Goodwin Partner Carl Bradshaw, from London, practices Buyouts and Acquisitions, Private Equity UK, Financial Restructuring, and many more. Learn more about Carl.

Carl Bradshaw

Partner
Carl Bradshaw
London
+44 (0)20 7447 4211

Carl provides strategic legal advice to growth companies, their investors, founders, and management teams on Private Equity and Growth Equity investments and mergers and acquisitions. He has structured and negotiated a broad range of complex business transactions within the UK and cross-border throughout Europe in various industries, including the technology, healthcare and life sciences, financial and business services, and industrial sectors. He has led the Goodwin team on large and mid-cap buyouts, carve-outs, add-ons, public-to-privates, joint ventures and consortium deals, minority stake deals, structured and growth equity arrangements, recapitalisations, special situations, and restructurings. He also counsels clients on corporate and senior executive matters and management incentive plans.

Representative Matters

Professional Activities

Carl is a member of Goodwin’s global Executive Committee.

Professional Experience

Prior to joining Goodwin in 2019, Carl was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis in London where he spent nearly a decade in the European Private Equity team advising a wide range of global sponsors. He began his career at Clifford Chance in London and Hong Kong.

Earlier in his career, Carl was seconded to Bain Capital, counseling deal teams on European private equity investments.

Credentials

Education

Legal Practice Course

University of Law

London

Graduate Diploma in Law

Nottingham Law School

MPhilPGDip

University of Cambridge

Judge Business School

BSc

Loughborough University

(Hons)

Admissions

Bars

  • England and Wales

Recognition & Awards

In 2026 Carl was ranked by Chambers UK for his private equity work with clients noting he is, “dedicated to client service and to getting the right outcome,” and that “Carl is excellent. He is really user-friendly and responsive.”

Carl has also been recognised as a key lawyer and Next Generation Partner by Legal 500 UK with clients noting his “strong strategic guidance.” He has also been ranked as a notable practitioner by IFLR. He was part of the Goodwin team awarded Tier 1 for Private Equity (Legal 500 UK, 2026) and Law Firm of the Year (Transactions) in the Mergermarket British Private Equity Awards (2024). Carl has also been appointed to Law360’s 2026 Editorial Advisory Board in recognition of his work in private equity, where he provides expert insight on shaping future reporting.

Publications