The Legal 500 UK has recognized a record number of Goodwin lawyers and practices across the firm’s London and Cambridge offices. The 2024 edition of the annual guide highly ranked Goodwin in 25 practice areas and awarded the firm 39 lawyer rankings, including 7 Hall of Fame, 21 Leading Individuals, 9 Next Generation Partners, and 2 Rising Star designations.
The results reflect Goodwin’s standing as one of the fastest growing international firms in the UK and unparalleled ability to meet the varied needs of clients throughout the corporate lifecycle. This year’s guide praised the firm for using its “deep sector knowledge and global experience” to provide clients “timely, pragmatic and commercial advice.”
The Legal 500 UK recognized Goodwin practices in the in the following categories:
London
Corporate and Commercial
- Corporate Tax
- M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £50m-£500m
- Private Equity: Transactions – Mid-Market, Up To £250m
- Private Equity: Transactions – High-Value Deals (£250m+)
- Venture Capital
- EU and Competition – Firm to Watch
- Financial Services: Non-Contentious/Regulatory – Firm to Watch
Dispute Resolution
- Commercial Litigation: Premium
Employment
- Employers – Firm to Watch
Finance
Industry Focus
Investment Fund Formation and Management
- Private Funds
- Real Estate Funds
- Fund Finance – Firm to Watch
Real Estate
- Commercial Property: Hotels and Leisure
- Commercial Property: Investment
- Property Finance
Risk Advisory
- Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity
- Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime – Firm to Watch
TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms)
- FinTech
- IT and Telecoms – Firm to Watch
East Anglia
Corporate and Commercial
- Corporate and Commercial: Cambridge
TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms)
Goodwin lawyers ranked by The Legal 500 UK include:
- Malcolm Bates - (Hall of Fame) Life Sciences and Healthcare / (Leading Individual) Biotechnology / (Hall of Fame) Intellectual Property
- Mark Beardsworth - (Leading Individual) Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime / (Leading Individual) Fraud: White Collar Crime
- Richard Bloomfield - (Rising Star) M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals
- Samantha Lake Coghlan - (Hall of Fame) Real Estate Funds
- Justin Cornelius - (Leading Individual) Real Estate Funds
- Dulcie Daly - (Leading Individual) Corporate Tax
- Andrew Davis - (Next Generation Partner) Venture Capital
- Kenny Walker-Durrant - (Next Generation Partner) – Venture Capital
- David Evans - (Leading Individual) Real Estate Funds / (Leading Individual) Commercial Property: Investment
- Alex Fisher - (Next Generation Partner) Employment
- Michael Halford - (Hall of Fame) Private Funds
- Sarah Jordan - (Leading Individual) EU and Competition
- Oliver Glynn-Jones - (Leading Individual) Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail
- Richard Lever - (Leading Individual) Private Equity: Transactions – Mid-Market Deals
- Paul Lyons - (Leading Individual) Property Finance
- David Mardle - (Hall of Fame) Venture Capital / (Hall of Fame) Corporate and Commercial: Cambridge
- Sophie McGrath - (Leading Individual) Venture Capital
- Sarah McAtominey - (Next Generation Partner) Commercial Litigation – Premium
- Ajay Pathak - (Leading Individual) Private Funds
- Georgia Powell - (Rising Star) Intellectual Property
- Elizabeth Rhodes - (Next Generation Partner) Corporate and Commercial: Cambridge / (Next Generation Partner) Venture Capital
- Gemma Roberts - (Leading Individual) Private Equity: Transactions – Mid-Market Deals / (Leading Individual) Private Equity: Transactions – High-Value Deals
- Martin Smith - (Leading Individual) Commercial Property: Investment
- James Spence - (Leading Individual) Commercial Property: Investment
- Adam Thatcher - (Next Generation Partner) Venture Capital / (Next Generation Partner) Corporate and Commercial: Cambridge
- Simon Thomas - (Leading Individual) Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
- Tim Worden - (Leading Individual) Biotechnology / (Hall of Fame) Intellectual Property
- Ben Yeoh - (Next Generation Partner) Private Funds
For more detail on Goodwin’s 2024 rankings, visit The Legal 500 UK.