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In this episode of Women @ RopesTalk, hosted by intellectual property transactions partner Megan Baca, private equity transactions partner and Women’s Forum co-chair Amanda McGrady Morrison interviews Tricia Glynn, managing director at Advent International. Tricia looks back on her career in private equity, starting with an internship at Goldman Sachs, a move to Bain Capital, and finally her arrival at Advent International, where she has been since 2016. As co-leader of Advent’s work around diversity, equity and inclusion, Tricia talks about the ways Advent fosters inclusion for all. Tricia also offers her advice for those starting out in the industry, and reflects on how her life priorities have shifted over time.

Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Conductive Discussions focuses on legal issues of interest to the semiconductor industry. In this episode, IP litigation partners Mark Rowland and Matt Rizzolo, and associates Jolene Wang and Mike Morales, discuss recent trends in trade secret litigation. The team explores the large jury verdicts awarded in trade secret cases, and the increased popularity of trade secret litigation in the wake of the 2016 enactment of the Defend Trade Secrets Act. The team analyzes typical parties in trade secret misappropriation cases, trade secret trolls, and the International Trade Commission’s recent issuance of remedies in Certain Botulinum Toxin Products, where the misappropriation at issue occurred wholly abroad.

In this next installment of our ETF podcast series, Ropes & Gray attorneys Brian McCabe, Jeremy Smith and Ed Baer discuss some of the issues facing non-ETF managers who are contemplating getting into the ETF space.

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, partner Ama Adams, counsel Brendan Hanifin, and associate Emerson Siegle discuss the implications and key questions surrounding Executive Order 13959, “Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Communist China Military Companies.”

Welcome to the first in a series of Ropes & Gray podcasts addressing emerging issues for fiduciaries of 401(k) and 403(b) plans to consider as part of their fiduciary process and litigation risk management strategy, ERISA & benefits partner Josh Lichtenstein, benefits principal David Kirchner and benefits consultant Aneisha Worrell discuss the DOL’s final rules concerning ESG investing and proxy voting and what impact the change in presidential administration may have on the fates of these rulemakings.

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, tax partner Adam Greenwood and asset management partner Isabel Dische discuss the recently finalized ECI withholding regulations and their implications for secondary transactions, including both portfolio sales and fund recapitalizations.

In this episode, which is the fourth in our podcast series focused on ETF issues, Ropes & Gray attorneys Paulita Pike and Ed Baer discuss some of the compliance and board reporting implications of the ETF Rule.

The latest installment of R&G Insights Lab’s podcast series, Culture & Compliance Chronicles, continues to explore the benefits of using analytics and technology in the compliance and risk management space. Zach Coseglia, managing principal and head of innovation of R&G Insights Lab, concludes his conversation with two guests from compliance software company Lextegrity, founder and CEO Parth Chanda, and head of product Kara Bonitatibus. Picking up where they left off, the group first tackles a common question from companies, “Of all of the places where there is an opportunity to bring value with data and analytics, which is the area that we should focus on?” From there, they discuss why data analytics is more of a journey than a silver bullet. Finally, they dive into examples of how continuous monitoring with a pre-built analytics engine like Lextegrity’s can help not only individual teams in a company, such as internal audit, but also the business as a whole.

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management partners Isabel Dische, Adam Dobson, Chune Loong Lum and Vincent Ip share key trends and developments from the 2020 secondaries market and what secondary buyers, sellers and fund sponsors can expect in 2021.

In this episode of Women @ RopesTalk, hosted by intellectual property transactions partner Megan Baca, health care practice group co-leader Debbie Gersh interviews Jane Appleby, associate general litigation counsel at Advocate Aurora Health. Before attending law school, Jane spent nearly a decade traveling with and homeschooling her twin daughters. After earning her law degree from Marquette University Law School, she took on litigation work at a boutique litigation firm and at Quarles & Brady before being recruited in-house at Advocate Aurora. Jane discusses her fascinating and unconventional career path, her egalitarian approach to leadership, and how Advocate Aurora has responded to the work-from-home, health and wellness challenges brought on by the pandemic. She also offers advice to those pursuing non-traditional career paths and reflects on her love of nature and the outdoors.