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Rankings published in 2026
Financial and corporate - Foreign
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A&O Shearman - South Korea
4 practice areas
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Accura
1 practice area
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
3 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
3 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
2 practice areas
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DLA Piper Korea
1 practice area
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
2 practice areas
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Freshfields
2 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
2 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
3 practice areas
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Linklaters
3 practice areas
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Milbank
3 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright Korea
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Paul Hastings
3 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
2 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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Watson Farley & Williams
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Ropes & Gray

Established in 1865, Boston-based Ropes & Gray is an international law firm with over 1400 lawyers and 11 offices across the United States, Asia and Europe. The firm became the first foreign legal consultant office in Korean history when it opened in July 2012.

 

Focusses / specialisms 

The Seoul team is best known for its intellectual property and disputes work, but on the transactional front, it launched its M&A practice in 2013 and is known to act for private equity firms.

 

Key clients 

Key clients of the firm include Bain Capital, Bain Capital Credit, E-mart, Hugel, Korea Investment Corporation, KKR, Korea Resources Corporation, LG International, Mirae Asset Capital and TPG Capital.

 

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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
E-mart Inc. - M&A
2021-06-24
Ropes & Gray
South Korea
M&A
C. Thomas Brown, Elaine Murphy, Jackie Kahng, Jaewoo Lee, Matthew Jacobson, Oliver Nip, Ruchit Patel, Samer Musallam, Tara Fisher
E-mart Inc.
Buyer
Bain Capital Private Equity - M&A
2022-01-27
Ropes & Gray
South Korea
M&A
Alice Sun, David Chen, Deidre Johnson, Elaine Murphy, Elise Thomas, Ethan Kim, Geoffrey Atkins, Gregory Levine, Hannah Kerr-Peterson, Helen Ryan, Isabel Dische, Jackie Kahng, Jaewoo Lee, Jessica DeLalio, John Culhane, Jonathan Klarfeld, Katherine Wang, Keun Shin, Lincoln Tsang, Lindsey Jones, Serena Jeon, Shu-Yin Yu, Viacheslav Iavorskyi, Zhen Zhang
Bain Capital Private Equity
Buyer
Medtronic plc - M&A
2023-05-25
Ropes & Gray
South Korea
M&A
Medtronic plc
Buyer
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M&A
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M&A
New hires were made in the finance, corporate and M&A practices in the UK and the US
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M&A
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