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Private Equity: Buyouts - Massachusetts

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What the Team is Known For

Ropes & Gray LLP fields a highly impressive private equity team delivering high-quality counsel to a diverse range of clients, including multinational financial institutions, investment firms, asset management bodies and global funds. It offers expert assistance on complex transactions from the initial to the closing stages. The firm is known for its prowess both in the midmarket and on large-cap deals, as well as offering additional strengths in fund formation and corporate governance matters.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Julie H Jones
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Julie H Jones
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Eminent Practitioners
Julie Jones has a longstanding reputation for excellence in transactional matters, having advised an array of corporate clients, private equity firms and other investors in large-cap and midmarket deals work across her distinguished career. She currently serves as the firm's chair.

Julie is impressive.

William M Shields
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William M Shields
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Band 1
William Shields has attained a sterling reputation for his private equity practice, frequently acting for an array of high-end and midmarket investment firms on buyouts, minority investments and exits. He also advises on portfolio company matters.

William is a real superstar in his field. I have high confidence that he will have thought it through from every angle and he has extraordinary breadth of experience.

Kendrick Chow
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Kendrick Chow
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Band 2
Kendrick Chow has a broad transactional practice which includes significant strength in private equity buyouts, divestitures and wider transactional matters. He also advises corporate clients on strategic M&A deals.

Kendrick Chow is a very good lawyer and has a nice way about him.

Ken has an exceptional manner and can guide private equity firms through the most complex transactions with ease.

He knows his way around private equity very well and has great judgment born of long experience.

Taylor J Hart
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Taylor J Hart
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Band 2
Taylor Hart offers robust strengths in private equity legal matters, with clients turning to him for his strong abilities in investment and divestment transactions. He also advises portfolio companies and public businesses on strategic M&A and corporate governance issues.

Taylor is super easy to work with and maintains good relationships with both sides of the table.

Christian J Westra
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Christian J Westra
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Band 3
Christian Westra is recognised for impressive work advising clients in private equity transactions. He regularly advises on high-value M&A, dispositions and LBOs.

Christian always makes sure we get the best teams on our deals and he has a lot of experience.

Christian has great commercial judgment and is a skillful negotiator.

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Private Equity: Buyouts

Julie H Jones
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Julie H Jones
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Eminent Practitioners
William M Shields
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William M Shields
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Band 1
Kendrick Chow
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Kendrick Chow
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Band 2
Taylor J Hart
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Taylor J Hart
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Band 2
Christian J Westra
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Christian J Westra
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Band 3