Ropes & Gray Finance Group Named Law360 2025 Complex Financial Instruments Group of the Year

Rankings & Awards
January 28, 2026

Ropes & Gray's finance group has been named a 2025 Complex Financial Instruments Group of the Year by Law360. The recognition honors the firm’s work across innovative securitizations, complex restructurings and special situations financings.

In a profile, Law360 highlighted the finance team’s representation of Arcline Investment Management in First-Ever Emergency Communications Infrastructure Securitized Notes Offering for Kings III of America and representing the ad hoc group of bondholders of Exela Technologies in restructuring of $1.3 billion of debt.

Reflecting on the team’s accomplishments, Partner Sam Badawi noted, “We create the precedent.” Partner Chris Poggi added, “Ropes is the ideal home for complex securitization. It’s about thinking creatively to extend beyond what anyone has ever done before.”