Best Lawyers Best Law Firms has named Goodwin the Biotechnology and Life Sciences Law Firm of the Year in the United States while also recognizing the firm across 55 practice areas in the 2025 edition of the annual guide. Goodwin received 44 national rankings and 94 regional rankings, reinforcing the effectiveness of Goodwin’s innovative platform and unparalleled ability to meet the needs of clients throughout the entire corporate life cycle.
Goodwin was named Biotechnology and Life Sciences Law Firm of the Year for the eighth time. The firm’s Life Sciences team is a globally recognized practice that employs a holistic approach catering to the multifaceted and rapidly evolving needs of over 2500 private and public companies spanning the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and healthcare sectors. From facilitating fundraising activities and developing, defending, and enforcing patent portfolios to navigating complex regulatory landscapes and executing intricate corporate transactions, Goodwin’s Life Sciences practitioners provide a wide array of services, including capital market offerings, licensing and collaboration agreements, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as representing innovators and generics in Hatch-Waxman litigation.
The firm also received several Tier 1 rankings nationally and across geographies in the United States:
- Appellate Practice (Nationwide / Washington, DC)
- Banking and Finance Law (Nationwide / Boston)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Nationwide / New York)
- Bet-the-Company Litigation (Boston)
- Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice (Nationwide / Boston / San Francisco)
- Commercial Litigation (Nationwide / Boston / New York)
- Construction Law (Nationwide / Boston)
- Copyright Law (Boston)
- Corporate Governance Law (Boston)
- Corporate Law (Nationwide / Boston/ New York / San Francisco)
- Criminal Defense: General Practice (New York)
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Nationwide / Boston/ New York / Philadelphia / San Francisco)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Boston / Washington, DC)
- Employment Law - Individuals (Boston)
- Employment Law - Management (Nationwide / Boston)
- Energy Law (Boston)
- Environmental Law (Boston)
- FDA Law (Washington, DC)
- Financial Services Regulation Law (Washington, DC)
- Information Technology Law (Boston)
- International Trade and Finance Law (Nationwide / Boston)
- Land Use and Zoning Law (Nationwide / Boston)
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (Nationwide / Boston / New York)
- Litigation - Antitrust (Boston)
- Litigation - Bankruptcy (New York)
- Litigation - Environmental (Nationwide / Boston)
- Litigation - ERISA (Nationwide / Boston / Washington, DC)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property (Nationwide / Boston / New York / San Francisco)
- Litigation - Labor and Employment (Nationwide / Boston)
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning (Boston)
- Litigation - Patent (Nationwide / Boston / New York)
- Litigation - Real Estate (Nationwide / Boston)
- Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) (Nationwide / Boston)
- Litigation - Securities (Boston / New York)
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants (Nationwide / Boston / New York)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Nationwide / Boston / Washington, DC)
- Mutual Funds Law (Washington, DC)
- Nonprofit / Charities Law (Boston)
- Patent Law (Nationwide / Boston / New York / San Francisco)
- Privacy and Data Security Law (Boston)
- Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law (Nationwide / Boston / San Francisco)
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants (Boston)
- Real Estate Law (Nationwide / Boston / Los Angeles / New York / San Francisco)
- Tax Law (Boston)
- Technology Law (Nationwide / Boston / San Franscisco)
- Trademark Law (Boston)
- Trusts and Estates (Boston)
- Venture Capital Law (Nationwide / Boston / San Francisco)
For the complete list of Goodwin’s results, visit Best Lawyers Best Law Firms 2025.