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We are pleased to introduce a new Ropes & Gray podcast series, Recent Trends & Developments in Health Care Joint Ventures. With increased regulatory scrutiny by state and federal regulators of mergers and acquisitions in the health care industry, joint ventures present a valuable alternative to traditional acquisition strategies for expansion and diversification of services, access to capital, and deployment of technological, business, and management resources. The series will examine recent trends, new developments, lessons learned and best practices for various types of joint ventures.On this opening episode, health care partner Stephanie Webster moderates a discussion with health care partners Adrianne Ortega and Jenn Romig on why joint ventures have become increasingly popular in the health care industry as well as current trends in joint ventures.

On this episode of Women @ RopesTalk, hosted by health care partner Christine Moundas, health care counsel Leslie Thornton interviews Kelly Gold, chief financial officer of CAMP4 Therapeutics, a Boston-based biotechnology company. Kelly opens up about what keeps her up at night as CFO of an early-stage, venture-backed company on the path to drug development. She describes her career journey from one quantitative field to the next, starting as a mechanical engineer, then moving to Wall Street and health care finance. As someone who has never liked formal networking, Kelly shares her secret to building strong professional relationships.

On this episode of There Has to Be a Better Way?, co-hosts Zach Coseglia and Hui Chen are joined by actor and activist Julia Ormond, founder and president of Asset Campaign, a nonprofit organization working to ensure human rights by driving supply chain transparency and empowering individuals to make informed purchasing, investment and employment decisions. Julia discusses the “aha” moment that inspired her work on human trafficking and outlines a broad strategy for how policies and businesses can begin to support global human rights efforts. She specifically points to measurement and transparency as powerful tools that can be used to change behavior and eradicate trafficking, slavery and forced labor.  

On this Ropes & Gray podcast, real estate partner Sally Davis and asset management partner Eric Requenez discuss some of the key similarities and differences between terms in real estate joint ventures and terms in real estate funds, including considerations for investors and practitioners in the space who are looking to invest through either of these structures or any of the various “hybrid” models found somewhere in between. 

Fund sponsors are increasingly turning to NAV (net asset value) financing to meet a variety of needs and objectives. On this podcast, Ropes & Gray finance counsel Patricia Teixeira is joined by managing director and partner of Fund Finance Partners Anastasia Kaup to discuss key terms and negotiating points in NAV credit facilities, market trends, and predictions for the future.

On this Ropes & Gray podcast, Jeff Katz, the head of the firm's shareholder engagement practice, and Bryan Lowrance, an associate in the same practice, discuss how active asset managers are successfully—and often quietly—engaging with public companies to increase value and improve corporate governance. On this episode, Jeff and Bryan discuss what they mean by “activism for non-activists” and provide a framework for successful constructive engagement.

On this inaugural episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series, Carbon Talk, asset management partner Jeremy Liabo and associate Anne Fox provide listeners with an introduction to the global carbon markets. Throughout their discussion, Jeremy and Anne outline the chief differences between mandatory carbon markets, on the one hand, and voluntary carbon markets, on the other hand. As part of this overview, Jeremy and Anne address a variety of topics including the different types of carbon “credits” and how they are each generated or issued, purchased by primary market participants and traded on the secondary market.

On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s California Law for Asset Managers podcast series, asset management counsel Catherine Skulan provides an overview of California’s fee disclosure law, its implications in connection with fundraising with California pension plans and how the market has responded and adapted to the law since its enactment over five years ago.

On this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, mergers & acquisitions partner Sarah Young sits down with data, privacy & cybersecurity partner Fran Faircloth to discuss how she advises clients on all aspects of corporate strategy, and whether she thinks artificial intelligence and machine learning will impact her clients in the months and years ahead.

On this episode of There Has to Be a Better Way?, co-hosts Zach Coseglia and Hui Chen speak with Kevin Espinoza, a former collegiate coach who moved into compliance from sales and marketing. He talks about how this unique perspective has informed his approach to build compliance programs that embed compliance within the business, with compliance professionals focused on the same business goals as their colleagues.