The Legal 500 UK has recognized a record number of Goodwin lawyers and practices across the firm’s UK platform. The 2025 edition of the annual guide highly ranked Goodwin in 26 practice areas and awarded the firm 39 lawyer rankings, including 6 Hall of Fame, 18 Leading Partners, 12 Next Generation Partners, and 3 Leading Associate designations.
The firm’s focus on client service and collaboration have made Goodwin one of the fastest growing international firms in the UK. Client feedback in this year’s guide praised Goodwin’s “diverse team with a truly collaborative approach to working” as being “knowledgeable, responsive and commercial in their advice” while acting as “true business partners.”
The Legal 500 UK recognized Goodwin practices in the in the following categories:
London
Corporate and Commercial
- Corporate Tax
- Equity Capital Markets: Small-Mid Cap – Firm to Watch
- M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Private Equity: Transactions – Mid-Market, Up To £500m
- Private Equity: Transactions – High-Value Deals (£500m+)
- Venture Capital
- EU and Competition – Firm to Watch
Crime, Fraud and Licensing
- Fraud: White Collar Crime – Firm to Watch
Dispute Resolution
- Commercial Litigation: Premium
Employment
Finance
Industry Focus
Investment Fund Formation and Management
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)
East Anglia / Cambridge
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 Partner) Biotechnology / (Hall of Fame) Intellectual Property
- Mark Beardsworth - (Leading Partner) Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime / (Leading Partner) Fraud: White Collar Crime
- Richard Bloomfield - (Leading Associate) M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals
- Justin Cornelius - (Leading Partner) Real Estate Funds
- Dulcie Daly - (Leading Partner) Corporate Tax
- Andrew Davis - (Next Generation Partner) Venture Capital
- Niall Dickson – (Next Generation Partner) Real Estate Funds
- Kenny Walker-Durrant - (Next Generation Partner) Venture Capital
- David Evans - (Leading Partner) Real Estate Funds / (Leading Partner) Commercial Property: Investment
- Alex Fisher - (Next Generation Partner) Employment
- Michael Halford - (Hall of Fame) Private Funds
- Sarah Jordan - (Leading Partner) EU and Competition
- Charlotte Glaser – (Leading Associate) Fraud: White Collar Crime
- Richard Lever - (Leading Partner) Private Equity: Transactions – Mid-Market Deals
- Paul Lyons - (Leading Partner) Property Finance
- David Mardle - (Hall of Fame) Venture Capital / (Hall of Fame) Corporate and Commercial: Cambridge
- Sophie McGrath - (Leading Partner) Venture Capital
- Sarah McAtominey - (Next Generation Partner) Commercial Litigation – Premium
- Bhargavi Mudakavi– (Next Generation Partner) Real Estate Funds
- Ajay Pathak - (Leading Partner) Private Funds
- Matthew Pohlman – (Next Generation Partner) Commercial Property: Hotels and Leisure
- Georgia Powell - (Leading Associate) Intellectual Property
- Elizabeth Rhodes - (Next Generation Partner) Corporate and Commercial: Cambridge / (Next Generation Partner) Venture Capital
- Gemma Roberts - (Leading Partner) Private Equity: Transactions – Mid-Market Deals / (Leading Partner) Private Equity: Transactions – High-Value Deals
- Martin Smith - (Leading Partner) Commercial Property: Investment
- James Spence - (Leading Partner) Commercial Property: Investment
- Adam Thatcher - (Next Generation Partner) Venture Capital / (Next Generation Partner) Corporate and Commercial: Cambridge
- Simon Thomas - (Leading Partner) Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
- Tim Worden - (Leading Partner) Biotechnology / (Hall of Fame) Intellectual Property
- Ben Yeoh - (Next Generation Partner) Private Funds
For more detail on Goodwin’s 2025 rankings, visit The Legal 500 UK.