Kate Withers Bio

Kate Withers is a trusted M&A advisor to private equity and technology clients on complex corporate transactions and a partner in Ropes & Gray's global private equity transactions group. In recent years, Kate's private equity clients have included GI Partners, TPG, KKR & Co., Lindsay Goldberg, HPS Investment Partners, Vista Equity Partners, Crosspoint Capital, and West Coast middle market funds. Kate also has extensive experience representing strategic acquirers on M&A transactions, including Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook), Tencent Holdings, The National Geographic Society, Peloton Interactive, Bonobos, BBVA, Humana, Cisco, Allergan, J&J and numerous biotechnology companies on M&A matters. Kate's passion for advising technology clients and investors stems from her prior work as a quantitative data analyst and programmer for Bank of America, the World Bank, and physician and health economics researchers at the Wharton School of Business. Prior to law school, Kate earned a master’s degree in economics as a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of Economics and was a research assistant to macroeconomics researchers at the Brookings Institution, including 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics George Akerlof. Kate has been recognized as a 2022 Top Woman in Dealmaking by The Deal, by The Legal 500—the world's largest legal referral guide—for her work on “Private Equity Buyouts: Large Deals ($500m+)” and in “Technology Transactions,” and by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in M&A in the New York Metro Area.