Goodwin has been honored by Mergers & Acquisitions’ 2025 Middle-Market M&A Awards for its role in standout transactions in the Consumer, Hospitality and Tourism, and Software categories. For nearly two decades, these prestigious awards have highlighted the most innovative and complex middle-market deals across industries.
Goodwin was recognized in the Consumer Deal of the Year category for advising sports lifestyle brand '47 in its acquisition by New Era Cap LLC, which is owned by Acon Investments. The combined company, comprising two distinct, family-founded brands, is expected to generate approximately $2 billion in annual revenue and deliver an expanded and diversified product portfolio of apparel and accessories globally. The Goodwin Private Equity team was led by Michael Kendall and Michael Jones.
In the Hospitality & Tourism category, Goodwin was recognized for representing the “Buyer Group,” led by representatives Phill Gross and Michael Ferri, in connection with the acquisition of Killington Mountain Resort and Pico Ski Resort from ski resort operator POWDR Corp. Located in Vermont, Killington is the largest ski area in the Eastern United States. The Goodwin Real Estate team advising on this deal was led by Erin Claywell, Anthony Layton, Eugenia Cecala, Brian Yuen, Laura Wood, Robert Brownlie, Jacob Margolis, Tris Cox, and Becca Kohler.
Goodwin also earned recognition in the Software category, advising scalable data platform Nasuni on its strategic growth investment led by Vista Equity Partners and also including investors TCV and KKR. The new investment values Nasuni at approximately $1.2 billion, and builds on Nasuni’s strong momentum disrupting the legacy storage industry to further accelerate product innovation and commercial expansion in the global hybrid cloud market. The Goodwin Technology deal team was led by Pat Mitchell, Josh Zachariah, and Peter Hanoian.