Ropes & Gray routinely advises on fund structuring, marketing, negotiating, and ongoing regulatory compliance issues. The team continues to advise on significant mandates spanning a broad range of asset classes and GP/LP-led work. Tom Alabaster is a recognised authority on the structuring, marketing, and operation of international investment funds and managers. Eve Ellis bolsters the team’s fund regulatory capabilities. Anna Lawry has deep specialist knowledge of derivatives across asset classes. Emily Brown left the firm to join White & Case LLP in November 2023.

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Testimonials

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  • 'All you need and would want in a private funds counsel team.'
  • 'Chris Townsend is a super talented lawyer, technically strong, commercially wise and has great communication skills. All round nice guy.'
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Key clients

  • 3i
  • Aksìa Group
  • Alcentra
  • Archimed
  • Bain Capital Credit
  • Bain Capital Private Equity
  • Benefit Street Partners
  • Blackstone
  • Blue Earth Capital AG
  • CBRE
  • Committed Advisors
  • Creandum
  • Digital Gravity Partners
  • Dragoneer Investment Group
  • Golding Capital Partners
  • GCM Grosvenor
  • Hamilton Lane
  • iCapital
  • Incus Capital
  • Intermediate Capital Group
  • Invesco
  • Limerston Capital Partners
  • Montana Capital Partners
  • Nature Infrastructure Capital
  • Nexus Point
  • No Limit Capital
  • Pagaya Investments
  • Partners Group
  • PIMCO
  • Round Hill Capital

Work highlights

  • Represented Aksìa Group on the establishment of its sixth private equity fund.
  • Represented BlueEarth Capital on its investment in the RockPort Capital Partners III Continuation Fund.
  • Advising the GCM Grosvenor - Real Estate Investments Team in building out its European Real Estate Investment Program.

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Tom Alabaster

Other key lawyers

Chris Townsend, Dorota Maj