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Ropes & Gray said it named 26 lawyers as partners, effective January 1, 2027. The firm said the class spans practices including asset management, private capital transactions, real estate, healthcare, tax, litigation and data privacy, with lawyers based in the United States, London and Hong Kong.
Ropes & Gray said it advised Bluegem on the acquisition of Italian frozen food producer Rispo from Europe Capital Partners funds advised by CS & Associati. The firm said management will reinvest and retain a minority stake, with completion subject to regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.
Ropes & Gray said it advised Heartland Dental on an affiliation with Foundation Dental Partners that closed on October 2. In its October 16 announcement, the firm said the transaction added 33 practices in Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Kentucky to Heartland’s dental support network.
Ropes & Gray said M&A partner Jackie Cohen appeared on The Deal’s Drinks with The Deal podcast with David Marcus. The firm said Cohen, co-chair of its strategic transactions practice, discussed her career, self-advocacy, work-life considerations and advice for lawyers considering their own professional goals.
Ropes & Gray said it was ranked joint third in Law.com International’s analysis of firms’ relationships with Europe’s largest private equity businesses. The firm said London partner John Newton was separately named among twelve individual partners recognized for their relationships with the listed private equity firms.
Ropes & Gray announced that restructuring lawyer Edward Downer joined its London office as a partner. The firm said the appointment was part of its investment in Europe and that he previously held a partnership in another international law firm’s restructuring and insolvency practice.
Ropes & Gray said it served as fund counsel to Bain Capital Ventures on the final closing of Fund XI, which raised $1.6 billion and exceeded its target. The firm described the client as Bain Capital’s early-stage venture arm and said the fund would continue that investment strategy.
Ropes & Gray announced that it was developing a proprietary artificial intelligence tool with OpenAI for transactional due diligence. The firm said the collaboration involved custom agent workflows based on its lawyers’ review methods, with the intended tool producing detailed reports on issues identified in deal materials.
Ropes & Gray said it advised EQT on a logistics portfolio sale to an affiliate of LBA Realty. The firm said the approximately 10.5-million-square-foot portfolio belonged to EQT Real Estate Industrial Value Fund V and that the transaction had been announced on August 27.
Ropes & Gray announced that it had reached the shortlist in two categories at The Lawyer European Awards 2026. In describing its European operations, the firm said its offices in London, Paris, Milan and Dublin worked together as an integrated regional hub on cross-border matters.
Ropes & Gray reported that Amish Shah had been featured in a STAT article about Democrats’ health-care oversight agenda. The firm said the discussion addressed congressional investigations in the context of November’s midterm elections and included the relationship between executive testimony and subsequent legislation.
Ropes & Gray said it represented TPG on financing its acquisitions of Waste Eliminator and Liberty Waste Solutions. The firm said the two businesses would operate under common ownership with a single leadership team, describing a financing assignment led by its finance partners.