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Ropes & Gray represented Teva Pharmaceuticals in its proposed acquisition of certain neuroscience assets from BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. The transaction was announced on August 28. Teva is acquiring the assets out of BioxCel’s chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Teva is serving as the “stalking horse bidder” in the court-supervised sale process.

Ropes & Gray has been shortlisted across multiple categories at the 2026 IFLR Americas Awards. The IFLR Americas Awards are uniquely focused on legal innovation through dealmaking, recognizing the firms, teams, individuals, and deals shaping cross-border legal work across the Americas region. Ropes & Gray's expanded presence on this year's shortlist reflects the continued growth and strength of the firm's transactional practice.

Litigation & enforcement partner María González Calvet has been recognized on Latinvex's “Latin America's Top 100 Lawyers” in the “FCPA & Fraud” category. This is María's seventh consecutive appearance on this annual list, which recognizes the leading attorneys from international law firms for their work in the region. María serves as co-chair of Ropes & Gray's award-winning global anti-corruption and international risk practice as well as the firm's Latin America practice.

Ropes & Gray advised Genstar Capital in its definitive agreement to sell the firm’s longstanding client First Eagle Investments to Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., for total consideration of approximately $7 billion. The transaction was announced on August 26.

María González Calvet, co-chair of the anti-corruption and international risk practice and Latin America practice,will present at the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) 2026 Annual Convention on the panel “From Disruption to Strategy: Adapting Government Relations to Shifting Federal Policy” in Washington, D.C. on September 10.

Ropes & Gray advised Cityblock Health in a definitive agreement to acquire Homeward Health in an all-stock transaction to expand its value-based, technology-enabled care model into rural US healthcare markets. The combined organization will serve nearly 250,000 people and target government-funded healthcare populations across urban and rural communities. The transaction was announced on August 20 and financial terms were not disclosed.

Ropes & Gray advised an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital in its strategic growth investment in HBK, one of the nation’s leading integrated accounting, tax, audit, consulting, technology, and wealth management firms. The investment establishes H.I.G. as HBK’s first institutional partner. The transaction was announced on Aug. 25. H.I.G. is a leading global alternative investment firm with $75 billion of capital under management.

Ropes & Gray represented Dragoneer Investment Group as part of a consortium in an agreement to acquire Steadfast Group (SDF.AX), Australia’s largest general insurance broker network, for AUD$7.7 billion (US$5.52 billion). The consortium includes Dragoneer, its portfolio company Amwins Group, and KKR. Following the acquisition, Amwins will acquire Steadfast’s underwriting agency business segment, and Dragoneer and KKR will retain ownership of Steadfast’s broking business segment.

Four Ropes & Gray partners have been recognized on Lawdragon’s inaugural 2026 “Leading Special Situations Lawyers” list. This list spotlights lawyers worldwide practicing in the swiftly emerging specialty that combines bankruptcy and restructuring, finance, liability management, and capital solutions for stressed and distressed companies, including M&A situations involving hostile activity or proxy contests.

In a Retraction Watch article, health care partner Mark Barnes discussed the legal issues surrounding a $1 billion defamation case against Elsevier that alleges the company published what plaintiff Global Plasma Solutions (GPS) says was a manipulated study about an air purifying technology over objections from peer reviewers. Mark notes the GPS case is an outlier, because not many aggrieved parties sue a publisher, as opposed to authors over scientific articles.