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Jane E. Willis
Partner
Ropes & Gray
One International Place
Boston, MA 02110-2624
T + 1-617-951-7603
F + 1-617-235-0435
+ 1-617-854-2211 secretary
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Practice
Jane E. Willis, a partner in the Litigation Department, focuses on complex business and commercial litigation. She is experienced in antitrust law, corporate law, securities laws, and merger and acquisition-related disputes. In addition to handling active litigation matters, Jane regularly provides advice and counseling regarding fiduciary duty issues and competition law matters.
Jane's clients include publicly-traded companies, real estate investment trusts, mutual funds, and private equity funds and their portfolio companies involved in a wide variety of industries, including financial services, real estate, consumer products, sports, and transportation.
Professional Experience
Jane's recent representations as lead counsel include:
- Lead trial counsel in a successful trial in Massachusetts on behalf of a publicly traded real estate investment trust against HealthSouth involving the ownership of certain rehabilitation hospitals.
- Lead counsel for the Boston Red Sox Baseball Club in connection with Senator Mitchell's investigation of the use of performance-enhancing substances in baseball.
- Lead trial counsel in a successful trial in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on behalf of the Boston Red Sox Baseball Club.
- Lead counsel in successful motion practice in both federal and state courts for a closed-end fund against Bulldog Investors.
- Lead lawyer for a transportation company in an action in federal court alleging violations of the antitrust laws.
- Lead arbitration counsel for publicly traded company in AAA arbitration under complex case procedures with three arbitrators in a matter involving a material supply contract.
- Lead counsel in the defense on behalf of the Boston Red Sox Baseball Club of a preliminary injunction proceeding in Massachusetts federal court which would have prevented the establishment of an entertainment concourse on game days on Yawkey Way near Fenway Park.
- Lead counsel for private equity firm in representations and warranties litigation in New York State Court.
As a part of her antitrust practice, Jane has represented many of the firm's public company clients and private equity clients and their portfolio companies in mergers and acquisitions subject to antitrust merger review and investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission.
Jane also provides counseling to many of the firm's public company and portfolio company clients on antitrust and competition matters.
Honors & Awards
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2004-2007)
- Best Lawyers in America (2007)
- Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, Business Litigation (2008)
- Massachusetts SuperLawyers (2004-2007)
- Top 50 Women Lawyers in Massachusetts, Boston Magazine (November 2005)
- Boston Business Journal's 7th Annual "40 Under 40" Awards (for business/community leadership)
Professional & Civic Activities
- The Boston Club (organization for women leaders)
- Boston Bar Foundation, Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows Committee
- City on a Hill Charter Public High School, Trustee
Bar Admissions
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Southern District of New York
Clerkships
- Honorable Robert E. Keeton, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1994 - 1995)
Education
- 1994,
J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard Law School
- 1991,
B.A. (Applied Mathematics), Harvard University; Phi Beta Kappa
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