Legal firm Goodwin hired two partners for the firms international private equity practice in Asia.

Douglas Freeman and Victor Chen joined the firm on 19 October from rival firm, Paul Hastings, where they were partners. The appointments are new roles on Goodwin's international private equity platform.

Having worked together for several years, Freeman and Chen have cultivated a robust Asia-focused practice guiding private equity firms, investment banks, venture capital firms and institutional investors. 

Chen has experience in advising private equity, venture and institutional investors in their Greater China and U.S. transactions, and has also been active in listed-companies-going-private deals.

Freemans practice has focused on representing public and private companies, private equity firms and investment banking firms in connection with mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and corporate transactions.