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Katherine Hand

(617) 570-1609 KHand@goodwinlaw.com

Position

Associate

Career

Katherine Hand is an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department. She represents public and private companies in the life sciences and technology industries. Her deal experience encompasses financing rounds, public offerings, and M&A. Ms. Hand also advises companies in a broad range of corporate transactions and commercial agreements, including intellectual property matters. She joined Goodwin in 2018.

Education

JD, Boston College School of Law / BS, Boston College

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism

Goodwin has a history of representing clients under threat from some of the largest activism funds globally, and defending major public companies against takeover bids. The team is headed by Joseph Johnson and Andrew Goodman between the firm’s Boston and New York offices. The duo are well supported at associate level by Katherine Hand, who is a frequent advisor to public companies and their boards of directors on shareholder activism and takeover defense. Sean Donahue has left the firm.

Lawyer Rankings

• Shareholder activism United States > M&A/corporate and commercial

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Finance > Financial services regulation
• Industry focus > Cannabis
• Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies

Firm Rankings

• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Industry focus > Education
• Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
• Finance > Fintech
• Healthcare > Life sciences
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
• Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• International Trade > CFIUS
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
• Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Dispute resolution > E-discovery
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Real estate > Real estate
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
• Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
• Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Healthcare > Service providers
• International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Commercial lending
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)