Paris Students & Graduates

Our Paris office welcomes new associates to simultaneously build their careers and build upon the firm’s first-class reputation. Top law students choose Ropes & Gray for its unparalleled opportunities and commitment to excellence. The firm’s global client work spans private equity, strategic M&A, 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. 

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

• 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. 
  
  
• 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.

Market-Leading Transactions

Ropes & Gray lawyers advised:

• Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment fund specializing in infrastructure and real assets, in its agreement with the French shipping company CMA CGM to launch a U.S.-based port venture to be known as United Ports, valued at around USD 10 billion.
  
  
• Aluminium Dunkerque and its management on the acquisition by Aluminium Bahrein (Alba) of Aluminium Dunkerque from American Industrial Partners (AIP).
  
  
• Sanofi on its participation, as a strategic investor, in the €60 million capital increase carried out by Sensorion (listed on Euronext Growth), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of novel therapies to restore, treat and prevent hearing loss disorders.
  
  
• Taconic Biosciences, a Avista Healthcare Partners portfolio company, on the acquisition of TransCure bioServices, a preclinical research service provider specializing in the use of humanized immune system (HIS) mouse models.
  
  
• PAI Partners on the sale of 40% of ECG, the European leader in outdoor accommodation, to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), for a value of around €600 million. Following this transaction, PAI will remain the majority shareholder of ECG.
  
  
• PAI Partners on the acquisition of InnovAd from IK Partners.
  
  
• Permira and Exclusive Networks on the take private of Exclusive Networks by a consortium comprising CD&R and Permira, for an enterprise value of €2.2bn.
  
  
• Comet Software, a business software group, on the implementation of a €40 million acquisition line granted by Ares Management. This funding is intended to enable Comet Software to accelerate its European expansion.
  
  
• TPG in connection with entering into a binding agreement with GE Vernova Inc. to acquire its Proficy® from Velotic™ manufacturing software business for $600 million.
  
  
• Ares Management, acting as lender, in connection with the financing of the acquisition of ISLA DELICE by A&M Capital Europe. Isla Delice is a leading French brand in the halal food sector.
  
  
• BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and HSBC Continental Europe as arrangers and lenders, with BNP Paribas also serving as offer guarantor, in connection with the financing of the simplified tender offer by Amboise SAS for Altamir shares (listed on Euronext Paris).