John Ferguson > Goodwin > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Often instructed by institutional investors, REITs and private equity funds, Goodwin‘s practice co-chairs Diana Brummer and John Ferguson maintain their stellar reputation in the New York market for sophisticated commercial transactions and construction and mezzanine financings. Its growing proptech and propsci practice continues to generate new instructions from tech, hospitality and leisure, and life science companies. Over on the West Coast, Dean Pappas and Jennifer Sung are the main contacts at the Los Angeles office.

The ‘very responsive‘ team at Goodwin acts on a variety of matters, with standout strengths in the real estate sector and in assisting with venture capital fundraising. In 2022, the firm continued it’s substantial growth in this practice area with further partner hires, including Eunice Choi, whose ‘keen sense of judgment is unparalleled‘, an arrival from Cooley LLP in March 2022, joining the San Francisco office, and in this space has a particular focus on the formation and operation of venture capital funds. She joins a department that is headed nationally by Mandee Gruen in New York, who is strong in the real estate space and also on ESG matters. John Ferguson is a key name alongside Gruen in New York, also with a real estate focus, while former practice co-chair Paul Verbesey remains a senior figure at the firm’s Washington DC office. From the sizeable team that has presences across the country, Robert Fore in Silicon Valley has had a busy year.