Ropes & Gray Names 23 New Counsel

Global law firm Ropes & Gray is pleased to announce that 23 attorneys have been named counsel of the firm, effective November 1.

The firm’s newest counsel advise clients across industries that drive the global economy, including private capital, asset management, healthcare, life sciences, technology, business restructuring, and real estate.

“Our new counsel thrive on complexity and consistently deliver outstanding outcomes. Their deep industry expertise, extraordinary legal skills and understanding of today’s fast-moving, AI-driven world make them valued advisors in our clients’ most consequential moments,” said Julie Jones, Chair.

Meet Ropes & Gray’s newest counsel:

• Devon Caton (Boston) advises on government enforcement, federal securities litigation, and complex commercial disputes, focusing her practice on the investment management industry. She represents financial services firms, including investment advisers and mutual funds, hedge funds, and private equity firms.
• Elena Davis (Boston) guides corporate clients and individuals in all stages of complex commercial and transactional disputes. She focuses on corporate governance and shareholder disputes, as well as other corporate and securities litigation matters.
• Cara Dermody (Washington, D.C.) provides regulatory, transactional, and compliance advice to clients across the health care industry, including hospitals and health systems, universities and medical schools, health plans, and digital health companies.  She also advises on data privacy and security matters.
• Kelly Finn (Boston) represents public and private companies and their boards, investment banks, and private equity firms in M&A, capital markets transactions, financings and other strategic transactions. She regularly advises on issues of corporate governance and securities law.
• Lisa Folkerth (Boston) represents clients in connection with capital markets transactions, private financings, M&A, and other strategic transactions. She also advises on securities law reporting and compliance obligations, corporate governance, and other general corporate matters.
• Kurt Fowler (Chicago) counsels on regulatory and transactional matters, helping asset managers and global companies mitigate anti-money laundering, sanctions and corruption risks. He also leads risk assessments, builds risk-based compliance programs, and advises on CFIUS and outbound investment reviews.
• Justin Gaudenzi (New York) advises clients on fund finance transactions, with extensive experience in subscription lines, NAV loans, continuation vehicles, and asset-based leverage. He also counsels private equity sponsors in acquisition financings.
• Cole A. Goodman (Boston) is a versatile litigator who advises leading asset managers, mutual funds, broker-dealers, and public companies on complex civil litigation, SEC investigations, and regulatory matters. Cole has particularly deep experience litigating leading issues facing the mutual fund industry.
• Mike Gynn (Washington, D.C.) leads clients through fund formation, fundraising, and operations for open- and closed-end funds across various strategies, and advises on governance, regulatory compliance and management company matters.
• Ashley Hersutamto (Boston) guides fund sponsors and private funds throughout their lifecycles, drawing on diverse experience in private fund legal, regulatory and operational matters. Ashley also advises institutional investors on complex transactions in alternative assets.
• Michelle Huynh (Boston) advises asset management firms on the formation and ongoing operation of registered investment companies, including interval funds, tender offer funds, listed closed-end funds, mutual funds, and ETFs.
• Giancarlo Lee (Chicago) advises clients on strategic and commercial transactions that involve technology, data, and other intellectual property assets across industries, including health care, life sciences, private equity, financial services, media, consumer brands, and manufacturing.
• Steven Levick (Boston) advises investors, REITs, funds, and sponsors on a broad spectrum of real estate matters, including joint ventures, acquisitions, and mortgage and back-leverage financings across diverse asset classes.
• Ani-Rae Lovell (New York) advises companies, sponsors, and financial institutions on high-stakes disputes and litigation risk arising from corporate transactions and business operations, including indemnification and insurance issues. She also litigates contested restructuring matters for debtors, creditors, and lenders.
• Sandra Masselink (Boston) is a commercial litigator who counsels clients in complex civil litigation matters across industries, including financial services, pharmaceutical, and technology. She has experience in all phases of litigation, and in matters including contract disputes, civil antitrust matters, and False Claims Act cases.
• Natalie Raine (London) delivers strategic advice on complex restructuring matters for private equity firms, investment funds, lenders, corporates, and insolvency practitioners. She advises on cross-border restructuring, insolvency, and distressed M&A transactions, including recapitalizations and innovative capital solutions.
• Stefan Schropp (Washington, D.C.) represents public and private companies and other sophisticated clients in complex litigation, including contract and deal disputes, employment claims, and AKS, FCA, and FCPA matters. He also advises on health care regulatory issues and appellate work.
• Raxit Shah (Chicago) guides global private equity firms and their portfolio companies through complex mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, and other strategic transactions across industries, including healthcare & life sciences, technology, manufacturing & industrials, and retail.
• Sean Smith (Boston) represents clients in corporate transactions and advises on the labor and employment aspects of those deals. He also counsels on employment and executive compensation matters and has extensive litigation experience before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, and arbitrators.
• Heather Sprague (Boston) advises companies and investment managers on indemnification and insurance for M&A and investments, structures transactional risk solutions, and negotiates representations and warranties policies, drawing on experience managing complex commercial disputes.
• Alexa Voskerichian (New York) advises asset managers and institutional investors on ERISA and fiduciary issues, including compliance, the prohibited transaction rules, and related exemptions. She has experience with private equity funds, hedge funds, credit funds, real estate funds, and collective investment trusts (CITs).
• Young Sik Yoon (New York) advises private fund sponsors and institutional investors on fund formation, regulatory compliance, and investments in private funds.
• Jeremy Zucker (New York) represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in a range of complex transactions, including leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, cross-border deals, and direct investments. He also advises on distressed M&A and restructurings.