Key Takeaways
- • Goodwin announces Rebecca Lock as partner in Philadelphia, joining both Real Estate and Investment Funds and Capital industry groups, strengthening the firm's market-leading position in real estate funds advisory.
- • Lock brings specialized expertise in structuring and forming real estate funds, fund management companies, and complex capital deployment vehicles including open-end and closed-end funds, joint ventures, and co-investment arrangements.
- • Lock's experience spans fund formation, capital raising, and sophisticated private equity transactions including secondary sales, seed capital, minority stake arrangements, and key person events for global real estate and private equity sponsors.
- • This hire follows Goodwin's recent strategic expansion of its Investment Funds and Capital platform with three partner additions in New York (Julia Kolovarsky, Olya Kurilovich, and Daniel Mencaroni), signaling sustained investment in fund advisory capabilities.
- • Goodwin's global Investment Funds and Capital and Real Estate platform now serves 1,000 investment managers across Europe, Asia, and the United States, positioning the firm to advise on capital structuring, raising, financing, and deployment across global markets.
Summary
Goodwin, a global law firm, has expanded its Philadelphia office by adding Rebecca Lock as partner in its Real Estate and Investment Funds and Capital industry groups. Lock, described by John Ferguson, leader of Goodwin's Investment Funds and Capital group, as "a highly regarded advisor to real estate fund sponsors," brings deep expertise in fund formation, capital raising, and complex investment structures that align with institutional investor demand for sophisticated real estate vehicles.
Lock's practice focuses on structuring, negotiating, and forming real estate funds and their management companies. Her advisory work spans both open-end and closed-end investment funds, programmatic joint ventures, and co-investment arrangements for global real estate and private equity fund sponsors. Beyond foundational fund formation, Lock has extensive experience in complex transactions including key person events, strategic investments in fund sponsors, minority stake sales, secondary transactions, seed capital arrangements, and anchor investor placements—all areas of critical importance to institutional capital allocators.
The addition of Lock reflects Goodwin's broader investment in expanding its market-leading Investment Funds and Capital platform. The firm has demonstrated sustained commitment to this expansion with recent partner hires in New York, including Julia Kolovarsky, Olya Kurilovich, and Daniel Mencaroni. This sequential hiring pattern underscores Goodwin's strategic positioning around growing institutional demand for sophisticated fund structuring and capital deployment advisory services.
Goodwin's global Investment Funds and Capital and Real Estate teams now operate across Europe, Asia, and the United States, serving 1,000 investment managers. The platform advises on structuring, raising, financing, and deploying capital across global markets, positioning the firm to serve institutional investors, fund sponsors, and alternative asset managers navigating increasingly complex regulatory and structural environments in real estate fund formation.
Lock's practice focuses on structuring, negotiating, and forming real estate funds and their management companies. Her advisory work spans both open-end and closed-end investment funds, programmatic joint ventures, and co-investment arrangements for global real estate and private equity fund sponsors. Beyond foundational fund formation, Lock has extensive experience in complex transactions including key person events, strategic investments in fund sponsors, minority stake sales, secondary transactions, seed capital arrangements, and anchor investor placements—all areas of critical importance to institutional capital allocators.
The addition of Lock reflects Goodwin's broader investment in expanding its market-leading Investment Funds and Capital platform. The firm has demonstrated sustained commitment to this expansion with recent partner hires in New York, including Julia Kolovarsky, Olya Kurilovich, and Daniel Mencaroni. This sequential hiring pattern underscores Goodwin's strategic positioning around growing institutional demand for sophisticated fund structuring and capital deployment advisory services.
Goodwin's global Investment Funds and Capital and Real Estate teams now operate across Europe, Asia, and the United States, serving 1,000 investment managers. The platform advises on structuring, raising, financing, and deploying capital across global markets, positioning the firm to serve institutional investors, fund sponsors, and alternative asset managers navigating increasingly complex regulatory and structural environments in real estate fund formation.
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