Mr Andrew Weidhaas > Goodwin > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Goodwin has established its reputation for providing high-quality advice to mid-market PE firms and blue-chip clients, covering the full spectrum of areas such as growth equity, acquisitions, dividend recaps, leveraged buyouts and exits. While being particularly strong in the technology sector, the firm’s clients benefit from a broad industry focus which includes life sciences, real estate, and financial industries. In Boston, PE co-chair John LeClaire has extensive experience of leveraged recapitalizations, buyouts and minority investments. Santa Monica-based co-chair Andrew Weidhaas is a trusted advisor to major clients such as Behrman Capital, Great Hill, and Primus, while in Boston, co-chair Michael Kendall has specialist expertise of the software, telecoms and healthcare industries. Stuart Rosenthal is a key member of the team in New York, who assists both early stage growth companies and later stage private companies on a diverse range of transactions.

Able to call upon a network of intellectual property, real estate and tax experts, Goodwin is best known for its strong track record in complex M&A involving life sciences, tech, and private equity players. The department is well positioned to handle public and private M&A, leveraged buyouts, and spin-offs, and is also skilled in shareholder activism defense and proxy contests. Based in Boston, Stuart Cable spearheads the global M&A practice. Cable is counsel of choice for a number of leading tech and life sciences clients, who retain him on a recurrent basis in transactional and corporate governance matters. On the West Coast, Alessandra Simons is a prominent M&A figure in San Francisco, while Andrew Weidhaas in Los Angeles focuses on private equity deals and emerging companies.