Associate Bonus And New Partner Watch: Ropes & Gray (Plus A Weil Partner Pick-Up)
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ROPES & GRAY — MEMORANDUM — NEW PARTNERS
Ropes & Gray LLP is pleased to announce that the following attorneys have become partners of the firm: John (Jack) M. Creedon, Isabel K.R. Dische, Jason Freedman, Deborah Kantar Gardner, Mark Gurevich, Aaron Katz, Peter Laybourn, Michael Roh, Melissa S. Rones and Carrie A. Simons. Ropes & Gray is also pleased to announce that Louis E. Fogel and Stuart W. Yothers have been named counsel of the firm.
“I am delighted to confirm the promotion of 12 such high caliber lawyers,” said Brad Malt, chairman of Ropes & Gray. “Each and every one of them has served clients with outstanding service and dedication, and I am confident they will continue to help clients find success for years to come.”
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This is not part of the official Ropes & Gray announcement, but here are links to the new partners’ bios and quick notes about them.
John (Jack) M. Creedon
Office: Boston
Law school: Boston College 2004
Practice areas: Real estate
Isabel K.R. Dische
Office: New York
Law school: Yale 2004
Practice areas: Hedge funds
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Jason Freedman
Office: San Francisco
Law school: Stanford 2004
Practice areas: Private equity
Deborah Kantar Gardner
Office: Boston
Law school: Penn 1989
Practice areas: Health care
Mark Gurevich
Office: New York
Law school: Harvard 2004
Practice areas: Hedge funds
Aaron Katz
Office: Boston
Law school: Harvard 2004
Practice areas: Government enforcement
Peter Laybourn
Office: Boston
Law school: Duke 2004
Practice areas: Private equity
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Michael Roh
Office: Boston
Law school: Harvard 2004
Practice areas: Private equity
Melissa S. Rones
Office: Boston
Law school: Boston University 2006
Practice areas: IP
Carrie A. Simons
Office: Boston
Law school: Stanford 2004
Practice areas: Employee benefits
ROPES & GRAY — PRESS RELEASE — LATERAL PARTNER PICK-UP FROM WEIL
Ropes & Gray Enhances Tax Capability in London
Brenda Coleman Joins the Firm as a Partner
LONDON (11 December 2013) – Ropes & Gray today announced that Brenda Coleman has joined the firm as a partner in its tax & benefits department. Ms. Coleman’s experience with a wide range of complex tax matters complements the private equity, restructuring, funds and finance capabilities of the firm’s London office, expanding its ability to serve clients on the execution of their global transactions.
Ms. Coleman joins Ropes & Gray from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP in London. A highly regarded, and tier 1 Chambers ranked, tax lawyer, she brings to the firm’s clients comprehensive experience in corporate and restructuring matters, including advising on cross-border M&A transactions, private equity matters and tax litigation.
Maurice Allen, co-head of the London office said, “The London office has now grown to over 80 lawyers and the need for additional tax capability is a function of that growth and our commitment to developing our international tax capability.”
“We’re delighted that Brenda will be joining our outstanding London team,” said Christopher Leich, leader of the firm’s tax & benefits department. “Clients will benefit enormously from her sophisticated counsel and knowledge developed over more than 25 years of tax practice.”
Ms. Coleman’s arrival marks the latest high-profile hire at Ropes & Gray’s London office, with investment management partner Michelle Moran joining the firm in August this year. This latest addition brings the London team to over 80 lawyers, including a senior team of 23 partners and counsel, and top-tier capabilities in debt finance, funds and investment management, high yield, restructuring, special situations, financial services regulatory, tax, corporate and private equity.
Ropes & Gray, a global law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers and professionals, provides clients with execution of their transactions from offices in the world’s major centers of business, finance, technology and government—London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. The firm is highly and consistently ranked for its practices in private equity, M&A, finance, investment management, hedge funds, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation, securities litigation and government enforcement.
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