Leading US law firm to switch offices in Boston

[Published January 2013 and last updated October 2026] Goodwin Procter LLP, one of the leading law firms in the US, has announced that it has committed to occupying all available office space at a newly developed building at Fan Pier in Boston.

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The Fallon Company, behind the regeneration of Fan Pier, welcomed the commitment as another positive step in one of the largest ongoing mixed-use development efforts in the United States.

As many as 860 Boston-based Goodwin Procter attorneys and professional staff will move to Fan Pier and the firm’s new 360,000-square-foot Boston office space. The business was founded in Boston almost exactly a century ago.

“As Goodwin Procter’s 100^th year draws to a close, it is only fitting that we begin our next century working in ‘a home to call our own’ in the firm’s founding city,” said Goodwin Procter chairman Regina M Pisa. “Our talented and dedicated staff looks forward to joining current and prospective clients in the city’s premier waterfront location.”

The building into which Goodwin Procter will move is a 17-storey office tower that forms a crucial part of the broader 21-acre and nine-block development along the Boston Waterfront. In addition to its Boston office, the law firm has offices in Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, and San Diego.

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino said, “The Fallon Company has done a tremendous job of attracting premier companies to this emerging neighbourhood. Goodwin Procter, with its prestigious global reputation, forward-thinking business approach, and expertise across all sectors of the law, including technology and intellectual property, is a welcome and fitting addition.”

Editor’s notes: Goodwin Procter rebranded as Goodwin and relocated to 100 Northern Avenue in the city’s Seaport District in 2016, becoming the property’s anchor tenant.

The 21-acre Fan Pier scheme offers world-class office space, retail, restaurant and residential opportunities and, as of August 2024, was home to office tenants Mass Mutual, Vertex, Fish and Richardson, and Mass Challenge.

As of October 2026, Goodwin maintained its 100 Northern Avenue office as well as nine other offices across the States, seven offices in Europe and the Middle East, and three offices in Asia.

At the time, office space was available to lease in buildings in Boston’s Seaport District, including The Foundry at Drydock, Pier 4, and 7 Channel Street.

Flexible workspace providers Regus and WeWork also offered flexible alternatives to leased office space in the district in the form of private offices and coworking desks.