Chambers Global 2022 has recognized Goodwin lawyers and practices for excellence in geographies around the world. This year’s edition of the annual guide highly ranked 37 Goodwin lawyers and 22 practice areas, representing the highest totals in firm history.
Client feedback reflected the effectiveness of Goodwin’s capital-meets-innovation platform, and the firm’s collaborative approach to representing the innovators and investors at the forefront of the technology-enabled economy. In particular, clients noted Goodwin’s “ability to consider the global and cross-border issues” in order to provide “seamless legal advice that requires a number of domain experts from different offices across the globe.”
Chambers Global singled out the following Goodwin practice areas as being leaders in the international marketplace:
Asia-Pacific Region
- Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
- Investment Funds: Private Equity
China
- Corporate/M&A (International Firms)
- Investment Funds: Private Equity (International Firms)
France
- Banking & Finance
Global
- Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Private Equity
India
- Corporate/M&A
UK
- Investment Funds & Asset Management (International & Cross-Border)
- Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical Sector (International & Cross-Border)
USA
- Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Representation
- Capital Markets: Equity: Manager Representation
- Corporate M&A (International & Cross-Border)
- Intellectual Property: Patent
- International Trade: CFIUS Experts
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- Investment Funds & Asset Management (International & Cross-Border)
- Investment Funds: Registered Funds
- Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical Sector (International & Cross-Border)
- Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
- Technology Sector (International & Cross-Border)
A number of Goodwin lawyers were also commended as leading lawyers in their fields, including:
China
- Gregory Barclay: Investment Funds (International Firms)
- Yash Rana: Corporate/M&A (International Firms)
France
- Arnaud Fromion: Banking & Finance
- Frédéric Guilloux: Banking & Finance
Germany
- Stephan Kock: Banking & Finance
India
- Yash Rana: Corporate/M&A
UK
- Laura Charkin: Tax: Investment Funds
- David Irvine: Tax
- Matthew Birchall: Tax
USA
- Marco Adelfio: Investment Funds: Registered Funds
- James Barri: Capital Markets: Convertible Debt
- Thomas Beaudoin: Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- Mark Bettencourt: Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border)
- Mitchell Bloom: Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial / Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- Michelle Briggs: E-Discovery & Information Governance
- Stuart Cable: Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border)
- Neel Chatterjee: Intellectual Property: Patent
- Robert Fore: Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- Robert Hale: Labor & Employment
- Richard Matheny: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions / International Trade: CFIUS Experts
- Ian O’Donnell: Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- Jacob Osborn: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions / International Trade: CFIUS Experts
- Brynn Peltz: Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
- John Servidio: Capital Markets: Convertible Debt / Derivatives
- Richard Strassberg: Litigation: Trial Lawyers
- Kingsley Taft: Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
- Bradley Weber: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- David Watson: Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation
Chambers Global is the product of in-depth research and extensive interviews with prominent lawyers and clients in over 200 jurisdictions worldwide.
To learn more about Goodwin’s Chambers Global 2022 results, click here.