Goodwin’s Life Sciences and Benefits practices were selected as Law360 Practice Groups of the Year for 2025. For the 16th straight year, the Practice Group of the Year awards honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
Goodwin’s world-renowned Life Sciences practice supports the diverse needs of over 2,500 private and public companies in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medtech, and healthcare industries. The Goodwin team offers comprehensive services that span all of the specialized life sciences disciplines and support domestic and international clients in every facet of their business operations, including capital market offerings, licensing and collaboration agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and representation of both innovators and generics in Hatch-Waxman litigation.
In the past year, the Goodwin team achieved several victories for clients, including advising Blueprint Medicines on its $9.5 billion acquisition by Sanofi, Zealand Pharma on the formation of the largest single asset partnership deal with Roche worth up to $5.3 billion, and SpringWorks Therapeutics on the completion of its $3.9 billion acquisition by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Goodwin’s ERISA and Executive Compensation and ERISA Litigation teams offer clients unparalleled experience in ERISA fiduciary and litigation defense matters, Department of Labor issues, retirement planning, and ERISA litigation.
Goodwin has provided ERISA and Executive Compensation counsel in some of the year’s biggest M&A transactions including BlueHalo’s $4.1 billion acquisition by AeroVironment, Semler Scientific’s $6.91 billion acquisition by Strive, and Melio’s $2.5 billion acquisition by Xero. Goodwin’s ERISA Litigation practice recently achieved a complete defense verdict for Natixis Investment Managers in an ERISA class action trial in the District of Massachusetts, and won an Eleventh Circuit ERISA class action appeal on behalf of John Hancock Life Insurance.
Law360 recently recognized Laura Umbrecht Gulick as Rising Star for 2025 in the Life Sciences category and named Jamie Fleckner a Law360 MVP for Benefits.
This year’s Practice Groups of the Year winners were selected from nearly 800 submissions across more than 30 practice areas. To see the full list of winners, please visit Law360 Practice Groups of the Year 2025.