Ropes & Gray Advised GI Partners in Majority Investment in HES Facilities Management

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June 5, 2026

Ropes & Gray advised GI Partners in its majority investment in HES Facilities Management (“HES”), a leading provider of essential facilities services to education institutions across the United States. The transaction was announced on June 1.

The Ropes & Gray team included private equity transaction partners Neill Jakobe and Brandon Howald and counsel Raxit Shah, finance partners Nichole Lopez-Tackett and Alexander Zeltser and associate Kavita DeVaney, executive compensation & employee benefits partners Jennifer Cormier and Kyle Higley, tax partner Benjamin Rogers and counsel Michael Mendel, data privacy & cybersecurity partner Fran Faircloth, litigation and enforcement partners Timothy Farrell and counsel Alison McLaughlin and Heather Sprague, antitrust partner Jackie Grise and counsel Derek Yee.