Goodwin Procter has made its San Francisco and Los Angeles debut with a handful of partners plucked from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Cooley Godward.
Joining the Boston-based firm in its new San Francisco office at 101 California St., which officially opened Tuesday, are former head of Cooley Godward's real estate practice Paul Churchill and fellow real estate attorney Mark Goldberg. Churchill will lead the office's real estate practice, which will be fleshed out with former Pillsbury litigation partners Forrest Hainline and Patrick Thompson.
Churchill has represented real estate investment firm Menlo Equities LLC and Woodside Hotels & Resorts among other clients.
Spearheading the Los Angeles office, which also opened Tuesday, will be former Pillsbury real estate head Lewis Feldman, who has advised clients in both the public and private sectors on more than $50 billion in capital markets transactions. These include Anschutz Entertainment Group Inc., AvalonBay Communities Inc. and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Also on board are former Pillsbury public finance and real estate lawyer Bruce Graham and public finance attorney Robert Haight Jr.
Tuan Pham, who did real estate and public finance work at Pillsbury, will split his time between L.A. and San Francisco. None of the new partners could be reached for comment Monday.
Two Goodwin partners will relocate from Boston to help with the integration and buildup at the new offices. Products liability practice leader Edward Weltman will join in San Francisco, and real estate capital markets tax partner Edward Glazer will join the L.A. team.
A Palo Alto office is set to open "sooner rather than later," though nothing is "actually in the works," firm chairwoman Regina Pisa said.
Details here from The Recorder via Law.com.