Ropes & Gray LLP

Straddling both the IP litigation and the litigation and enforcement practices, Ropes & Gray LLP’s appellate offering has a focus on patent appeals and financial services. In terms of the latter area, the team utilizes the firm’s dominance in funds and regulatory matters to pack a punch in complex business cases, such as its representation of approximately thirty defendants, including major public and private pension plans, in $8bn worth of fraudulent conveyance litigation connected to a leveraged buyout of the Tribune Company. Washington DC-based department head Douglas Hallward-Driemeier maintains a broad appellate focus, which encompasses the full range of civil and criminal matters; he is leading the appellate side of the Tribune case. James Batchelder, who splits his time between San Francisco and Silicon Valley, is noted for IP appeals.