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
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
- Co-Author, “Strings Attached: Navigating Legacy With Founder and Family Transitions,” PE Hub, January 2026
- Co-Author, “Coming from America (Real Deals),” Real Deals Media, February 2022
- Panelist, “Coming from America: US-inbound investment activity,” Real Deals Mid-Market Conference, February 2022
- Co-Author, “When the journey is not over: performance vesting beyond an IPO,” Buyouts Insider – PEI Media, February 2022
- Panelist, “Credit Funds Series – Europe’s Distressed Recovery,” Goodwin webinar, May 2021
- Guest Speaker, “Private Chat #22,” Fund Shack’s Private Chat podcast, March 2021
- Co-Author, “Rising Numbers of Public-to-Private Deals Means Greater Focus on Bidder Conduct,” Private Equity News, March 2021
- Co-Author, “Pension Schemes Act 2021: The Impact of New Criminal Liability of Restructuring and Corporate Transactions,” Goodwin Insights, February 2021
- Guest Speaker, “2020, a year of upheaval and resilience,” Private Equity News Annual Industry Review, January 2021
- Quoted, “Dealwatch: Strategic Acquisitions, Disposals and Restructuring Moves Dominate As Firms Continue Advice on COVID-19 Fallout,” Legal Business, November 2020
- Guest Speaker, “London explores hopping on Spacs bandwagon,” Financial Times, October 2020
- Panelist, “Tooling up for Deal-making: what investors need to know for now and in the future,” July 2020
- Speaker, “Data is driving M&A Activity in the Tech sector: Deals Interview,” Verdict, November 2019
- Speaker, “Private Equity - Issues and Trends,” LexisNexis Webinar, London, October 2017
