What Goodwin Procter does

Goodwin Procter LLP is a global, partner-owned law firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1912. The firm delivers legal services across three platforms — Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Regulatory Compliance and Advisory, and Transactions — and concentrates its practice on six vertical industries: healthcare, investment funds and capital, life sciences, private equity, real estate, and technology. Approximately 2,400 US employees serve enterprise clients from offices in Boston, New York, Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Silicon Valley, Philadelphia, and the newly opened Newport Beach location.

The firm generates revenue through professional fees billed under hourly, fixed-fee, success-fee, and retainer arrangements tied to corporate matters such as M&A, fund formation, securities, IP licensing, regulatory matters, and litigation. The firm has acted as lead advisor on a number of recent marquee transactions, including Fox Corporation's $22 billion acquisition of Roku, Eli Lilly's $7.8 billion acquisition of Centessa Pharmaceuticals, and the formation of Lead Edge Capital VII at $3.5 billion.

The firm's go-to-market is relationship-based and partner-led, supported by thought-leadership publications, industry events (including the HumanX conference), and targeted lateral hiring. Recent strategic initiatives under the 'Goodwin 2033' plan include the Newport Beach office expansion, partnerships with Hivemind Capital/UC Berkeley on the darkmatter lab program, and a design partnership with Legora on an AI-powered client collaboration platform. The firm recorded FY2025 revenue of $2.7 billion, a 12% year-over-year increase.

Name

Goodwin Procter

Legal name

Goodwin Procter LLP

Website

https://goodwinprocter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1912

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Goodwin Procter is a partner-owned global law firm headquartered in Boston that delivers litigation, regulatory, and transactional legal services to enterprise clients concentrated in six industries: technology, private equity, life sciences, healthcare, real estate, and investment funds.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Fees: Goodwin generates revenue through legal professional fees, including hourly billing, fixed-fee arrangements, success fees on transactions, and subscription-style retainer arrangements for ongoing client relationships. Revenue comes from serving corporate clients in M&A, private equity, litigation, real estate, and regulatory matters.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Goodwin Procter is a global law firm delivering corporate, transactional, regulatory, and litigation legal services to institutional clients. The firm operates across six target industries — healthcare, investment funds and capital, life sciences, private equity, real estate, and technology — through three service platforms: Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Regulatory Compliance and Advisory, and Transactions.

Product overview

Goodwin Procter is a global law firm providing legal services across six core industry sectors: healthcare, investment funds and capital, life sciences, private equity, real estate, and technology. The firm operates through three primary service platforms: Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Regulatory Compliance and Advisory, and Transactions. Rather than offering a technology product, the firm delivers legal expertise powered by industry knowledge and business advisory capabilities. The firm has 2,400 US employees and reported record revenue of $2.7 billion for fiscal year 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Quantifiable outcome

• Record revenue of $2.7 billion for FY2025, representing 12% year-over-year increase

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hivemind Capital, UC Berkeley (darkmatter lab)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026Goodwin partnered with Hivemind Capital and UC Berkeley's darkmatter lab to provide legal and operational support for the program accelerating frontier technology commercialization. Each selected project receives at least $1 million in resources including research funding, Google Cloud compute credits, and legal support. Initial focus areas include AI infrastructure, agentic systems, cybersecurity, and decentralized systems.
• Gunderson DettmerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGoodwin partnered with Gunderson Dettmer as part of the darkmatter lab program with Hivemind Capital and UC Berkeley to provide legal and operational support to selected frontier technology projects.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cooley LLP: Cooley is a leading US law firm with overlapping deep practices in technology, life sciences, venture capital, and private equity, competing head-to-head with Goodwin on emerging-company representation, fund formation, and high-value M&A. Both firms position around the same VC/PE/tech buyer ecosystem.
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini is the preeminent technology and life sciences law firm, with very similar client mix to Goodwin across venture-backed companies, public tech, and biotech. The two firms directly compete on IPO, M&A, and corporate governance matters for tech and life sciences clients.
• Fenwick & West LLP: Fenwick & West is a leading California-based technology and life sciences law firm with a very similar client base to Goodwin across venture-backed tech, biotech, and high-growth companies. The firms compete directly for emerging-company and technology M&A mandates.
• Gunderson Dettmer LLP: Gunderson Dettmer is the leading venture capital and emerging-company law firm, with deep specialization in VC financings, fund formations, and tech M&A. It is co-partnered with Goodwin on the darkmatter lab program and competes closely for venture-stage mandates.
• Reed Smith LLP: Reed Smith is a global law firm overlapping with Goodwin on life sciences, healthcare, and technology litigation. The firms have exchanged lateral hires (Reed Smith hired a Goodwin healthcare partner; Goodwin hired Reed Smith Philadelphia partners), indicating direct competition for talent and clients in these verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Kirkland & Ellis LLP: Kirkland & Ellis is the largest law firm globally by revenue and dominates private equity deal work, directly overlapping with Goodwin's private funds and M&A practices. It is a broader-scope full-service platform rather than a tech/life sciences specialist, but is the principal incumbent Goodwin competes against for sponsor-led deals.
• Latham & Watkins LLP: Latham & Watkins is a full-service global law firm with leading practices in M&A, capital markets, private equity, and life sciences, overlapping heavily with Goodwin's transactional platforms. Latham recently hired Goodwin's former co-head of secondaries, illustrating the bidirectional lateral competition.
• Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP: Davis Polk is a leading US law firm with premier M&A, securities, and investment funds practices directly competing with Goodwin on large-cap transactions, IPOs, and fund formations. The firms overlap most prominently in investment funds and high-end M&A advisory.
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP: Skadden is a major full-service law firm with leading practices in M&A, securities, and investment funds, regularly serving as Goodwin's competitor on large public M&A, fund formations, and transactional mandates.
• Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP: Cleary Gottlieb is a premier US/international law firm with strong practices in M&A, securities, antitrust, and investment funds. It competes with Goodwin on large-cap deals and cross-border transactions, particularly involving regulatory complexity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/goodwinlaw
• Facebookfacebook.com/118266874895544
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/goodwin-law

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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