About

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Goodwin’s unique combination of deep experience serving both the innovators and investors in a rapidly-changing, technology-driven economy sets us apart. We partner with clients to embrace the promise and potential of innovation to make a lasting impact. Our Debt Finance practice represents borrowers, private equity sponsors and lenders in a broad range of financing transactions. Our Debt Finance lawyers work closely with the firm's Private Equity, Technology Companies, Capital Markets, and Financial Restructuring groups structuring, negotiating and documenting domestic and cross-border debt financing arrangements, including secured and unsecured senior, mezzanine and subordinated debt facilities, acquisition-financing transactions, working capital facilities, as well as loan workouts and restructurings.

On the borrower side, Goodwin represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies, leading public and private companies and start-ups in a wide variety of business industries. On the lender side, Goodwin’s clients include domestic and international banks, insurance and finance companies, mezzanine lenders, business development companies and other institutional investors.

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Banking & Finance - Massachusetts

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What the Team is Known For

Goodwin advises private creditors and financial institutions on mid-market credit facilities and represents private companies in lending and capital markets transactions. The team regularly handles matters on behalf of clients in the private equity, real estate and technology sectors. The team has notable expertise in private equity healthcare and life sciences transactions and in handling complex acquisition financing transactions.

Work Highlights

  • Goodwin acted for Washington Trust Bancorp in SEC reporting, corporate governance and banking regulatory matters.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Samantha Kirby
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Samantha Kirby
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Band 1
Samantha Kirby is recognized for her excellent work counseling clients on corporate governance, banking regulations and transactional-related concerns. She frequently works with large financial institutions on various banking and finance matters.

Samantha is extremely knowledgeable, responsive and has excellent client service skills.

She is able to determine how to solve some pretty complex issues.

Anna Dodson
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Anna Dodson
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Band 2
Anna Dodson represents private credit funds in debt refinancings, recapitalizations and acquisition financings. She has acted for clients in the healthcare, consumer, real estate and technology sectors.

She's very practical, smart and constructive.

Anna is a terrific lawyer and partner.

She has a great demeanor and a sharp mind - I am always learning from her when we work together.

Anne Bandes
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Anne Bandes
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Up and Coming
Anne Bandes is an up-and-coming lawyer with notable experience advising borrowers on acquisition financings.

Anne is exceptional and a pleasure to work with.

She is very sharp, commercial and easy to deal with.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Anna Dodson
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Anna Dodson
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Band 2
Anne Bandes
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Anne Bandes
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Up and Coming
Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory

Samantha Kirby
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Samantha Kirby
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Band 1

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