Ajay Pathak > Goodwin > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Goodwin Offices
Sancroft, 10-15 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AZ
England
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Ajay Pathak
Position
Partner / UK Co-Chair
Career
Ajay Pathak is a partner in Goodwin’s Private Equity group. Mr. Pathak’s practice focuses on the establishment, management and regulation of private equity funds, venture funds, credit funds, infrastructure funds, hedge funds, and other alternative investment funds. He has established a number of funds, managed accounts, and other bespoke investment structures, including open-ended and hybrid structures, across a range of asset classes.
He also advises on secondaries, GP stake sales, spin-outs, establishment of new asset management businesses, seeding arrangements, joint ventures, partnership matters, co-investment arrangements, and incentive schemes.
Education
Legal Practice Course, 1996, College of Law London
Lawyer Rankings
London > Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
(Leading partners)‘Knowledgeable, commercial, and responsive‘, Goodwin‘s expertise spans a host of funds types, covering private equity, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure and debt. Practice head Michael Halford
is particularly noted for his capabilities in PE and investment funds structuring. Other key figures include London office co-chair Ajay Pathak, noted for his private debt, VC, and infrastructure practice, and Ben Yeoh, whose focus lies more squarely in VC matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Private funds London > Investment fund formation and management
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Employment > Employers
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)