Lisa H Bebchick

Lisa H. Bebchick is a partner in Ropes & Gray’s litigation and enforcement practice group. Lisa focuses on complex commercial and securities litigation and white collar criminal defense and regulatory matters, including securities enforcement and internal investigations. She has represented individuals and institutions in myriad high-stakes matters, including multi-million dollar criminal and civil forfeiture proceedings and related litigation. Clients seek Lisa out for guidance on investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, Office of the New York Attorney General, and New York Department of Financial Services (DFS).

Lisa regularly advises corporate clients in connection with their most significant, sensitive, and high profile matters. She is recognized by Chambers USA for General Commercial Litigation, where clients describe her as an “experienced litigator who delivers amazing service” and “thinks outside the box,” and is “super detail-oriented, super smart and very pleasant to work with.”

Her practice encompasses pre-litigation contractual disputes, including earnout and indenture disputes, complex due diligence, and whistleblower claims. She also has extensive experience handling bulge bracket bank regulatory work. Lisa has appeared in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels, as well as in mediation and arbitration.

Lisa is regularly recognized as a distinguished leader. She was recently profiled in Corporate Counsel’s “Women, Influence & Power in Law” report for her commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law. Under Lisa’s leadership as co-chair of Ropes & Gray’s Women’s Forum, the firm has received numerous accolades, including recognition by Law360’s 2025 Women in Law Report as a “Ceiling Smasher,” a designation for firms with the highest representation of women in their equity partnerships, and by Crain’s New York Business as a “Women-Forward Workplace” for two years in a row in 2024 and 2025.

In addition to her work for clients, Lisa frequently writes on emerging areas in the field, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and use and retention of electronic communications. Her thought leadership has appeared in the New York Law Journal and includes authoring a chapter on parallel civil litigation in the Global Investigations Review’s The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations.

Lisa maintains an active pro bono practice and has a strong commitment to this work, including for The Innocence Project, The Brandeis Center, and other individuals and organizations.

Lisa is a member of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers and served for over a decade as a board member of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI).