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Seattle has long been known as an incubator for innovation, technology, and brand names that change the world, and Wilson Sonsini is proud to be part of that tradition.
Our Seattle team focuses on forming and growing tech and life sciences start-ups; negotiating venture financings; and advising on important transactions—including strategic alliances, joint ventures, project development deals, and other financing arrangements.
As part of this innovation-focused legal team, you’ll gain broad experience and invaluable perspective in the tech and life sciences industries.
We also represent clients in a range of corporate matters, IP issues, energy projects, litigation and disputes, and investigations. Our Seattle office also represents clients based—and doing business—in Latin America.
Each year, our Seattle office brings in four to six summer associates to work with our corporate, M&A, and biotech transactions practices.
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Join Our Team
Join Wilson Sonsini's emerging companies group, home to our deepest bench in early- and growth-stage company representation. You will work at the center of Silicon Valley's startup ecosystem, representing the founders, emerging growth companies, and venture investors building the next generation of AI and other category-defining businesses. Our clients range from stealth-mode startups to the most prominent late-stage private companies in the Valley.
You will leverage your 3-6 years of relevant corporate experience to take a leading role on the full range of strategic transactions that define a company's first decade. You will run deals, manage client relationships, mentor junior associates, and develop the judgment that comes from advising founders and boards through inflection points, from Seed stage through pre-IPO and beyond. Our collaborative team invests heavily in associate development, both on the substantive work and on the client relationships that will define your career.
The AI Systems Manager (ASM) will help lead the firm’s enterprise artificial intelligence platform function, with direct responsibility for the administration, adoption and governance of the firm’s AI systems at enterprise scale. The ASM oversees the full range of firm-wide AI tools, including chat-based, agentic and developer-facing products, and is accountable for ensuring these platforms remain secure, well-governed, cost-effective and broadly adopted throughout the enterprise.
Join our dynamic and thriving Privacy and Cybersecurity team to play a key role in our cyber incident response, crisis management, and regulatory defense practice. We advise companies as they confront cybersecurity incidents and other complex privacy and cybersecurity issues; represent clients in connection with investigations related to cybersecurity, AI, and privacy; provide counseling on best practices and regulatory compliance; and provide cybersecurity expertise to companies engaging in technology and corporate transactions. We also advise cybersecurity companies on legal compliance related to security research and threat intelligence activities.
The firm has an exciting opportunity for a Temporary Billing Services Representative to join our growing Client Accounting team for the next 6 months. This position will give you first-hand experience prepping and editing prebills and generate client invoices for your assigned attorneys.
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.