NQ Salary
~£175,000
TC Salary
~£55,000 / £60,000 (year 1 / year 2)
Annual Intake
~14 per year (London)
Seats
4 seats
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Goodwin opened in London in 2008, its first European office, and has grown into one of the faster-moving international practices in the City. It works at what it calls the intersection of capital and innovation, pairing more than 60 London private equity specialists with strong technology and life sciences teams (the European life sciences group runs across London, Cambridge and Paris). The firm advises over 300 private equity clients globally and describes itself as a dominant mid-market player in the US, and increasingly in Europe.
Culture & Values
The London intake is small, 14 trainees a year, each spending six months in four practice areas. The rotation is unusually broad for a US firm: alongside private equity and funds, trainees can sit in life sciences, technology, financial services and antitrust, matching the firm's innovation-economy focus. Every trainee is assigned both an associate supervisor and a partner supervisor, with substantive responsibility and client contact from the start.
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