News About Goodwin Procter

Paul Weiss adds Supreme Court litigator from Goodwin in Washington DC

William Jay joins as a partner and head of its Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice

24 Aug 2026

Paul Hastings, Goodwin, Sidley and Skadden among firms advising on Thoma Bravo’s $4bn Accelerant take private

Firms including Maples Group, Walkers, Conyers Dill & Pearman and Ropes & Gray also on deal

13 Aug 2026

Weil, Goodwin guide Fox’s $22bn Roku acquisition

Weil guides Fox in deal that will create third-largest player in US television by viewer share

16 Jun 2026

King & Spalding adds two London partners in as many days

Top 30 US firm continues City growth push with hires from Paul Hastings and Goodwin to build antitrust and corporate real estate offerings

6 May 2026

Ashurst hits Goodwin for three-partner London PE team

Group’s hire comes ahead of Ashurst’s merger with Perkins Coie

19 Mar 2026

Goodwin snags Jones Day litigation partner trio for Orange County launch

Cybersecurity, privacy and technology litigation team join to open Goodwin’s fifth West Coast office

17 Mar 2026

US data centre business Synteq Digital hires Goodwin Procter lawyer as first GC

Long-standing Synteq adviser Will Wang will help accelerate company’s M&A ambitions

2 Mar 2026

Incyte secures Goodwin biotech and life sciences partner as GC

Richard Hoffman replaces Sheila Denton in the role

4 Dec 2025

Trio of firms guide Qualtrics’ $6.75bn healthcare tech firm acquisition

Goodwin Procter and Simpson Thacher counsel Silver Lake-backed Qualtrics as Latham & Watkins acts for target Press Ganey Forsta

8 Oct 2025

Simmons adds partner quartet from Goodwin’s Frankfurt office ahead of closure

Real estate team’s hire follows firm adding to practice across Paris and London over the past 18 months

12 Aug 2025

Signature makes twin London partner hire to launch white-collar crime practice

Mark Beardsworth joins from Goodwin and Duncan Grieve arrives from Cadwalader

11 Jul 2025

US Appeals court upends $300m jury verdict against Apple for SEP infringement

Court found that the format of the verdict form was flawed

18 Jun 2025

Goodwin to exit Frankfurt and shutter German real estate business

Move follows Cleary Gottlieb’s announcement in May that it will exit Frankfurt this year

13 Jun 2025

US private equity firm KHP hires Goodwin partner as general counsel

Real estate specialist Alex Lewis replaces veteran lawyer Judy Miles, who is moving to an executive advisor role

2 May 2025

Sullivan & Cromwell, Goodwin Procter guide Merck’s $3.9bn US biotech buy

Wall Street leader acts for longtime client Merck as Goodwin Procter counsels acquisition target SpringWorks

29 Apr 2025

Federal appeals court ruling underlines challenge of securing machine learning-based patents

US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sides with Fox Corp in tussle with AI company over alleged patent infringement

22 Apr 2025

Skadden, Goodwin, Davis Polk act as Novo closes $16.5bn Catalent deal

Jones Day, Linklaters and Arnold & Porter also called in for the largest healthcare buyout of 2024

20 Dec 2024

Morrison & Foerster hits Goodwin for ECVC team in New York

Goodwin partner Peter Fusco joins as co-chair of MoFo's ECVC group alongside at least six more lawyers

12 Dec 2024

Clifford Chance recruits private credit partner duo in Paris from Goodwin Procter

Hires follow reports Ropes & Gray has added three partners from CC ahead of Paris launch next year

3 Dec 2024

Debevoise recruits PE M&A partner in London from Goodwin

James Grimwood’s move follows funds partner Shawn D’Aguiar leaving Goodwin for Debevoise in April

11 Oct 2024