Goodwin

Goodwin is a global law firm founded in 1912 with more than 1,800 lawyers across 17 offices worldwide. It provides counsel on high-stakes litigation and dispute resolution, complex transactions, and regulatory compliance and advisory matters. The firm's work is concentrated in private equity, life sciences, technology, real estate, healthcare, financial services, emerging companies and venture capital, and it describes its lawyers as industry insiders with deep sector knowledge and firsthand experience.

Practice groups span Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Complex Transactions and Regulatory Compliance and Advisory, the last delivered by lawyers with prior experience in the industries they advise. Goodwin holds consistent top rankings in the Vault Law 100, particularly for emerging companies and venture capital work, and its business team received The American Lawyer's Best Business Team award.

Beyond legal advice, the firm's Global Operations team offers strategic business advisory services, including generative AI guidance, knowledge management, legal technology advisory, pricing innovation, program management and client feedback programmes. This function supports both client engagements and the firm's internal operations.

Goodwin sets out its working culture in "The Goodwin Way", eight core behaviours covering excellence, relationships built on respect and trust, winning as a team, continuous improvement, results-orientation, operating with an owner's mindset, inclusivity and a high-performance approach that does not take itself too seriously.