Law firms ‘A true asset’: Travers Smith private equity star Phil Sanderson set to join Ropes & Gray Legal Business · 27 August 2014 · 1 min read Financial services Strategic recruitment Ropes & Gray Travers Smith City firm Travers Smith has lost heavyweight private equity partner Phil Sanderson who is set to join US firm Ropes & Gray. Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryTrading Places: Weil makes New York hire as Paul Weiss picks up Kirkland funds partnerLaw firmsKate Peacock9 Sep 2026Trading Places: White & Case hires Mayer Brown funds head as former Freshfields US disputes head decamps for DLALaw firmsEliza Winter21 Aug 2026‘Candy land for private equity’ – why elite law firms are looking to TokyoLaw firmsWill Lewallen3 Aug 2026MoFo faces fresh City exits with senior corporate finance duo joining Mayer BrownLaw firmsTom Cox11 Sep 2026Charlotte calling: how America’s second-largest banking centre became Big Law’s next big thingLaw firmsAlex Ryan9 Sep 2026Proskauer adds four-partner banking team in New York with trio of Cahill defectionsLaw firmsWill Lewallen3 Sep 2026Freshfields launches in Boston with Latham private capital M&A hireLaw firmsElisha Juttla24 Feb 2025Revolving Doors: Hogan Lovells and Linklaters boost competition as Simpson Thacher snaps up US funds quartetLaw firmsAnna Huntley20 Feb 2025Revolving Doors: Clifford Chance, Akin and Dechert bolster PE and finance teams in the CityLaw firmsElisha Juttla14 Feb 2025