Julie H Jones

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Julie Jones is chair of Ropes & Gray and has been a member of the firm's management committee since 2011. One of the world's premier corporate lawyers, Julie has won countless accolades for her work on behalf of clients that include some of the world's largest companies and investors. Under Julie's leadership, Ropes & Gray was named The American Lawyer's “Law Firm of the Year,” is consistently ranked top-three on its prestigious “A-List,” and the firm’s lawyers have been named to its “Dealmakers of the Year” for four straight years. Julie herself has been honored on the Forbes “50 over 50,” “America’s Top Lawyers,” and "America’s Top M&A Lawyers" lists, Financial Times' “Top Law Firm Leaders,” The American Lawyer's prestigious “45 Under 45,” and named “Corporate Lawyer of the Year” three times and “M&A Lawyer of the Year” twice by The Best Lawyers in America. Chambers ranks Julie as an “Eminent Practitioner” for Corporate/M&A.

Over the course of her career, Julie has led numerous multibillion-dollar deals, prompting clients to describe her as a “preternaturally cool-headed negotiator.” She has guided blockbuster deals across industries, including in technology (represented TPG in its investment in Etsy), medical devices (represented TPG in its acquisition of Exactech, a leading provider of innovative bone and joint restoration products) and retail (represented Petco in its sale to CVC Capital Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board).

Julie’s ability to combine her market-leading knowledge of federal securities laws with business acumen has caused clients to describe her as unique in the marketplace. Chambers commented that “she can get down into the nitty-gritty and go head to head with the nerdiest, but she can also step back and be a field general for the client, seeing the big picture.”

Working out of the firm’s New York and Boston offices, Julie is a board member of the Partnership for New York City, a trustee of The Conference Board's Committee for Economic Development, and a member of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and Cornell Law School.

Publications

Quoted, “The 2021 A-List: With Change a Constant, Top Performers Are Always Reevaluating,” The American Lawyer (August 5, 2021)

Featured, “As Ropes & Gray Returns to the Office, Julie Jones Emphasizes Patience and Adaptability,” The American Lawyer (July 2, 2021)

Featured, “Female lawyers are slowly gaining a seat at the table. Here are 9 women in charge of elite law firms,” Business Insider (March 10, 2021)