John Leclaire Bio

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.