“Tech transactions are specialist,” they told us. ![]() People were calling and texting me directly, which was gratifying.”įor those wondering how the firm’s tech transactions (TTG) team differs from the wider corporate team that also does tech transactions, this associate helpfully summed it up. ![]() Across our research, sources were positive about the level of client contact, “which I got almost immediately. Transactional sources told us “I can do anything from incorporating a company, to advising a company on board consents, to closing a $200 million series C financing.” Sources had worked on SPACs, tenders, IPOs, and public company matters, and advised clients on a variety of issues like “how to frame new transactions,” for example. The firm’s corporate practice represents mostly private companies ranging from startups to global behemoths. The firm’s top-ranked debt & equity capital markets practice takes companies to market through a range of different mechanisms including direct listings and via special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). Associates also joined the IP, antitrust and technology transactions groups. The firm is known for its transactional work, and around a half of the juniors on our list were in the firm’s corporate dept, with litigation taking around 20% of the rest. “I can do anything from incorporating a company, to advising a company on board consents, to closing a $200 million series C financing.” You can reach out to partners for work you find interesting.” Summers are asked about which practice group they want to get experience in before they start and once in the group, “there’s an online system and you take work across the firm from that.” Cross-office collaboration continues upon joining, while work allocation is a combination of a free-market system and assignments dispensed by “a fantastic work coordinator! No one gets overloaded, but they make sure there’s a balance,” one source praised. ![]() DC, where the firm’s main antitrust department is housed, was the next biggest (21), followed by San Diego (15) and New York (12).Īround two thirds of the lawyers on the list had summered at the firm. If, like Tom Hanks in Castaway, you’re now screaming ‘Wilson!’ Palo Alto is your most likely island, taking on over a third of all juniors on our list (around 50). Internationally, Wilson has offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, London, and Brussels. All told Wilson accrues a cool 29 rankings, with standout accolades for its debt & equity capital markets and securities litigation practices in California. This network of offices bring in top nationwide billings from Chambers USA for the firm’s work with startups & emerging companies. ![]() Over on the East Coast, Wilson has bases in New York, DC, and Wilmington, Delaware. Wilson also has a footing in other upcoming startup/life sciences hubs around the country, in Austin, Boston, Seattle, Boulder, and Salt Lake City. There’s also a San Francisco office, plus two more Cali strongholds in LA and San Diego. Certainly “the really cool tech clients” were a major selling point to the junior associates we spoke to.Īs a tech and life sciences hub, Palo Alto is a natural home for Wilson’s HQ. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (known to its friends and employees simply as Wilson) is one of the country’s top startup firms, having brought some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley to market (Apple, Twitter, Google and Tesla are just some examples). If cutting-edge tech is what makes you tick, here’s a firm that has to be on your list.
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