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Goodwin adds private investment funds team in London

Law firm Goodwin has expanded its private equity and private investment funds practices with the appointment of six new partners, 15 associates and five trainees in the London office, all of whom join from the London office of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM).

The group comprises the bulk of the former SJ Berwin investment funds team and includes Michael Halford, Ed Hall, Laura Charkin, Shawn D’Aguiar, Patrick Deasy, and Ajay Pathak. They join Goodwin as partners.
 
“A fully built-out, integrated private investment funds offering is instrumental to the continued growth of Goodwin’s international private equity practice,” says David Evans, chair of Goodwin’s European offices. “We are very fortunate to have attracted this remarkable team of fund experts for the benefit of Goodwin’s fund management and investment clients. We look forward to welcoming Michael, Ed, Laura, Shawn, Patrick, Ajay, and their colleagues to the Goodwin family.” 
 
“With the addition of this talented group of lawyers, we reinforce Goodwin’s commitment to providing truly sector-wide private funds formation coverage to clients across multiple geographies,” says AJ Weidhaas, co-chair of Goodwin’s private equity practice. “This talented team joins our growing international private equity platform of more than 150 lawyers, and – coupled with a number of other recent appointments across Goodwin’s offices – significantly augments our leading private equity, real estate and investment fund formation capabilities.”
 
Halford specialises in private equity and investment fund structuring and acts for managers and investors covering a wide range of funds, incentive schemes and co-investment arrangements. He served as head of investment funds at KWM.
 
Hall specialises in the formation of private equity funds, acting for both general partners and investors. He has a particular focus on mid-market and large private equity funds, infrastructure funds and carried interest/co-investment arrangements.
 
Charkin is a fund taxation expert with deep experience in structuring private funds, executive incentivisation arrangements, and investment management platforms.
 
D’Aguiar specialises in private equity and investment fund structuring and formation. He covers a wide range of funds including emerging markets, Shariah-compliant funds, incentive schemes and co-investment arrangements.
 
Deasy regularly acts for limited partners and has particular expertise in emerging markets, infrastructure, private equity real estate and renewable energy funds. He served as co-head of the Africa group at KWM.
 
Pathak advises hedge fund managers, private equity houses, financial institutions, broker-dealers, custodians, clearing and settlement agents, and trading platforms in the hedge funds, financial markets, private equity and infrastructure sectors. He also led KWM’s India business group.

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