Goodwin Procter LLP (known as Goodwin) is a Global 50 law firm consisting of more than 1000 lawyers with offices in Boston, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.. Goodwin focuses on complex transactional work and high-stakes litigation in matters involving financial institutions, intellectual property, private equity, real estate capital markets, securities litigation, white collar defense, technology and life sciences.
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History
In 1912, lawyers and former Harvard classmates Robert Eliot Goodwin and Joseph Osborne Procter, Jr. ran into each other on the street and decided to start their own law firm, Goodwin & Procter, which opened its offices at 84 State Street in Boston. That winter, Robert Goodwin and Amos Taylor represented Marjorie Newell Robb against the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company for the sum of $110,400 resulting from the April 15, 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic. Not long after, Samuel Hoar V, a litigator, was hired, followed by Fred Tarbell Field, a well-respected tax lawyer who was a friend of Procter's, and the firm became known as Goodwin, Procter, Field & Hoar. In early 1929, Field was appointed a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (and would later become its Chief Justice), and the firm was renamed Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, a name it would retain for the next 72 years.
In 1998, Regina Pisa became the first woman to be named Chairman and Managing Partner of an AmLaw 100 firm. Under Pisa's leadership, Goodwin grew from 300 lawyers primarily in Boston to more than 900 lawyers serving clients from eight locations in the United States, Europe and Asia.
In 2004, the firm merged with the Washington, D.C.-based litigation and regulatory mid-sized firm Shea & Gardner. The following year over 60 attorneys from Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault joined Goodwin Law as Testa Hurwitz dissolved. More recently, Goodwin added a number of lawyers from Heller Ehrman.
Goodwin first established its West Coast presence in 2006, opening offices in Los Angeles (Century City) and San Francisco. It expanded in 2007 with a second office in Downtown L.A. and San Diego, and launched its Silicon Valley presence later that year. In 2013, Goodwin announced the closure of its San Diego branch. By 2016, the firm had 160 attorneys in its California offices.
In 2015, Goodwin announced the opening of an office in Frankfurt, Germany with a group of real estate capital markets and private equity lawyers. In April 2016, Goodwin announced the opening of its third European office in Paris, France with a top-ranked team of six private equity and M&A lawyers. In January 2017, Goodwin announced a significant expansion of its European Private Equity and Private Investment Funds practices with a group comprising the bulk of the market-leading and former SJ Berwin investment funds team.
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Reputation
Goodwin has been consistently recognized by Chambers, and U.S. News and World Report,, and The American Lawyer. Legal Business named Goodwin to its list of top 30 global firms. U.S. News and World Report has named Goodwin Biotechnology Law Firm of the Year five times in the past six years.
Founders Workbench
In 2010, Goodwin launched Founders Workbench, a first-of-its-kind open source legal advisory resource designed to help entrepreneurs navigate the legal and organizational challenges faced by startups and emerging businesses, with free start-up document creation capability. In March 2013, Goodwin launched an updated version of Founders Workbench, which now included legal documents for establishing Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) and introduced new web mobile apps for managing finances and understanding relevant legal and business terms. The site has been recognized by the Legal Marketing Association, InformationWeek, and CIO.
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External links
- Official website
- Goodwin Procter companies grouped at OpenCorporates
- Founders Workbench
- Big Molecule Watch
- Consumer Finance Enforcement Watch
- Goodwin Gaming
- Digital Currency Perspectives
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