Law firms Q&A: Ropes’ private equity player Phil Sanderson on US firms, Travers Smith and Maurice Allen Legal Business · 19 January 2017 · 3 min read Financial services Q&A US firms Ropes & Gray Legal Business discusses working in a US firm and predictions for the market with Ropes & Gray‘s star private equity partner Phil Sanderson.Why did you decide to join Ropes & Gray?This article is for Legal Business subscribers. Please log in or subscribe to read on. Related ContentMore in this categoryRopes makes up four London partners in first City promotions since 2023Law firmsWill Lewallen26 Oct 2026Revolving Doors: HSF Kramer hires Sidley life sciences head as Ashurst Perkins Coie sees further departuresLaw firmsNews Editor6 Oct 2026OpenAI launches Astra for Law, with early access for select firmsLaw firmsWill Lewallen18 Sep 2026McDermott hires London finance partner from Fried FrankLaw firmsKate Peacock2 Nov 2026City reacts to a ‘pedestrian’ BudgetLaw firmsWill Lewallen29 Oct 2026Latham hires leading IP litigator from Paul Hastings in tech pushLaw firmsWill Lewallen26 Oct 2026‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the MidwestLaw firmsAlex Ryan13 Jan 2025Legal 500 US: Latham tops the charts in new US rankingsLegal 500 dataBarnaby Merrill28 Jun 2024Revolving Doors: Travers and Shearman exodus continues as US firms pick up the talentLaw firmsAlex Ryan16 Feb 2023