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Known as the picturesque city by the bay and a hub of innovation with a booming economy, our San Francisco office is one of our largest, offering a full complement of services—and opportunity—across litigation, corporate and transactions, and regulatory law.
Just steps from the Ferry Building and a short walk from Oracle Park, our San Francisco office is a key piece of what makes Wilson Sonsini the technology legal powerhouse it is today.
Our unrivaled client list is rich with former start-ups that grew into industry-leading corporations and the trailblazers that will shape our tomorrows. These include life sciences clients whose technologies help save lives and protect health and well-being as well as clean technology companies working for sustainable energy solutions.
Our San Francisco attorneys represent a sophisticated mix of practices and often join together to provide clients with coverage across highly specialized areas.
Our corporate attorneys handle a range of transactions and governance matters, from formation and venture financings to M&A and capital markets deals. Our IP and patents and innovations teams represent clients in developing and protecting IP, providing strategic IP counsel from the start. And our litigators represent clients in federal and state courts, in jury and bench trials, in arbitrations, on appeal, and before regulatory agencies and administrative tribunals.
San Francisco hosts one of our largest summer classes. Each year, we bring in 10 to 20 summers whose assignments range across our practice areas: corporate, litigation, regulatory, patents and innovations, and technology transactions.
Oh and the views of San Francisco Bay and the Bay Bridge—in sun, rain, and, yes, fog—are stunning.
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The Senior Business Development Analyst is responsible for helping to drive the execution of marketing and business development initiatives for the firm’s high-growth industry groups, including Fintech, AI, E-Gaming, NewSpace, and Climate. The individual plays an integral role in raising the profile of these groups, both internally and externally, and supporting initiatives that contribute to client and pipeline development.
Join Wilson Sonsini’ s ECVC practice focusing on emerging companies and the investors who support them! You will lead transactions and interact directly with founders, CEOs, management teams and boards of directors at our company-side clients as well as our VC and other investor-side clients. Candidates with a demonstrated interest in these growth industries and 6-8 years of ECVC experience would make a great addition to our team. As part of this ECVC “SWAT team,” you will foster relationships with the current and future stars of the private technology and life sciences company ecosystem. From pre-seed to pre-IPO, your work will focus on high growth businesses at all stages of their growth. You will counsel management on matters as varied as formation and exits—often on the same day. We also advise venture capital firms and a range of institutional investors investing in emerging growth companies, allowing you the opportunity to gain experience on both sides of the negotiating table.
Join Wilson Sonsini’ s ECVC practice focusing on emerging companies and the investors who support them! You will lead transactions and interact directly with founders, CEOs, management teams and boards of directors at our company-side clients as well as our VC and other investor-side clients. Candidates with a demonstrated interest in these growth industries and 3-5 years of ECVC experience would make a great addition to our team. As part of this ECVC “SWAT team,” you will foster relationships with the current and future stars of the private technology and life sciences company ecosystem. From pre-seed to pre-IPO, your work will focus on high growth businesses at all stages of their growth. You will counsel management on matters as varied as formation and exits—often on the same day. We also advise venture capital firms and a range of institutional investors investing in emerging growth companies, allowing you the opportunity to gain experience on both sides of the negotiating table.
The firm has a new opening for an experienced Senior Events Specialist to join our growing Marketing team. If you possess strong organizational and interpersonal skills to assist key stakeholders with high level meeting execution. This role will work directly with the Chief of Staff and practice group leaders to efficiently coordinate a variety of strategic meetings. This position is available as a hybrid work schedule.
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Year after year, Wilson Sonsini ranks among the most diverse law firms in the United States. For us, diversity is not just a commitment—it is integrated throughout our business, from recruiting to promotion.