Start Your Legal Career at Ropes & Gray Italy

Our Milan office welcomes new associates to simultaneously build their careers and build upon the firm’s first-class reputation. Italy is a key market for many of Ropes & Gray’s clients. In 2024, the country was the fastest growing private equity market in Europe, with deal volume more than doubling from the prior year. Joining our presence in Italy, associates will help the firm’s ambition to further globalize client relationships.

Top law students choose Ropes & Gray for its unparalleled opportunities and commitment to excellence. The firm’s global client work spans private equity, asset management, health care, life sciences, technology, consumer and retail, infrastructure and more—offering exposure to some of the most dynamic industries in the world. Associates benefit from intense mentorship and early responsibility, allowing them to make meaningful contributions from day one. Ropes & Gray’s culture of performance, purpose, collaboration, and innovation fosters an environment where teamwork drives success.

Career Development & Support

As an associate, you will benefit from:

  • Workshops that build both technical and leadership skills
  • Personalized coaching, including access to an in-house writing coach
  • A work-allocation system that promotes equitable staffing and opportunity
  • A dedicated team of associate development partners and managers focused on your success
  • Hands-on experience across a range of matters that expand your knowledge and perspective
  • Individualized guidance and feedback to support your professional growth

Culture & Community

You will have all the benefits of working for a large global firm, including ongoing career support from award-winning training programs and global cohort retreats, as well as the hands-on training and close-knit culture offered in our smaller Milan office.

Global Opportunities

As an international firm, we encourage our lawyers to have a truly global mindset and to seek an understanding of how cultural differences can inform client decisions. To aid them in this endeavor, our GO (Global Opportunities) Program gives lawyers a chance to immerse themselves in a new culture or city by working in one of our 16 offices worldwide on a temporary or permanent basis. 

Entry Level Legal Opportunities

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Our Values

Fostering a welcoming work environment, where people of all backgrounds have the opportunity to succeed, is one of our most important missions. Welcoming and valuing people of all backgrounds in all aspects of the firm’s operations is fundamental to our core values of excellence, fairness and integrity. Here are just a few programs and initiatives we have established to support our commitment to our values.

Press

See what the press is saying about our people, our impact, and our innovation, and learn about our market-leading work that makes the news.

Ropes & Gray is proud to have been recognized in the Chambers and Partners 2026 Europe Guide with three practice rankings and 11 individual lawyer rankings. 

Ropes & Gray deepens commitment to European private equity with Milan expansion.

GLI details the launch of our Milan office, spotlighting our opening team.

IFLR details the “client centric” decision to open an office in Milan.

The Boston Globe speaks to Will Shields about the opening of Ropes & Gray’s Milan office.

Chambers Europe describes partner Cataldo (Aldo) Piccarreta as “an outstanding professional with strong commercial acumen and client dedication.” 

Business Insider highlights how Ropes & Gray attorneys are integrating AI into daily legal work, transforming how complex matters are analyzed and delivered.