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Welcome to Silicon Hills. As the tech hub of Texas, Austin is home to more than 9,600 tech companies and scores of VC and private equity firms, accelerators, and other investors.
Located in the capital of Texas, our Austin office tailors our full range of legal services to the needs of technology and life sciences companies at all stages of development. Joining the Austin team means you will be given fast-paced, exciting work from day one, working with start-ups, entrepreneurs, and venture capital firms.
In addition to representing clients in a broad range of corporate, securities, M&A, and other transactions-related matters, our Austin attorneys advise on governance, employment, privacy and IP, including IP licensing and commercial contracts. Our team also includes experienced litigators who represent clients in complex IP, employment, trade secret, and other commercial disputes.
In Austin, our summer associate program typically recruits two to five summers, focusing on our corporate and technology transactions practices.
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Wilson Sonsini is seeking a Vendor Management Counsel to join its Office of the General Counsel (OGC). The OGC manages the full spectrum of legal matters arising from the firm's own operations—from commercial and vendor relationships to regulatory compliance, employment, and risk management. . This role offers the opportunity to manage a high-volume, varied contracting practice within a sophisticated internal legal team.
Our Technology Transactions Group offers an excellent opportunity for self-motivated and entrepreneurial individuals with a strong interest in technology companies at all stages of growth to help build and grow an established and dynamic national practice group. Our team primarily works on structuring, drafting, and negotiating a variety of intellectual property and commercial transactions as well as the intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, financings, and other multidisciplinary transactions. If you have 6+ years of relevant experience and enjoy training associates and working as part of a national team, we want to hear from you.
As a Senior Trademark Paralegal at Wilson Sonsini, you’ll support some of the most innovative companies in tech and life sciences, helping protect the brands behind breakthrough technologies. You’ll work on cutting-edge matters in a fast-paced, collaborative environment at a firm known for its deep IP expertise and commitment to clients shaping the future. This position is available as a hybrid work schedule
If you have extensive public company and capital market experience, we want to hear from you. Bring your 3+ years of experience in capital markets transactions and public company reporting compliance and governance, in the day-to-day issues that arise for public companies, and with issuers or investment banks in capital markets transactions to our team in San Francisco, Palo Alto, or Austin. For more information, click the Details button.
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