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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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We are seeking a detail-oriented HR Operations Coordinator to support key employee lifecycle processes and ensure a seamless employee experience. In this role, you will manage HR data, coordinate onboarding and offboarding activities, maintain HR systems, and assist with HR compliance tasks. The ideal candidate is highly organized, customer-service focused, and able to handle confidential information with accuracy and professionalism.
Our Technology Transactions Group offers the 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. Your work will focus primarily on structuring, drafting, and negotiating a variety of intellectual property and commercial transactions as well as intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, financings, and other multidisciplinary transactions. If you want a career focused on intellectual property and commercial transactions and have 2-6 years of experience, we want to hear from you.
The Senior AI Risk Advisor sits at the intersection of emerging AI technology and enterprise risk, helping shape how one of the world’s leading law firms adopts AI responsibly and strategically. Reporting to the Manager of Risk Operations, this role will lead the firm’s AI risk function, evaluating AI tools and vendors, developing governance frameworks, and guiding firm-wide AI adoption. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is deeply knowledgeable about AI systems and passionate about building governance programs that balance innovation, security, and responsible use. The ideal candidate is collaborative, forward-thinking, and energized by advising attorneys, technologists, and firm leadership in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.
The Senior AI Security Engineer sits at the forefront of AI innovation and enterprise security, helping shape how one of the world’s leading law firms securely builds and deploys AI technologies. Reporting to the Director of Security Engineering and Operations, this role will lead the firm’s AI security engineering function, designing secure AI pipelines, evaluating emerging architectures, and establishing trusted frameworks for AI adoption at scale. This is a highly visible opportunity for a security expert who understands both AI infrastructure and adversarial threats, and who is excited by the challenge of securing AI-native workflows in a rapidly evolving environment. The ideal candidate is deeply technical, forward-thinking, and passionate about building secure, resilient, and responsible AI systems.
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Did you know?
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.