
3
United States • Real estate
Real estate
3
United States • Finance
Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
3
United States • Dispute resolution
Securities litigation: defense
3
United States • M&A/corporate and commercial
Shareholder activism - Advice to boards
3
United States • Government
State attorneys general - State attorneys general
3
United States • Labor and employment
Workplace and employment counseling
3
London • Finance
Acquisition finance
4
United States • Dispute resolution
Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal) - Appellate: Courts of Appeal
4
United States • Dispute resolution
Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal) - Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal)
4
London • Finance
Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
4
Hong Kong
Banking and finance
4
United States • Finance
Capital markets: debt offerings - Advice to underwriters
4
United States • Finance
Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings - Advice to underwriters
4
United States • Finance
Commercial lending - Advice to lenders
4
London • Corporate and commercial
Corporate tax
4
London • Risk advisory
Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
4
London • Finance
Derivatives and structured products
4
United States • Finance
Fintech
4
United States • Antitrust
Merger control
4
United States • Intellectual property
Patents: litigation (full coverage)
4
Hong Kong
Private equity
4
London • Risk advisory
Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
4
China
Regulatory/compliance: foreign firms
4
United States • Finance
Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
4
United States • Media, technology and telecoms
Technology transactions
4
United States • Intellectual property
Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
4
China
Banking and finance: foreign firms
5
United States • Antitrust
Civil litigation/class actions: defense
5
London • Corporate and commercial
EU and competition
5
London • Crime, fraud and licensing
Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
5
London • Real estate
Property finance
5
United States • M&A/corporate and commercial
Venture capital and emerging companies
5
Hong Kong
Corporate (including M&A)
6
London • Corporate and commercial
Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
6
France
Banking and finance: transactional work
United States • International trade and national security
Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
France
Mergers and acquisitions
United States • Finance
Structured finance: securitization