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Justin Ward

+1 617 570 1499 [email protected]

Position

Partner

Career

Justin Ward is a partner in Goodwin’s Securities Litigation and Complex Litigation + Dispute Resolution practices. His practice focuses on securities class actions, SEC investigations, M&A litigation, and corporate governance matters, in particular for life sciences and technologies companies. Justin also regularly represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies in post-closing, corporate governance, indemnification, and contract disputes.

Education

JD, 2014

Harvard Law School (magna cum laude)

MA, 2009

Duke University

BA, 2005

Washington University in St. Louis (summa cum laude)

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Industry focus > Cannabis
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
• 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
• Dispute resolution > E-discovery
• Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
• Finance > Fintech
• Healthcare > Life sciences
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• International trade and national security > CFIUS
• Finance > Commercial lending
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
• Antitrust > Merger control
• 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)
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
• Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
• International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
• Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
• Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
• Healthcare > Service providers
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Real estate > Real estate finance
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Finance > Financial services regulation