Goodwin Procter has brought in David Evans and Samantha Lake Coghlan to join the firm as partners in its London office. Evans will head Goodwin's City of London practice, spearheading expansion of the firm's presence in Europe and leveraging Goodwin's presence in the real estate, fund formation and private equity sectors in the U.S., while Lake Coghlan will focus on real estate private equity transactions. They join from Ashurst, where they had spent their entire legal careers. Both were partners at Ashurst.