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RISING STARS

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JESSE NEVAREZ PARTNER, GOODWIN PROCTER

PRACTICE PROFILE: Goodwin Proct- backgrounds at the firm. He is also a DEI co-chair for Goodwin’s
er partner Jesse Nevarez is known for Technology Business Unit.
his capital markets, M&A and emerg-
ing company expertise within the PRIOR EXPERIENCE:
technology and life sciences sectors. Associate, Goodwin, December 2013-September 2018
He has a client-centered approach, Associate, Choate, Hall & Stewart, September 2010-November
and strong commitment to ensuring 2013
equality of opportunity within Good-
win and the greater legal community. EDUCATION:
These qualities are the result of his J.D., Boston College Law School, 2009
decade plus of experience at international law firms, as well B.A., cum laude, Georgetown University, 2006
as having spent his entire career practicing in the tech and life
sciences hubs of New York City and Boston. Jesse continues
to work on some of Goodwin’s most complex and innovative
transactions.
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO YOUNG LAWYERS?
LEADERSHIP, PRO BONO AND CIVIC WORK: At Goodwin, Continue to dream and live big. Do not shrink when your dreams
Jesse holds a leadership role on the Black Anti-racism Task are at stake.
Force and is a leader on the New York Council of Goodwin’s
Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity (CRED), which seeks
to recruit, retain and advance lawyers from underrepresented

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ARINZE ONUGHA SPECIAL COUNSEL, FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON

PRACTICE PROFILE: Arinze’s prac- B.S., cum laude, Wharton Business School, 2004
tice focuses on forming and advising
private investment funds.

LEADERSHIP, PRO BONO AND
CIVIC WORK:
Chairman of the Board, DIFFvelop-
ment
Co-Chair, External Affairs Committee,
Board of Directors, New York Univer-
sity School of Law Alumni Association

PRIOR EXPERIENCE:
Partner, Sullivan & Worcester, January 2021-September 2021;
associate, March 2017-January 2021
Law Office of Arinze Onugha, 2010-2017 WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO YOUNG LAWYERS?
General Counsel, Co-Owner, HLS Restaurant LLC, 2010-2016 Don’t wait until you become a leader before you start acting like
Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, 2007-2010 you’re already in such a position. Bring your perspective, vernacular,
culture, interests, skillsets and experiences to any organization you
EDUCATION: are part of, and never dim your light to make others more comfortable.
J.D., New York University School of Law, 2007

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