Goodwin, the global law firm serving innovators and investors, today announced that Scott French joined the firm’s Technology practice as a partner, resident in the Los Angeles office. French joins the firm from Latham & Watkins LLP in Los Angeles.

“Scott’s broad experience as a lifecycle lawyer is a terrific match for the needs of our emerging company and venture capital clients in Southern California,” said Anthony McCusker, co-chair of Goodwin’s Technology practice. “We are excited to have Scott on our team as our technology clients around the world continue to partner with us in their development and growth.”

French advises fast-growing companies on a full spectrum of corporate transactions. He helps clients across industries and throughout all stages of the business lifecycle, including venture capital and private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets transactions.

Refinitiv named Goodwin the number one global advisor for venture capital, and private equity rounds and venture capital rounds by deal count in its 2021 league tables. Pitchbook’s global league tables ranked Goodwin as the number one legal advisor in the world for venture capital exits by deal count in 2021. The firm was also named a top dealmaker by Mergermarket M&A Deal Drivers (Americas) league tables for technology, media, and telecom M&A, and pharma, medical, and biotech M&A.