Stephanie Richards

Stephanie Richards is a partner in Goodwin’s nationally recognized Life Sciences group, counseling private and public companies at all life cycle stages.

Stephanie has extensive experience with startup and formation matters, venture capital and growth financings, initial public offerings, capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and other complex transactions. She also represents a number of publicly traded biotechnology companies and their boards of directors in ongoing SEC compliance, capital raising and corporate governance matters as well as leading venture capital firms focused on the life sciences industry in connection with their portfolio company investments and exits. Advising companies throughout the full range of the corporate life cycle, Stephanie has worked with many of her clients since their initial founding and funding through their initial public offering and strategic exit. She joined Goodwin in 2018.

Stephanie serves on the Board of Directors of Hospitality Homes, a Boston-based nonprofit organization pairing patients and their caregivers with living accommodations during medical treatments, helping to increase access to lifesaving treatments.

Stephanie has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for her work in Corporate Law in 2025 and 2026.