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Edwin O'Connor
Position
Partner / Co-Chair Capital Markets
Career
Edwin O’Connor, a partner in Goodwin’s Life Sciences group and co-chair of the Capital Markets practice, has a broad-based capital markets practice and represents issuers and underwriters in public and private corporate finance transactions, both in the United States and internationally. His experience encompasses initial public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, investment grade, high-yield and convertible debt offerings and offerings of preferred, hybrid and derivative securities. He has particular experience with capital markets transactions in the life sciences, tech and climate tech sectors.
Education
JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School 1998 / BA, Colgate University (magna cum laude) 1995
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
Goodwin has achieved high levels of activity in recent years, including in large-cap and mid-cap equity offerings. The capital markets team is known for its expertise in biotechnology and life sciences, especially buoyant sectors from a volume of offerings perspective. Healthcare, real estate and tech are also key sectors. Even with a slowdown in IPOs in the second half of 2022, the capital markets team was able to turn its sights to PIPEs, private placements and ATM offerings. Along with its extensive issuer client base, the firm has strong links to underwriters. In New York, Edwin O’Connor is co-chair of the capital markets team and is a member of the life sciences group, while Siavosh Salimi is noted for both life sciences and tech deals. Silicon Valley partner Bradley Weber is co-chair of the group and is a key figure in tech IPOs and other equity offerings. Boston’s Joseph Theis is also rated.
Lawyer Rankings
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)