Ropes & Gray Advised on Ginkgo’s Biosecurity Business Divestiture

In The News
March 5, 2026

Ropes & Gray represented Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. in its agreement to sell the Company’s biosecurity business to a consortium of investors in exchange for a minority equity position in the business alongside the investors. The deal was announced in a press release on February 26.

Upon completion, the biosecurity business will operate as a standalone private entity focused on building a scaled, biosecurity infrastructure platform for the United States and its global partners.

The Ropes & Gray team included mergers & acquisitions partners Matt Byron and Marko Zatylny and associate Kelley Murphy, IP transactions partner Melissa Rones, and tax partner Pamela Glazier.