Ropes & Gray LLP

We are proud to share that Ropes & Gray has achieved the No. 2 spot on The American Lawyer’s A-List for 2025—our ninth consecutive year in the top three! This recognition celebrates law firms that excel across financial performance, firm culture, associate satisfaction, and pro bono commitment. Thank you to our clients for trusting us with your most complex and transformative matters, and congratulations to our Ropes & Gray team for this outstanding achievement! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/giH5SmQj

Partner Tara Fisher, a Bloomberg Law 2024 “They’ve Got Next: The 40 under 40” winner in the health care and life sciences category, shared her advice for early-career attorneys in an article highlighting this year’s award winners. To learn more about Tara's take on AI, work-life balance, and building relationships, click here: https://lnkd.in/grKmTTDT

As the U.S. Department of Justice resumes Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations and prosecutions, businesses operating in Latin America face increased scrutiny, particularly regarding payments to cartels. Maria Gonzalez Calvet Calvet, co-chair of the global anti-corruption and international risk practice and Latin America practice, recently shared insights with Law.com International on this evolving enforcement landscape. Click here to read the article: https://lnkd.in/gEMXJVbZ

Ropes & Gray represented New Mountain Capital and its portfolio company Machinify on Machinify’s entry into a definitive agreement to take Nasdaq-listed Performant Healthcare, Inc. private for approximately $670 million. The team included private equity partner Todd B. Kornreich, finance partner Arek Maczka, mergers & acquisition partner Jackie Cohen, health care partner Jennifer Romig, antitrust partner Jonathan Klarfeld, IP transactions partner Jordan Altman, executive compensation & employee benefits partner Danna R. Kivell, labor & employment partner Richard Kidd, tax partner Alyssa Kollmeyer, and data, privacy & cybersecurity partner Fran Knox Faircloth. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gCnZ-dEp

Three Ropes & Gray partners have been named “Lawyer of the Year” in Boston as part of the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® guide. David McIntosh was recognized in Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, R Daniel O'Connor in Litigation – Banking and Finance, and Jane Willis in Antitrust. In addition, 110 Ropes & Gray lawyers were recognized as “Best Lawyers” and 101 were named as “Ones to Watch.” For more information, click here: https://lnkd.in/gnFgZR77

Ropes & Gray represented Gauge Capital and its portfolio company CENTEGIX in a growth equity investment by Charlesbank Capital Partners. As part of the transaction, Gauge and members of the founding management team of CENTEGIX will roll over a portion of their transaction proceeds. The team was led by private equity partner Matthew Richards and associate Raxit S., and included tax partners Alyssa Kollmeyer and Brandon Dunn, and IP transactions partner Erica Han. For more information on the deal, click here: https://lnkd.in/gcuRYqZ6

Ropes & Gray represented HG Vora Capital Management and Nantahala Capital Management as Fossil Group, Inc.’ s noteholders in the negotiation of a transaction support agreement and related exchange offer for new first-out and second-out senior secured notes due 2029 and associated incremental funding, warrants, and equity consideration. The team includes credit opportunities partners Leonard Klingbaum, Sam Badawi, and Milap Patel; capital markets partner Faiza Rahman; and business restructuring partners Matthew Czyzyk and Matthew Roose. For more information, click here : https://lnkd.in/dj3VwcwE

Our team represented a group of existing GUESS?, Inc. shareholders, including co-founders Maurice Marciano, Paul Marciano, and Nicolai Marciano and CEO Carlos Alberini, in a strategic partnership with Authentic Brands Group. Authentic will acquire 51 percent of all Guess? intellectual property (IP), and all outstanding common stock not already owned by the Rolling stockholders will be acquired in an all-cash transaction that values Guess? at approximately $1.4 billion. The team included IP transactions partner Erica Han and M&A partners Tara Fisher and Chris Comeau. For more information, click here: https://lnkd.in/gskGH46k

Intellectual property transactions partner Erica Han was named a 2025 “Go To Intellectual Property Lawyer” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Erica was selected for her experience advising on complex deals, including representing SODIAAL in acquiring General Mills’ Canadian yogurt business, National Amusements in selling the company and majority Paramount voting stock to the RedBird Capital Partners/Ellison Family for $2.4 billion, The Hershey Company in acquiring Sour Strips, and Simple Mills in its $795 million sale to Flowers Foods & Subsidiaries. For more information, click here: https://lnkd.in/gvTZtwSa

Asset management partner Rachel O'Brien has been recognized by Bloomberg Law in its 2025 edition of “They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40” honoring exceptional young lawyers. When asked about important lessons she’s learned and her own definition of success in the legal profession, Rachel told the platform publication, “Strong relationships are at the heart of great legal work” and that her own metric for success “is the strength of the relationships I build and the value I bring to clients, colleagues, and the broader private funds ecosystem.” Read the article: https://lnkd.in/gY4vTzXT