Goodwin's Mergers and Acquisitions and Litigation work elevated its revenue to $2.7 billion in the year ending Sept. 30, according to the firm’s chairman. “The numbers are an output of people doing really good work and a strategy being effective and working,” Anthony McCusker said. The revenue grew more than 12% and is the firm’s highest to date. Goodwin, ranked 18th in AmLaw’s 2024 list of firms by revenue, doled out more than $1.6 million in revenue per lawyer. McCusker credits the growth to a strategic plan called Goodwin 2033, which calls for more internal collaborations between attorneys, from dealmakers to litigators. “We think that making sure they’re interacting with each other and looking at a broad industry of funds as opposed to a narrow sector of say, real estate or private equity or venture, is going to lead to better results,” McCusker said. “People have really embraced looking at, how do we become the firm that meets the aspirations we have for ourselves?"
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