Operating out of New York, the practice at Ropes & Gray LLP is led by Andrew Thomases, Rohan Massey, and Sarah Young. The team offers an interdisciplinary service by liaising with its M&A, IP, and private equity divisions to comprehensively serve a roster of tech companies as well as domestic and global investors. The team has a particularly strong track record in handling the tech and fintech elements of M&A transactions. Jordan Altman is a practitioner to note and concentrates on business-critical deals that involve big data, telecoms, software, and AI.
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Key clients
- TPG Capital
- Morgan Stanley Tactical Value
- New Mountain Capital
- America’s Test Kitchen Limited Partnership
- Cinven Limited
- GreenSlate
- Caris Life Sciences
- ZenKey
- Silver Lake
- GI Partners
- Frontier Communications
- Aretex Capital Management
- National Amusements, Inc.
- iMedia Brands, Inc.
Work highlights
- Advised TPG Capital on the sale of its majority stake in Creative Artists Agency.
- Represented America’s Test Kitchen in its sale to Marquee Brands.
- Advised Morgan Stanley Tactical Value on a joint venture between the client and Kobalt Music Group to invest more than $700m to acquire music copyrights.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Thomases, Rohan Massey, Sarah Young