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John LeClaire is the founder and co-chair of Goodwin's nationally ranked Private Equity group and one of the most prominent private equity and growth company lawyers in the US, operating at the center of a vast network of connections and friends built up over four plus decades at Goodwin.
The Goodwin Private Equity group serves a blue-chip roster of private equity firms and growth companies globally and has earned recognition as the market leader for middle-market PE firms and transactions. Generation after generation of John’s proteges have expanded Goodwin’s PE franchise, globally.
John joined Goodwin in 1982 and has been a partner since 1989, and remains an active front line lawyer, firm strategist and industry commentator.
JD, Boston University School of Law 1982 (magna cum laude); AB, Brown University 1979 (magna cum laude)
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John LeClaire enjoys a sterling reputation for his private equity practice and is considered a first port of call for complex transactional work. He is held in particularly high esteem for his abilities in midmarket investment work, as well as acting for portfolio companies on corporate law issues.
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John LeClaire is phenomenal.
John LeClaire is phenomenal.