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Sixth-year associates are at an important turning point: stepping into more senior roles, deeper client relationships, and greater leadership responsibilities.
Ropes & Gray recently hosted its Sixth-Year Associate Summit in Boston, bringing together more than 70 associates from across the firm’s global offices for two days of learning, networking, and connection.
Hosted by the firm’s professional development & training team and sponsored by litigation & enforcement partner Alex Rene, the summit included sessions on supervising in the age of AI, senior associate expectations and the path to advancement, the business of a law firm, delegation and feedback, business development, networking, and risk management and loss prevention.
Ropes & Gray is celebrating the 25th anniversary of our New York office throughout 2026. “The New York office is strategically important for Ropes & Gray because it sits at the epicenter of global finance,” says Patricia Teixeira, a New York finance partner. The location gives the firm “in-person contact with clients” and “access to the best possible talent pool… in a market that’s constantly evolving and growing.”
Ropes & Gray is celebrating the 25th anniversary of our New York office throughout 2026.
Litigation and enforcement partner Brian Blais notes that New York is a major outpost for many of “the most important government regulators,” and our enforcement team boasts “alumni from each of those offices.”
It’s why clients turn to us with their most “complicated and thorny” government investigations.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Todd, co-lead of Ropes & Gray’s European private equity transactions practice, on being named one of Private Equity News’s Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers.
The annual list recognizes Europe’s leading private equity lawyers and highlights the advisers behind some of the market’s most significant deals.
In fashion and retail, the strongest brands are built long before they reach the market.
Ropes & Gray has been named one of The Fashion Law’s 2026 Top U.S. Law Firms for Retail Companies — a recognition that reflects the firm’s deep work across brand management, trademark, and the broader legal strategy behind some of the industry’s most recognizable names.
A well-earned recognition for our consumer & retail brands team.
Throughout 2026, Ropes & Gray is celebrating the 25th anniversary of our New York office. New York capital markets partner Christopher Capuzzi calls the growth in the New York office “exponential” thanks to strategic hiring, organic expansion and a firm culture that always brings the best team to clients. Today, the firm is also “at the forefront of legal technology, innovation and AI adoption.”
Ropes & Gray’s TrAIlblazers program equips first-year associates with skills to harness the power of AI in their daily practice and stay ahead of the curve. In this video, associate Oceania Eshraghi describes how Ropes & Gray is setting the standard for AI training in law firms. Hit play to hear her story
Ropes & Gray is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its New York office throughout 2026. Nitin Konchady, a New York finance partner, notes that the Ropes finance practice has “a reputation in the city of working on the most sophisticated, complex, and headline-grabbing transactions anywhere in the world.” The team “truly sets itself apart” by “finding the best solutions for clients” and being “focused on AI usage in deal intelligence.”
Congratulations to Amanda Raad, Erica Murphy, and Amy Ross on this well-deserved recognition for leadership, innovation, and impact across the legal industry
A well-deserved recognition for Torrey McClary 👏
@labusinessjournal has named Torrey to its 2025 Women of Influence: Health Care list, recognizing her work on some of the most significant and complex health care transactions in the country.
Congratulations, Torrey.
Chicago health care partner Jennifer Romig has been named to @crainschicago 2026 Notable Leaders in Health Care list. The recognition highlights her leadership across complex health care transactions, strategic affiliations, and regulatory matters.
