Rae joined Ropes & Gray’s corporate department in 2024. While in law school, Rae completed a legal internship at a non-profit medical clinic in New York and was selected to represent her law school at the Regional ABA Client Counseling Competition. Additionally, Rae worked as a research assistant focusing on the legal ethics of cultural competency in patent prosecution.
Before law school, Rae worked for two years as a compliance officer and legal assistant at a university in Cairo, Egypt. She also served for three years as editor for an Egyptian author and political activist’s academic papers and book on the urban politics of Cairo.
Rae obtained her BS from Tulane University with a double major in cell & molecular biology and international development.
Experience
- Represented Monte Rosa Therapeutics in a collaboration agreement with Novartis to develop novel molecular glue degrader-based medicines for immune diseases in a deal worth up to $5.7 billion.
- Represented Bain Capital on the creation of a new biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new therapies for autoimmune diseases. The newly formed company launched with five immunology assets in-licensed from Bristol Myers Squibb and a $300 million financing commitment that was led by Bain Capital.
- Represented global fintech platform iCapital in its capital raise of over $820 million with the completion of its latest financing round, bringing the company's valuation to over $7.5 billion.
- Represented Collaborative Fund in its investment in autonomous freight technology company Parallel Systems.