Katherine J. Baudistel

Katherine Baudistel is a partner in Goodwin’s Private Equity group.

Katherine focuses her practice on representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies as well as technology start ups in connection with mergers and acquisitions and private equity investment transactions.  Her transaction experience includes M&A, leveraged buyouts, carve-out transactions, asset acquisitions and dispositions, recapitalizations, joint ventures, minority and growth equity investments and other strategic transactions, as well as general corporate matters. Her clients span across a broad range of industry sectors, including technology, software, consumer products, financial services and fintech and healthcare. Katherine serves on the hiring committee of the Santa Monica office, is a member of the firm’s pro bono committee, is a local counsel leader of Women@Goodwin and is one of the leaders of the Women’s Health & Wellness Initiative. Katherine joined Goodwin in 2018.

Prior to joining Goodwin, Katherine was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.

Katherine was recognized as a Recommended Lawyer by Legal 500 US for her work in Private Equity Buyouts (Middle Market) in 2024. She has been named as a Southern California “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers from 2018-2025.

Study Leader, “M&A Carveout Transactions Deal Points Study,” 2017