Ropes & Gray LLP

Ropes & Gray LLP handles a large volume of high-value PE-backed transactions in sectors such as tech and life sciences and benefits from a global network of practitioners that enables the team to regularly facilitate cross-border acquisitions. The team is adept at handling deals with unique financing, antitrust, and tax law considerations, and in addition to representing leading funds such as Warburg Pincus and TPG in connection with bulge-bracket platform deals, it also regularly acts on upper middle-market growth capital investments. The New York office is home to practice head David Blittner, who has vast experience advising funds on leveraged buyouts as well as on financing and restructuring matters, and Carolyn Vardi, who regularly leads on some of the firm’s most complex private equity M&A. Also in New York, Kate Withers is noted for her ability to handle transactions in regulated sectors such as healthcare tech, and Garrett Charon specialises in leveraged buyouts and take-privates. Chicago-based Neill Jakobe is a key contact for bulge-bracket buyouts, while San Francisco lawyers Jason Freedman and Minh-Chau Le advise on a diverse caseload of private equity-linked deals.