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Why Join Ropes & Gray in France

Our Paris office welcomes experienced lawyers from a range of backgrounds and practice areas. If you choose to continue your career with us, you will build upon the firm’s first-class reputation across some of the currently most active sectors in private capital and strategic M&A, such as healthcare and life sciences, technology, infrastructure, and more.

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 that can be achieved in our smaller Paris office. 

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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.

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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 has earned five individual and one practice ranking in the 2026 edition of Chambers France, including:
    • Practice Ranking
      • Private Equity
    • Lawyer Rankings
      • Thierry Arachtingi – Banking & Finance
      • Fabrice Cohen – Corporate/M&A: High–end Capability
      • Fabrice Cohen – Private Equity: High–end Capability
      • Edouard Chapellier – Investment Funds
      • Edouard Chapellier – Tax

  • Legal Business has spotlighted Ropes & Gray’s rapid European private equity growth, marking a significant milestone for the firm.

  • Fabrice Cohen, private equity partner and managing partner of the Ropes & Gray Paris office, has been named one of Financial News’ Fifty Most Influential Lawyers in the publication’s list of the top legal professionals working in Europe in 2025.

  • The FT published a letter by Fabrice Cohen, alongside fellow European Private Equity Co-Leads John Newton, Aldo Piccarreta and Libby Todd, on the widespread economic footprint and growth of the European private equity industry.

  • PE Hub featured insights from Fabrice Cohen in an article discussing the upward trends in GP-led M&A and the increasing global investor interest in European private equity, drawing on analysis from the Ropes & Gray European Private Capital Report. The report’s findings have also been referenced by several other prominent publications, including La LJA, Juristes Associés, Funds Europe, and L’Economia del Corriere della Sera.

  • WanSquare, IFLR and GLI detailed the launch of our Paris office, spotlighting Fabrice Cohen, Thierry Arachtingi and Emmanuel Mimin and the broader team.

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