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Growth spurts: Can Goodwin Procter’s impressive string of European hires hold it together?

Madeleine Farman and Victoria Young sit down with Europe chair David Evans (pictured) to discuss laterals, integration and the next steps in the region

After its recent haul of new hires, it is hard to believe Goodwin Procter’s 119-lawyer offering in Europe began in 2011 with one partner, a telephone and a desk in London. Europe chair David Evans joined Goodwin after a 26-year stint at Ashurst, where he had served as a board member. One month later he was followed by colleague Samantha Lake Coghlan, a real estate funds partner. It was nearly a year before they gained their next lateral partner, Linklaters’ global co-head of real estate Joe Conder.