Boston-rooted Goodwin Procter expects to establish a full-service office in Philadelphia that could reach 50 lawyers, with firm leadership viewing the market as a perfect breeding ground for its core practices. The 1,800-lawyer Goodwin, which formally entered the Philadelphia market Monday with the addition of 14 Troutman Pepper Hamilton & Sanders partners, now has 16 locations. Philadelphia becomes its 8th office in the U.S. with the other half of the law firm’s sites situated in Europe and Asia. Chairman Rob Insolia said the firm does not have a geographic strategy but rather one focused on representing six industry verticals — private equity, real estate, technology, health care, life sciences and financial services. It keys on the convergence and disruption that technology causes in other industries, such as fintech and proptech. In the Philadelphia market, Insolia said he sees a dynamic market for life sciences, private equity and particularly for health care. Philadelphia is known for its eds and meds, and Goodwin has taken notice of it from afar. “We see health care as in this kind of a triangle of convergence of technology, private equity and life sciences,” Insolia said. “We see a lot of really vibrant industry players […]