Goodwin has continued to expand its London private equity practice with the hire of Matthew Ayre, who was previously head of the leveraged finance team at Travers Smith where he served as a partner since 2007.
Earlier this month Goodwin brought over Kirkland PE partner Tom Roberts. Ayre will now work closely with Roberts and PE partner Simon Fullbrook, who has been at Goodwin for a decade, and the wider debt finance team. Over the past two years the London team has hired five other partners, including Ian Keefe and George Weavil who both left Travers after 15 years.










