Edwin O'Connor is a partner in Goodwin's Life Sciences group and co-chair of the Capital Markets practice. He is based in New York City.

Edwin M. O'Connor

PartnerCo-Chair, Capital Markets
Edwin M. O'Connor
New York
+1 212 813 8853

Edwin O’Connor advises US and international issuers and underwriters on a broad range of capital markets transactions across life sciences, technology, and other sectors. Edwin focuses on initial public offerings and other public listings, including deSPACs, reverse mergers and direct listings and other public and private corporate finance transactions, including equity, equity-linked, debt, preferred and structured transactions. He also advises public and private companies on a range of corporate governance, investor relations and other corporate matters.

Experience

Professional Experience

Prior to joining Goodwin in 2014, Edwin practiced at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Previously, he was a vice president in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he was responsible for the execution of equity and equity-linked offerings across all industry sectors. While at Goldman, Edwin was also a vice president, associate general counsel in the Investment Banking Division’s Legal Group. At Goldman, he worked on transactions occurring in a number of geographies, including New York, Silicon Valley, London, and Hong Kong. Before joining Goldman, he was an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and in London.

Credentials

Education

JD1998

University of Pennsylvania Law School

BAEconomics1995

Colgate University

(magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa)

Admissions

Bars

  • New York

Recognition & Awards

Edwin was a recommended lawyer for Capital Markets: Equity Offerings by The Legal 500 from 2021-2025.

In law school, Edwin served as comments editor of The Journal of International Economic Law.