Goodwin

With a particularly active private equity practice, Goodwin advises clients in the software, technology, consumer, healthcare, financial services, and financial technology sectors on complex buyout transactions, platform acquisitions, add-on transactions, and general corporate and governance matters. The team places a notable emphasis on growth equity matters, advising blue-chip private equity firms and growth companies. The team places a strong emphasis on growth equity, working with prestigious private equity firms and emerging growth companies. The private equity practice is co-led by John LeClaire in Boston, who specializes in representing growth companies through leveraged recapitalizations, buyouts, and minority investments. San Francisco’s Brian McPeake assists private equity funds with structuring and completing their investments. Chris Nugent, based in New York, specializes in compensation arrangements for investment professionals, senior advisors, and operating executives. Other key names include Washington’s Matt Mauney, who is experienced across regulated industries such as healthcare, aerospace, and defense, and Boston’s Chris Wilson, who represents management teams and operating executives from healthcare services and technology companies in sales transactions.