A month after slashing its workforce, Goodwin Procter is poised to launch a private equity practice in London, where the firm reopened an office in late 2011 with a raid on British firm Ashurst.

This time around, Goodwin Procter, which has seen several notable partners leave its ranks so far this year, landed RICHARD LEVER, co-head of the London corporate group at Asia Pacific legal giant King & Wood Mallesons.