Chambers Global 2026 has recognized Goodwin lawyers and practices for excellence in geographies around the world. Goodwin received 43 lawyer rankings and 38 practice rankings—both firm records—in this year’s edition of the guide.
Clients noted that the Goodwin team is “innovative, well informed, entrepreneurial and knowledgeable” and is an “excellent resource across legal areas, extremely responsive and extremely well connected to the market.”
Chambers Global recognized the following Goodwin practices as leaders in the international market:
Asia-Pacific Region
China
- Corporate/M&A (International Firms)
- Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)
France
Germany
Global
India
Israel
United Kingdom
- Commercial and Corporate Litigation
- Investment Funds & Asset Management (International & Cross-Border)
- Leveraged Finance: Borrowers/Sponsors: Mid-Market
- Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical Sector (International & Cross-Border)
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Tax
United States
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets: Convertible Debt
- Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel
- Capital Markets: Equity: Manager Counsel
- Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border)
- Impact Investing
- Intellectual Property: Patent
- International Trade: CFIUS Experts
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: The Elite
- International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
- Investment Funds & Asset Management (International & Cross-Border)
- Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical Sector (International & Cross-Border)
- Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded
- Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
- Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Registered Funds
- Tax: Corporate & Finance
- Technology Sector (International & Cross-Border)
- Venture Capital: Fund Formation
Goodwin lawyers were also ranked as leading lawyers in their fields, including:
Belgium
- Stephen Mavroghenis: Competition: EU
China
- Daniel Dusek: Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-based (International Firms) / Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)
- Yash Rana: Corporate/M&A (International Firms) / Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)
- Douglas Freeman: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)
- Edwin Chan: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)
France
- Adrien Paturaud: Banking & Finance
- Guilhem Richard: Capital Markets: Equity
Germany
- Winfried Carli: Banking & Finance
India
- Yash Rana: Corporate/M&A
Luxembourg
- Alexandrine Armstrong-Cerfontaine: Investment Funds
- Elie-Raphaël Soudry: Banking & Finance
United Kingdom
- Matthew Ayre: Leveraged Finance: Mid-Market
- Laura Charkin: Tax: Investment Funds
- Simon Fulbrook: Leveraged Finance: Mid-Market
- Alex Fisher: Employment
- Oliver Glynn-Jones: Commercial and Corporate Litigation
- David Irvine: Tax
- Sarah McAtominey: Commercial and Corporate Litigation
- Simon Thomas: Restructuring/Insolvency
United States
- James Barri: Capital Markets: Convertible Debt
- Thomas Beaudoin: Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- Mark Bettencourt: Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border)
- Mitchell Bloom: Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial / Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States / Corporate M&A (Int'l & Cross-Border)
- Michelle Briggs: E-Discovery & Information Governance
- Stuart Cable: Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border)
- Robert Fore: Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- Mandee Gruen: Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Richard Matheny: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions / International Trade: CFIUS Experts
- Ian O’Donnell: Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- Jacob Osborn: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions / International Trade: CFIUS Experts
- Brynn Peltz: Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
- Nicole Peppe: Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- Justin Pierce: International Trade: CFIUS Experts
- Jeremy Senderowicz: Registered Funds
- John Servidio: Capital Markets: Convertible Debt / Derivatives
- William Stern: Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
- Richard Strassberg: Litigation: Trial Lawyers
- Kingsley Taft: Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
- Omer Tene: Privacy & Data Security: Privacy
- Julie Tibbets: Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance
- Paul Verbesey: Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Bradley Weber: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States
- Jud Welle: Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity
- Maggie Wong: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States