Ropes & Gray - Playbook

Want to stand out in your Ropes & Gray Vacation Scheme application? Here’s a new Playbook to help you impress.

This Playbook covers
🧠 Ropes' strategy for growth
👥 Insights from recent hires
🌍 Office expansion insights
📊 Must know financial data
💼 Key clients and deals

⏰ Deadline: 31 January

🧠 Practice Area Strategy

In Short: Ropes & Gray’s strategy revolves around its strength in private capital. The firm is best known for private equity and investment funds work, leveraging a transatlantic team to handle big ticket buyouts and complex fund formations.

Private Capital as the Engine: Private equity sits at the centre of Ropes & Gray’s practice. The firm advises sponsors across the full lifecycle, from fund formation and fundraising through to buyouts, exits and continuation vehicles. Its strong reputation in investment funds and secondaries means it is well placed to support clients in a market where liquidity solutions and innovative deal structures are increasingly in demand.

Full Service Support Around Deals: Beyond pure M&A, Ropes & Gray offers deep strength in the practices that sit around private capital transactions. In London, this includes acquisition finance, high yield debt, competition, healthcare regulation and data privacy. The firm’s litigation and enforcement team, including a respected corporate crime practice, supports clients when deals lead to disputes or regulatory scrutiny. This breadth allows Ropes & Gray to act as a one stop adviser for sponsors operating in regulated and high risk environments.