News About Goodwin Procter

Squire Patton Boggs, McDermott add corporate and M&A partners in London

Former Goodwin counsel Ben Morgan joins SPB, while Sebastien Bonneau joins McDermott from Eversheds

30 Sep 2024

Weil private funds buildout continues with Goodwin partner hire

Karen Chao is the fourth private funds partner to join Weil since late 2023

19 Sep 2024

Cooley boosts London ECVC bench with triple partner hire from US rivals

Taylor Wessing’s ECVC head joins alongside partners from White & Case and Goodwin Procter

10 Sep 2024

Legal operations pioneer Mary O’Carroll joins Goodwin as COO

Google’s former director of legal operations helped found CLOC

13 Aug 2024

Sidley opens in San Diego with five-partner team

Firm hires from Goodwin for fifth California office

2 Aug 2024

Gibson Dunn secures privacy partner in London from Goodwin

Lore Leitner brings experience in GDPR-driven privacy compliance programmes as US firms cite growing demand from clients for data security and AI advice

8 Jul 2024

Goodwin Procter raises NQ salary to £175k as London pay war continues

Increase from £160k sees it join elite group of US firms paying £170k or more

5 Jun 2024

Goodwin, Covington shepherd Biogen’s $1.8bn acquisition of rare disease drugmaker

Covington counsels Biogen as Goodwin reps acquisition target Human Immunobiology Biosciences

23 May 2024

Greenberg, Goodwin shepherd Ono Pharma’s $2.4bn Deciphera acquisition

Greenberg counsels Ono in deal to expand Japanese group’s oncology portfolio and US presence

30 Apr 2024

Kirkland hits Goodwin again for US funds lawyers

Four more lawyers join across US as partners after quintet defected from Goodwin in February

29 Apr 2024

Goodwin swoops on Travers for London private equity partner duo

Ian Keefe and George Weevil latest partners to switch firms as lateral hiring spree across City continues

25 Apr 2024

Freshfields, Goodwin lead on AstraZeneca’s $2bn acquisition of Fusion Pharma

Deal second this month to see Freshfields advise acquisitive AstraZeneca

19 Mar 2024

Cleary, Skadden and Goodwin chip in for Synopsys’ $35bn Ansys deal

Cleary acts for Synopsys as Skadden and Goodwin counsel Ansys in cash-and-stock deal that could attract regulatory scrutiny

17 Jan 2024

Freshfields adds Goodwin partner in New York to lead global funds team

Tim Clark latest in string of lateral private capital partner hires by UK Magic Circle firm

20 Jul 2023

Sullivan & Cromwell tops M&A rankings in H1 as deal making tumbles to three-year low

First half deal value is lowest since 2020 but activity picked up 33% in Q2 compared to Q1, according to Refinitiv

7 Jul 2023

Goodwin Procter elects technology co-head to succeed Robert Insolia as chair

Anthony McCusker to 'carry torch forward' after receiving partners' 'overwhelming' support, according to Insolia

6 Apr 2023

Sullivan & Cromwell tops M&A rankings in Q1 as deal making tumbles to decade low

First quarter deal value is lowest since 2013 and slowest quarter since the start of the pandemic, according to Refinitiv

6 Apr 2023

Goodwin Procter adds 14-partner team from Troutman Pepper to cement Philadelphia presence

New arrivals land mostly in US giant’s newly-official Philadelphia base to bolster life sciences, healthcare private equity and white collar practices

24 Jan 2023

Goodwin Procter embarks on round of US job cuts

Associates, paralegals and business professionals affected; cuts follow similar move at Cooley

6 Jan 2023

Goodwin launches in Singapore, promotes 58 to partner

Boston firm’s second Asian base will be chaired by private investment funds partner relocating from Hong Kong

4 Oct 2022