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Ropes & Gray LLP

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States

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Ropes & Gray LLP

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Ropes & Gray has extensive experience representing corporate issuers, leading private equity firms and major investment banks in all aspects of capital markets financings. For more than a century, we have developed significant experience in all types of initial and follow-on offerings and in private placements. The breadth and depth of our attorneys’ knowledge allow us to effectively manage the capital markets process for our clients.

To learn more about our practice, please visit: https://www.ropesgray.com/practices/capital-markets.aspx

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Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States - USA - Nationwide

What the Team is Known For

Ropes & Gray LLP has broad experience handling complex debt and equity matters. Clients range from private equity outfits and investment banks to corporates, including high-end companies operating in the healthcare, biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. The firm is particularly acknowledged for its expertise in equity transactions, including SPACs, and is often called upon to advise technology and life sciences companies.

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Work Highlights

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  • Ropes & Gray represented NIQ Global Intelligence, and majority owner Advent International, in NIQ’s $1.05 billion initial public offering.

Strengths

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  • The Ropes & Gray team has shown outstanding knowledge, availability and consistency.

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  • We have consistently been able to rely on Ropes & Gray for thoughtful advice on unique issues and structuring transactions to fit our needs.

    Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States respondentUSA

  • Ropes & Gray has incredibly deep knowledge and familiarity with some of the industry sectors that our clients are in and a ton of experience working on equity capital markets offerings in general.

    Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States respondentUSA

  • The firm is able to boil down complex processes and requirements into simple advice and can ferret out the important from the merely perfunctory.

    Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States respondentUSA

  • The Ropes & Gray team is extremely knowledgeable, practical and able to coordinate with opposing counsel to reach a good outcome in an efficient manner.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Paul D Tropp
    Paul D Tropp

    Paul D Tropp

    Paul Tropp is noted for his broad expertise in debt securities offerings, with an especially strong underwriter's practice. He is also highly regarded for his equity practice, with notable expertise in advising SPACs.

    • He has an ability to share his breadth of knowledge in an understandable, responsive and thoughtful manner.

      Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States respondentUSA

    • Paul is outstanding, reliable and available. I know he has a lot of clients but he will make me feel like I am his only client.

      Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States respondentUSA

    • Paul is extremely knowledgeable and very commercial.

      Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States respondentUSA
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  • Faiza N Rahman
    Faiza N Rahman

    Faiza N Rahman

    Faiza Rahman adroitly supports issuer and underwriter clients in the full range of capital markets transactions, with notable skill in equity offerings.
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Ranked Individuals at Ropes & Gray LLP (2)

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    Paul D Tropp

    Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States

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    Faiza N Rahman

    Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States

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