Securities: Litigation
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Band 3
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Ropes & Gray LLP boasts a versatile and highly rated practice, with capabilities spanning the securities litigation area. It is known in the market for its strength in the mutual fund area, representing leading investment funds and managers in excessive fee disputes, derivative suits and various fiduciary duty cases. It is highly active on the issuer side, particularly for life sciences clients. The firm also has a growing presence representing financial institutions in underwriter cases and RMBS disputes.
New York-based David Hennes and Boston and New York-based Peter Welsh are key contacts at the firm.
Work Highlights
- Ropes & Gray successfully obtained dismissal on behalf of Deutsche Bank and 44 current and former members of its supervisory and management boards in a shareholder derivative suit seeking $18 billion in damages in connection with alleged fiduciary duty breaches in supervision of the bank over a 12-year period.
Strengths
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"Ropes & Gray has deep expertise and cares deeply about its clients. They go to bed thinking about issues like they are theirs and not mine and I never second-guess their decisions. Their judgment is excellent."
"All of the Ropes partners and associates I have worked with are thoughtful, intelligent, responsive and pleasant to work with."
"We use them for high-profile, high-stakes litigation where there is significant, sensitive reputational risk. They have an excellent team of litigators who are extremely creative, diligent and client service-oriented, particularly with the needs to brief senior figures and getting people comfortable with strategy."
"Ropes & Gray has deep expertise and cares deeply about its clients. They go to bed thinking about issues like they are theirs and not mine and I never second-guess their decisions. Their judgment is excellent."
"All of the Ropes partners and associates I have worked with are thoughtful, intelligent, responsive and pleasant to work with."
"We use them for high-profile, high-stakes litigation where there is significant, sensitive reputational risk. They have an excellent team of litigators who are extremely creative, diligent and client service-oriented, particularly with the needs to brief senior figures and getting people comfortable with strategy."