The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) has recognized Goodwin with 42 lawyer rankings and 14 practice rankings in the 2026 guide.
The Legal 500 EMEA evaluates firms and legal professionals based upon the quality of work carried out over the past year, historical experience and reputation, depth of teams, specialties and ancillary services, and client feedback.
Clients from across Goodwin’s Paris, Munich, and Luxembourg offices praised the firm’s “pragmatic and commercially focused advice.” They also cited Goodwin as a leader in terms of Billing & Efficiency and Sector Knowledge.
The Legal 500 EMEA recognized Goodwin in the following categories:
FRANCE
- Capital Markets: Equity
- Banking and Finance: Transactional Work
- Healthcare and Life Sciences
- Intellectual Property: Patents
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Private Equity: Growth/Venture Capital
- Private Equity: LBO
- Tax
GERMANY
LUXEMBOURG
Goodwin lawyers recognized in the 2026 guide include:
FRANCE
Banking and Finance: Transactional Work
- Adrien Paturaud (Leading Partner)
Capital Markets: Equity
- Guilhem Richard (Next Generation Partner)
- Mariléna Gryparis
Healthcare and Life Sciences
- Anne-Charlotte Rivière (Leading Partner)
- Maxence Bloch
- Thomas Dupont-Sentilles
- Marie Fillon
- Guilhem Richard
Intellectual Property: Patents
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Maxence Bloch
- Anne-Charlotte Rivière
- Thomas Dupont-Sentilles
- Jérôme Jouhanneaud
- Thomas Maitrejean
- William Robert
- Simon Servan-Schreiber
Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Arnaud David (Hall of Fame)
- Sarah Michel (Leading Partner)
- Sarah Barrau-Ceville
Private Equity: Growth/Venture Capital
- Thomas Dupont-Sentilles (Leading Partner)
- Anne-Charlotte Rivière (Next Generation Partner)
- Xavier Leroux (Next Generation Partner)
- Louis Taslé d’Héliand
Private Equity: LBO
- Maxence Bloch (Leading Partner)
- Thomas Maitrejean (Leading Partner)
- Benjamin Garçon
- Jérôme Jouhanneaud
- Simon Servan-Schreiber
Tax
- Marie-Laure Bruneel (Leading Partner - Private Equity Tax)
- Charles-Henri de Gouvion Saint Cyr (Leading Partner - Transactional/Corporate Tax)
- Sarah Michel
GERMANY
Lending and Borrowing
- Winfried Carli (Hall of Fame)
- Folko Moroni
- Daniel Wagner
LUXEMBOURG
Banking, Finance and Capital Markets
- Elie-Raphaël Soudry (Next Generation Partner)
- Alexandrine Armstrong-Cerfontaine
Investment Funds
- Alexandrine Armstrong-Cerfontaine (Leading Partner)
- Oana Millich
- Elie-Raphaël Soudry
- Philip Spilberg
Tax