Amir Shmueli Joins Ropes & Gray's Market-Leading Finance Practice in New York

NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ropes & Gray announced today that Amir Shmueli has joined the firm in New York as a partner in the global finance practice. His arrival enhances the firm's already formidable team of more than 100 finance attorneys across the U.S. and Europe.

"Amir forges deep client relationships, grounded in an outstanding track record of success with clients' most critical and groundbreaking securitization matters," said Julie Jones, chair of Ropes & Gray. "Amir is an innovator who gets deals done. He will be an invaluable asset as we serve clients in this growing area."

Amir represents financial institutions, private equity sponsors and issuers in a wide variety of financing transactions. His work has had a particular focus on specialized financing structures backed by novel asset classes such as franchise royalties, film and television rights, and tax liens.

"The esoteric asset-backed securitization sector is expanding rapidly, and our team's reputation draws top talent like Amir to meet that need," said Stefanie Birkmann, co-head of the firm's global finance group.

"Amir has unique experience structuring and executing complex, innovative securitizations," added Leonard Klingbaum, co-head of the firm's global finance group. "We could not be happier to have him at Ropes & Gray, serving our clients and supplementing our talented team."

Amir joins a distinguished team of finance lawyers, including partners Patricia Lynch and Christopher Poggi. These partners are known for novel, high-profile financing solutions that have included Frontier Communications' $2.1 billion fiber securitization and Planet Fitness's $1.275 billion securitized financing facility.

Ropes & Gray's finance practice receives top global rankings from Chambers USA, The Legal 500 and U.S. News. The firm's lawyers are recognized for their work in asset-backed securities transactions collateralized by unique asset classes and leading-edge finance facilities.

In coming to Ropes & Gray, Amir is returning to the U.S. from his current practice in Israel. Prior to that, he practiced at Paul Weiss.

"I am thrilled to join the world-class finance team here at Ropes & Gray," said Amir Shmueli. "This firm pioneered securitization with Dunkin' Brands' original securitization in 2006 and continues to lead the way on innovative securitization transactions. In addition to being incredible practitioners, the people here have true team spirit, and I can't wait to get started."

Eva Carman, co-managing partner of Ropes & Gray's 500-lawyer New York office, said, "Amir is a perfect complement to the firm's culture of collaboration. The continued growth of our New York office reflects the firm's dedication to providing top-notch counsel to our New York-based clients and beyond."

About Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray, a preeminent global law firm, has been ranked in the top three on The American Lawyer's prestigious "A-List" for eight years and by Chambers UK. The firm has more than 1,500 lawyers and legal professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology and government in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C., London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. The firm has consistently been recognized for its leading practices in many areas, including asset management, private equity, M&A, finance, real estate, tax, antitrust, life sciences, healthcare, intellectual property, litigation & enforcement, privacy & cybersecurity, and business restructuring.

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