IFLR1000 has highly ranked 59 Goodwin lawyers and 22 practice areas in the thirty-second edition of its annual financial and corporate rankings. The guide uses in-depth market analysis and interviews with practitioners and clients to recognize the leading corporate law firms and lawyers impacting the business of law around the world.
These results reflect the global strength of Goodwin’s capital–meets–innovation platform and the expanded capabilities of the firm in key industry verticals. In particular, Goodwin was recognized for its standout work in Private Equity, M&A, Banking, Capital Markets, Financial Restructuring, Private Investment Funds and Real Estate Investment Funds.
The following Goodwin practice areas were recognized for excellence:
- China – Private Equity (Foreign)
- France – M&A / Private Equity
- Germany – Banking
- Hong Kong – Banking / Leveraged Finance / Private Equity / Private Equity Funds / Real Estate Funds
- Massachusetts – Banking / Capital Markets / M&A
- Northern California – M&A
- United Kingdom – Private Equity / Private Equity Funds / Real Estate Funds / Restructuring and Insolvency
- United States – Capital Markets: Equity / Hedge Funds / Private Equity / Registered Funds
- Washington, DC – M&A
Goodwin lawyers were named Market Leaders, Highly Regarded Lawyers, Notable Practitioners and Rising Stars. Those recognized by IFLR1000 include:
- Edward Amer – Massachusetts / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Gregory Barclay – China / Hong Kong (Rising Star)
- James Barri – Massachusetts / New York / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Glynn Barwick – United Kingdom ((Notable Practitioner)
- David Bernstein – New York / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Mitchell Bloom – Massachusetts / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Carl Bradshaw – United Kingdom (Notable Practitioner)
- Bradley Bugdanowitz – California / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Stuart Cable – California / Massachusetts / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Scott Chase – Massachusetts / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Samantha Lake Coghlan – United Kingdom (Market Leader)
- James Curley – Massachusetts / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Arnaud David – France (Highly Regarded)
- Graham Defries – United Kingdom (Notable Practitioner)
- Christopher Denn – Massachusetts / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Niall Dickson – United Kingdom (Notable Practitioner)
- Anna Dodson – Massachusetts / New York / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- David Evans – United Kingdom (Notable Practitioner)
- John Ferguson – New York / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Douglas Freeman – Hong Kong (Highly Regarded)
- Arnaud Fromion – France (Highly Regarded)
- Simon Fulbrook – United Kingdom / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Andrew Goodman – Massachusetts / New York / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Frédéric Guilloux – France (Highly Regarded)
- Lisa Haddad – Massachusetts / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- John Haggerty – Massachusetts / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Michael Halford – United Kingdom (Highly Regarded)
- Andrew Harrow – United Kingdom (Notable Practitioner)
- Michael Kendall – United States(Notable Practitioner)
- Stephan Kock – Germany (Highly Regarded)
- Joseph Johnson – United States (Notable Practitioner)
- John LeClaire – Massachusetts (Highly Regarded)
- Richard Lever – United Kingdom (Notable Practitioner)
- Blake Liggio – Massachusetts / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Paul Lyons – United Kingdom (Notable Practitioner)
- Mark Macenka – United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Robert Masella – United States (Notable Practitioner)
- James Matarese – United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Anthony McCusker – United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Gilbert Menna – United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Michael Minahan – United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Céline Domenget Morin – France (Highly Regarded)
- John Mutkoski – Massachusetts / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Ilan Nissan – United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Chi Pan – Hong Kong (Rising Star)
- Ajay Pathak – United Kingdom (Highly Regarded)
- Brynn Peltz – United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Yash Rana – Hong Kong (Highly Regarded)
- Gemma Roberts – United Kingdom (Notable Practitioner)
- Craig Schmitz – United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Martin Smith – United Kingdom (Notable Practitioner)
- Joshua Soszynski – United States (Notable Practitioner)
- James Spence – United Kingdom (Notable Practitioner)
- Kingsley Taft – Massachusetts / United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Joseph Theis – United States (Notable Practitioner)
- Melissa Schwab Wright – United States (Notable Practitioner)
To view Goodwin’s full results this year, visit IFLR1000.