Ropes & Gray LLP

Led by UK and US-qualified partner Michael Kazakevich, Ropes & Gray LLP is best-known for its ability to provide nuanced financing advice across loan and New York-governed high-yield debt products to corporates and private equity sponsors. Combining her London office managing partner duties with fee-earning work, Jane Rogers has good traction among borrowers engaged in European leveraged finance deals, as does Alex Robb - whose work straddles large cap and mid-market mandates for a sponsor-focused client base. Although the team is better-known for its borrower offering, the return in December 2023 of Benoit Lavigne from King & Spalding LLP has strengthened its creditor credentials, in light of his strong connections with credit fund clients providing new money and refinancing debt facilities to borrowers in the mid-market.