Openings

Office:

Palo Alto

Department:

Corporate

Executive Assistants

The firm has an exciting new opening for an Executive Assistant to join our Corporate Group in our HQ office in Palo Alto. This is a wonderful opportunity to perform specialized and administrative duties for our world-class attorneys and support the firm’s practice area and clients. This is a great chance to gain first-hand experience and be fully visible supporting up to seven lawyers and thrive in a fast-paced environment. This position is available as a hybrid work schedule.

Office:

Palo Alto

San Francisco

Seattle

Practice:

Trademark and Advertising

Join our Trademark and Advertising team focusing on cutting-edge issues in soft IP. You work will focus on trademark counseling, prosecution, enforcement, and transactional work, as well as advertising counseling and disputes, domain disputes, social media guidance, and marketing trends. You will have 1-3 years of experience in trademark, copyright, advertising, and Internet liability issues.

Office:

Palo Alto

San Francisco

Practice:

Corporate

General Corporate

Join the most diversified technology practice in the country, working with private and public technology companies through all stages of their growth. We train attorneys not just on the work, but also how to build client relationships. We are looking for a corporate associate with 2-4 years of general corporate experience who is ready to jump in and learn. You will gain deep and broad experience in venture capital, capital markets, corporate governance and SEC reporting. We bring clients into the firm at all stages of their growth and represent them through the full life cycle approach. This is a highly collaborative group with team members who train and support one another.

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Office:

Palo Alto

San Francisco

Practice:

Corporate

General Corporate

Join the most diversified technology practice in the country, working with private and public technology companies through all stages of their growth. We train attorneys not just on the work, but also how to build client relationships. We are looking for a corporate associate with 5+ years of general corporate experience who is ready to jump in and learn. You will gain deep and broad experience in venture capital, capital markets, corporate governance and SEC reporting. We bring clients into the firm at all stages of their growth and represent them through the full life cycle approach. This is a highly collaborative group with team members who train and support one another, providing strong opportunities for partnership.
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Office:

Multiple locations

Department:

Marketing, Business Development, and Communications

The firm is seeking a Business Development and Marketing Manager specializing in Life Sciences. This role will be crucial in proactively generating and supporting business development and marketing opportunities for select partners within our Life Sciences practice. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of the life sciences sector, including biotech, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices, along with significant business development experience in a legal or related setting.

Office:

Palo Alto

Department:

Professional Development

The Professional Development Assistant provides administrative support for the Firm’s industry-leading training and other professional development events and initiatives, including scheduling virtual and in-person classes, managing class and event materials, entering attendance data into the learning management system, tracking attendance at required compliance training, supporting in-person events, and handling other projects in support of the Professional Development team.

Office:

London

Practice:

Data, Privacy, and Cybersecurity

Our European Data, Privacy, and Cybersecurity team works in a highly motivating and challenging environment on exciting, cutting-edge development and expansion projects involving all aspects of UK and EU privacy and data protection law, and increasingly on digital regulatory issues, for leading and innovative companies around the world. We regularly represent clients in high-stakes investigations brought by regulators in the UK, the European Union, the U.S. and around the world. We are looking for entrepreneurial team players who are enthusiastic and proactive with 2-4 years’ of relevant post-qualification experience.

Office:

Palo Alto

Department:

New Business and Conflicts

The Conflicts Attorney will be responsible for assisting with the review, identification and resolution of any potential conflicts issues with respect to clients, matters, as well as new hires. This role will actively follow-up on conflicts clearance with all responsible parties handling new engagements, and will also be conducting comprehensive, daily reviews of firm conflicts of interest reports and resolving any identified issues in a timely manner.

Office:

Multiple locations

Department:

Information Technology

Wilson Sonsini has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Security Engineer to join the IT team. This position under the direction of the Director of Security Engineering and Operations, is responsible for managing the firm’s information security systems and processes, assuring enforcement of security policies, managing the information security threat lifecycle, analyzing, and responding to security events escalated by the Security Operations Center (SOC) and coordinating actions to limit risks identified through our automated systems. This is a wonderful opportunity to provide your expertise and support in the areas of security engineering, incident response and risk management for the entire firm. This position is available as a hybrid work schedule.

Office:

Multiple locations

Practice:

Data, Privacy, and Cybersecurity

If you want to help shape the privacy and cybersecurity legal landscape for years to come in a dynamic and thriving practice group, we welcome your application. Our highly experienced team deals with complex data, privacy, cybersecurity, consumer protection, and AI regulatory issues for leading and innovative companies around the world. We regularly represent clients in high-stakes investigations brought by the FTC and state Attorneys General; provide clients with practical advice on how to collect, use, and share data and comply with complex global privacy laws; devise thoughtful and effective business and legal responses to security breaches; help clients create, enhance, and audit privacy and cybersecurity policies and programs; and develop and implement global compliance programs.

We are looking for an associate with 3-5 years of experience in technology industries, government regulation and technology, or FTC policy and enforcement regarding privacy and data security issues. CIPP certification or familiarity with computer programming, network technologies, database design, and web technologies or both is a plus.