Chambers Europe has recognized the firm for excellence in four practice areas and for the work of ten partners in its recently released 2018 edition. The guide highlights the following practice areas as leaders in the global market and provides additional commentary listed below about Goodwin’s capabilities in the guide’s editorial.
France
- Private Equity
“Clients appreciate the team's availability. One commentator says: ‘They are people that we can call whenever we want, they are very reliable.’”
Germany
- Real Estate
“Potent international firm making significant progress in the German market since its entry in 2016. Strong reputation for classic real estate lending, often advising both banks and borrowers onreal estate acquisition finance and refinancing transactions.”
- Real Estate: Finance
“The real estate finance team also impresses with its know-how, as one client remarks: "The team is very experienced. Its strengths are its market knowledge and pragmatic approach."
UK
- Investment Funds: Private Equity
“A healthy presence in the London real estate funds market with a bench of respected specialists and an ever-increasing workload of European formation mandates.”
Goodwin’s partners were also commended as leading lawyers in the field:
France
- Maxence Bloch: Private Equity: Mid-Market & High-end Capability
- Arnaud David: Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Christophe Digoy: Private Equity: Mid-Market
- Arnaud Fromion: Banking & Finance
- Thomas Maitrejean: Private Equity: Mid-Market
Germany
- Marc Bohne: Real Estate
- Peter Junghänel: Real Estate
- Stephan Kock: Real Estate: Finance; Banking & Finance
UK
- Michael Halford: Investment Funds: Private Equity