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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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Join Wilson Sonsini's Office of the General Counsel as Discovery and Litigation Counsel, where you'll manage a dynamic mix of disputes and discovery, while shaping the policies, training, and risk management work that protect the firm and its clients. Reporting directly to the General Counsel, you'll gain broad litigation exposure at one of the top firms in the country, with the flexibility of a full time or part time hybrid schedule.
Our clients are building what's next in technology, life sciences, and beyond. Be a part of the matters shaping how these innovative companies grow. As a Fall Associate, you will draft, research, and problem-solve alongside partners rather than watching from the sidelines. We’re looking for 3L students (JD 2027) with strong academics, a collaborative approach, and the willingness to dig into hard problems and ask good questions. If you're ready to build a career, not just start one, we want to hear from you.
Our IT Infrastructure team is looking for a Senior Infrastructure DevOps Engineer to help shape the firm's cloud architecture at scale. You'll own Azure DevOps pipelines and Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform, acting as the go-to technical expert bridging our Infrastructure and Applications teams. This is a chance to work hands-on with Microsoft's cloud ecosystem, Azure, Power Platform, Graph API, and emerging AI tools, while helping define how a 1,100-attorney global firm builds and secures its technology foundation. If you're a self-starter who can translate complex cloud concepts for non-technical stakeholders and thrives balancing multiple priorities, we'd like to hear from you.
Our nationally recognized tax attorneys leverage their wide-ranging expertise in federal, state, and international tax law to advise innovative and dynamic clients throughout their stages of development. Our team works closely with the M&A practice on a myriad of domestic and international transactions as well as counsels clients on equity and debt financings, tax planning and licensing and collaboration agreements. Be a part of this fast-paced, engaging team. You will need at least 4-8 years of tax experience and to be a strong written and oral communicator. For more information, click the Details button.
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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.