Michael Halford > Goodwin > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Michael Halford
Position
Partner, Co-Chair, Private Investment Funds
Career
Michael Halford is a partner in Goodwin’s Private Equity group and Global Private Investment Funds co-chair. His practice focuses on private equity funds, infrastructure funds and real estate funds for institutional and private investors. He covers a wide range of funds, incentive schemes and co-investment arrangements. Among the investment houses he has previously worked for are Triton, Core Equity Holdings, Capital D, Capital Dynamics, Epiris, Patron, and PAI Partners.
Prior to joining Goodwin in 2017, Michael was the Head of International Funds, London for King & Wood Mallesons (formerly SJ Berwin).
Education
LLM, 1995, University of Maastricht; LPC, 1994, College of Law London; MA, 1993, University of Cambridge Trinity College
Lawyer Rankings
London > Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
(Hall of Fame)‘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
- Hall of Fame 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
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- 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