2019 Best Law Firms for Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
Cooley LLP
Founded by Arthur Cooley and Louis Crowley in 1920 in San Francisco, Cooley became a major player in California, as it prospered in the Silicon Valley boom years (and survived the bust). Since then, the firm has expanded its reach to Southern...
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati built its reputation advising some of the major tech and life sciences industries as well as the banks and venture capitalists keeping those bold experiments flush with greenbacks. It follows, then, that the...
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
Although Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian is a Silicon Valley firm at heart, it has already outgrown its status as a “boutique” for the technological world. The firm has expanded in the U.S. and internationally over...
Fenwick & West LLP
In 1972, four attorneys moved from New York to Palo Alto to found a firm based on their vision that the Silicon Valley would become the future tech Mecca of the world. They were right. Small wonder, then, that the area's alpha geeks—Facebook,...
Morrison & Foerster LLP
In 1973 those cats in San Fran approved “MoFo” as Morrison & Foerster’s official nickname, accentuating the firm’s unconventional modus operandi. Still, the firm is distinguished by much more than its rebel epithet. MoFo complements its...
Latham & Watkins LLP
Latham is one of the world’s largest law firms, a bona fide member of the clique that includes the Magic Circle and the elite U.S. heritage firms. With more than 2,500 attorneys in 30 offices around the world, Latham practices in all the major...
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kirkland & Ellis, one the world’s most elite law firms, is recognized for its private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions, litigation and dispute resolution/arbitration, restructuring, and intellectual property work....
Goodwin Procter LLP
Founded in Boston more than a century ago, Goodwin has grown to more than 1,000 lawyers in ten offices throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia. The firm focuses on working with clients in the financial, private equity, real estate, technology, and...
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Founded more than 150 years ago in San Francisco, Orrick today is a global firm of more than 1,100 attorneys focused on serving three sectors: tech & innovation, energy & infrastructure, and finance. Building out from the Bay ...
Ropes & Gray LLP
Ropes & Gray has expanded in every measurable way in the 21st century, acquiring smaller boutique firms in the States while claiming new turf in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Known for its corporate and asset management work, the firm...