Goodwin has hired a team of three private equity partners in London, adding Anu Balasubramanian, Jamie Holdoway, and Chetan Sheth to its Private Equity practice as it continues to build out sponsor capabilities across the UK and continental Europe.
Balasubramanian will join the firm as Chair of European Private Equity, working with Goodwin’s M&A, debt finance, and private investment funds teams in London, Paris, Munich, Brussels, and Luxembourg. The firm positioned the hire as part of its broader Goodwin 2033 strategy and its ongoing investment in private equity coverage across the full sponsor lifecycle, including fund formation, growth, buyout, and portfolio transactions.
Goodwin said it is a market leader in private equity with more than 350 lawyers globally advising clients from fund formation through leveraged buyouts, growth equity investments, management incentive plans and exits. The London additions follow a period of strategic expansion across the United States, Asia, and Europe, spanning M&A, private investment funds, debt finance, tax, and regulatory specialties, the firm said.
The firm also highlighted continued hiring momentum in London and globally, noting that over the past two years it has welcomed 22 partners worldwide, including London hires Ian Keefe, George Weavil, Jacqueline Eaves, Arvin Abraham, John Anderson and Tom Roberts. Goodwin said Matt Ayre and Emmie Jones are scheduled to join in January 2026.
Balasubramanian brings more than 20 years of experience leading complex leveraged buyouts, corporate M&A, and portfolio advice across sectors, including technology and software, financial and business services, and consumer services.
Holdoway advises financial sponsors across a range of downstream transactions, including complex leveraged buyouts, consortia bids, sponsor joint ventures, minority investments, and management incentivization, with experience across technology, digital infrastructure, and business services.
Sheth focuses on advising financial sponsor clients on matters including control investments, exits and divestitures, bolt-on transactions, joint ventures, co-investments, reorganisations and management incentivisation arrangements.
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“We are delighted Anu, Jamie and Chetan have chosen to join Goodwin. Continuing to invest in our London and European private equity capability is core to our global Goodwin 2033 strategy, which sees us providing excellent legal counsel and strategic business advisory to clients across the private equity ecosystem, from fund formation, to growth, buyout and portfolio transactions. Anu has an outstanding reputation in the market and the team’s track record for advising on sophisticated cross-border transactions in innovative and dynamic industries is a strong match with our global platform”.
Anthony McCusker, Partner And Chair At Goodwin
“I am delighted to be joining Goodwin’s leading private equity team. In my new role, I am looking forward to working closely with the partners across Europe to deliver integrated and sophisticated cross-border solutions for private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies and drive further client expansion across Goodwin’s global private equity platform”.
Anu Balasubramanian, Chair Of European Private Equity
“We are excited to join forces with Anu, Jamie and Chetan in scaling our market-leading European private equity offering. This team, alongside our other recent hires, demonstrates and enhances the strength of Goodwin’s deep industry expertise in technology, healthcare and life sciences and the advantage this brings to the client experience across our global platform.”
Carl Bradshaw, London-Based partner in Goodwin’s Private Equity Practice And Member Of The Firm’s Global Executive Committee
