Ropes & Gray Serves as Counsel to Main Post Partners’ $700 million Sophomore Fund

In The News
November 27, 2018

Ropes & Gray served as counsel to Main Post Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm with deep experience investing in growth companies across the consumer value chain, on their sophomore fund, Main Post Growth Capital II, L.P. The Fund announced its successful completion on Nov. 27, with $700 million of capital commitments from a select group of respected global investors. The Fund was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap less than three months after the official launch.

The Ropes & Gray team was led by private investment funds partner Arthur Andersen III and included private investment funds partner Raj Marphatia, tax partner Jim Brown, ERISA partner Peter Rosenberg, private investment funds associates Jieying Ding and Yonatan Levy, tax & benefits associates Franziska Hertel, Chris Shim, and Alexa Voskerichian and paralegal Reina Cracknell.

Ropes & Gray previously advised Main Post on its inaugural fundraise in 2016 with $400 million of limited partner capital commitments.

Media coverage of Ropes & Gray’s counsel on Main Post Growth Capital II was reported in peHUB, Law360, Private Equity Wire, Mergers & Acquisitions, Global Legal Chronicle, and The Daily Journal.