* as of 4/1/26
With one of the top life sciences practices in the city and the region, Wilson Sonsini’s Boston office offers exciting opportunities in a range of corporate, patent, transactions, and regulatory practices.
Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and universities in and around the area, our Boston team represents innovators in several industries, including life sciences, technology, sustainability, clean energy, and financial services.
Our Boston office’s clients range from early-stage start-ups to public companies, as well as their board and management teams. We also represent leading venture capital and private equity firms, along with other investor institutions.
Because our team is advancing companies in new markets worldwide, our Boston-based attorneys represent clients in their most important matters, including with respect to the development of their intellectual property portfolios, preferred stock financings, initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures and strategic partnering agreements.
Our Boston summer program typically brings in five to 10 summer associates in our corporate, energy and climate solutions, patents and innovations, or technology transactions practices.
Explore Boston Practices
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Seating in the reception area of the new Wilson Sonsini Boston office. -
The conference rooms in Boston can accommodate meetings of many different sizes. This is one of the larger and more formal meeting rooms. -
Other conference spaces in the Boston office allow colleagues to work together in smaller groups. -
The Boston office has several sizes and types of communal space, both for working or for colleagues to get together over coffee or lunch. Here, Jessica Ramsey, a patent litigation associate in our San Francisco office, works in one of our more casual Boston conference rooms while waiting for the Life Sciences Summit to begin. -
Gathering spaces for attorneys and staff range from formal conference space to more casual surroundings. Attorneys and staff use them for meetings, but also for meals and other social time. -
The two floors of the Boston office are connected by an internal staircase. -
The location of the Boston office affords beautiful views of historic landmarks and the harbor. -
Wherever you turn in the Boston office, you find another space set up for collaboration or an opportunity to connect with a colleague, such as this space just past the elevators. -
Ying Chen, a Patents and Innovations associate, discusses a draft patent application with Weigang Lu, a patent agent, in a typical Boston attorney's office. -
A typical office setup in Boston. Some attorneys and staff personalize their offices a great deal. For those visiting Boston from one of our other offices, hoteling space is available.
Join Our Team
Wilson Sonsini is seeking an experienced M&A attorney for a full-time Practice Support Lawyer role embedded within our M&A practice group. This non billable, high impact position offers the opportunity to serve as a trusted resource and thought leader, building knowledge management infrastructure, driving practice innovation, and connecting the group to broader firm initiatives
If you are an attorney with a strong interest in the use of technology in healthcare who is passionate about using technology to shape the future of healthcare, we encourage you to explore this exciting opportunity. You will work exclusively on health innovation, representing companies across all stages, from pre-formation to capital markets as well as public health tech companies.
You will have a combination of 2-4 years of meaningful experience or a genuine interest in these areas: advising on a variety of healthcare regulatory issues; federal, commercial, and self-insured payor reimbursement; value-based care and accountable care organizations; fraud and abuse; HIPAA and state health privacy laws; federal and state laws governing health data exchange and interoperability; state health-care transaction notification laws; Knox-Keene; and state laws relating to the use of AI in healthcare.
The firm has an immediate opening for a Temporary Corporate Executive Assistant to join our group. The Temporary Executive Assistant operates with a high level of autonomy and judgment, providing advanced administrative and practice support to attorneys, clients, and internal legal teams. This is a 7-month temporary assignment and is available as a hybrid work schedule.
The firm is seeking a temporary Law School Recruiting Assistant to support our Attorney Recruiting team during the busy fall recruiting season. This role will assist with coordinating interviews, data entry, maintaining and uploading applications, and providing general administrative support to the recruiting team. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly organized, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to gain experience in legal recruiting at a leading technology and growth-stage company law firm.
If you would like to submit an application to Wilson Sonsini, but do not see an active posting for the office or practice you are interested in, please apply here.
Did you know?
In 2022, Wilson Sonsini attorneys and staff participated in nearly 80 community service projects, and the Wilson Sonsini Foundation contributed almost $1.6 million to more than 90 law-related organizations and nearly 130 community organizations.