Ropes & Gray’s London Finance Team and Partners Recognised as Leading in Chambers UK 2024

Ropes & Gray’s London finance team has been recognised for their leading position in the Chambers & Partners UK Guide 2024, ranking highly across the board including in the categories of Banking & Finance: Borrowers: Big-Ticket, Banking & Finance: Sponsors, and Capital Markets: High-Yield Products.

Especially notable, the finance team has been ranked in the Banking & Finance: Borrowers: Big-Ticket category for the first time in recognition of our continued work in that space.

Partners Robert Haak, Michael Kazakevich and Alex Robb also all received individual recognition from Chambers, with Robert Haak making a significant move up from his band ranking in last year’s edition and Alex Robb being promoted to the Big-Ticket table this year.

Along with achieving these rankings, the finance team received numerous commendations from clients, including the following:

Banking & Finance: Borrowers: Big-Ticket: “Ropes & Gray has phenomenal partners and I can't speak more highly of them. They're always there when we need them and do a phenomenal job. They are a trusted adviser and a first point of call.”

Banking & Finance: Sponsors: “Ropes & Gray provided excellent management of a highly complex and innovative financing with a challenging counterparty across multiple jurisdictions. They are very proactive and did a lot of the thinking for us, which made the process so much smoother.”

Capital Markets: High-Yield Products: “They are very on top of things, even when the financing asks are not straightforward.”

Banking & Finance: Lenders: Mid-Market: “The team consists of experienced lawyers who can navigate the legal issues whilst at the same time being commercial within the confines of a volatile market environment”. And; “They understood what we wanted and worked seamlessly across offices, which was incredibly helpful.”