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Ropes, AMT, Nishimura act on Bain’s $694mln Japanese motorcycle ride

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Ropes & Gray and Anderson Mori & Tomotsune have advised global private equity giant Bain Capital on its $694 million majority acquisition of Red Baron Group - Japan’s largest used-bike dealer.
Ropes, Latham, Freshies act on $1.1 bln PropertyGuru take-private

BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

Ropes & Gray has advised Swedish investment firm EQT AB on its offer to acquire New York-listed Singapore-based online real estate platform PropertyGuru for $1.1 billion.
Ropes & Gray, Milbank, Wachtell act on Nippon Steel’s $15 bln purchase of U.S. Steel

BY Mari Iwata |

U.S. law firm Ropes & Gray has advised Japan’s largest steelmaker Nippon Steel Corporation on its $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, which was represented by Milbank and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
Latham, Ropes, Milbank advise on $6.5 bln merger of BPEA EQT firms in HK

BY Nimitt Dixit |

U.S. law firms Latham & Watkins, Ropes & Gray, and Milbank have driven the merger of BPEA EQT’s Hong Kong-based business services firms Vistra and Tricor, creating a combined enterprise valued at $6.5 billion, in a deal that is one of Asia's largest private equity-backed transactions this year.
Ropes, Latham, Links act on $1.25 bln acquisition of sports academy

BY Mari Iwata |

Ropes & Gray has advised Asian investment firm BPEA EQT on its $1.25 billion acquisition of Florida-based sports education institution IMG Academy from Endeavor Group Holdings, which was represented by Latham & Watkins.
Ropes & Gray abandons Hong Kong restructuring practice as leader departs

BY Reuters |

U.S. law firm Ropes & Gray is shutting down its business restructuring practice in Hong Kong, with its Asia restructuring group leader Daniel Anderson leaving the firm, a Ropes & Gray spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Gibson Dunn, Ropes advise on Asia’s largest GP-led transaction

BY Mari Iwata |

​​​​​​​Ropes & Gray has advised Coller Capital, and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has advised Hahn & Company, on a joint $1.5 billion investment into South Korea’s largest cement company, Ssangyong C&E.
Guidance From Afar

BY Elizabeth Beattie |

As remote working arrangements reshape office interactions and expectations, law firm leaders are thinking up innovative ways to mentor junior lawyers, thereby ensuring engagement and retention.
Partner movement at Kirkland HK continues with PE hire from Ropes

BY Mari Iwata |

​​​​​​​Kirkland & Ellis has hired private equity and M&A lawyer Peng Yu as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Ropes & Gray.
HK: Weil hires restructuring partner from Ropes

BY Aparna Sai |

U.S. firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired insolvency expert Kathleen Aka as a partner in Hong Kong from Ropes & Gray.