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Goodwin
901 NEW YORK AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20001
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Position

Partner

Career

Paul Verbesey is a partner in the firm’s Private Equity group and former co-chair of the Private Investment Funds practice. Paul focuses his practice on the structuring, formation and operation/ongoing management of a variety of private investment vehicles, including private equity funds, real estate funds, venture capital funds, natural resources funds and securities funds, and their management companies. His corporate practice has also included work in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, securities, real estate securities and capital markets and venture capital/private equity. Paul joined Goodwin in 1998.

Education

JD, 1998, William & Mary School of Law / BA, 1992, Georgetown University

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)

The ‘very responsive‘ team at Goodwin acts on a variety of matters, with standout strengths in the real estate sector and in assisting with venture capital fundraising. In 2022, the firm continued it’s substantial growth in this practice area with further partner hires, including Eunice Choi, whose ‘keen sense of judgment is unparalleled‘, an arrival from Cooley LLP in March 2022, joining the San Francisco office, and in this space has a particular focus on the formation and operation of venture capital funds. She joins a department that is headed nationally by Mandee Gruen in New York, who is strong in the real estate space and also on ESG matters. John Ferguson is a key name alongside Gruen in New York, also with a real estate focus, while former practice co-chair Paul Verbesey remains a senior figure at the firm’s Washington DC office. From the sizeable team that has presences across the country, Robert Fore in Silicon Valley has had a busy year.