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David Watson

(617) 570-1888 dwatson@goodwinlaw.com

Position

Partner

Career

David Watson is a partner in and Head of Goodwin’s Private Investment Funds practice for North America and Latin America. He focuses on the formation of private investment funds, securities offerings, partnership law, securities law compliance and general corporate matters. Mr. Watson also participates in the firm’s Real Estate Industry group and Private Equity practice.

Education

JD, Harvard Law School (cum laude) 1988 / BA, The University of Maine (salutatorian) 1985

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)