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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.
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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.
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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.
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Our Wilmington office is seeking an associate with 3-5 years of experience advising clients on alternative entities to join our Corporate team. You will provide guidance on a range of alternative entity matters, from formation to ongoing counseling, with the opportunity to work on innovative alternative entity structures connected to the firm’s M&A, emerging markets, and public company practices. Join our collegial, team-oriented practice with deep roots in the Delaware market. For more information, click the Details button.
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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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The firm is seeking a temporary Law School Recruiting Assistant to support our Attorney Recruiting team during the busy fall recruiting season. This role will assist with coordinating interviews, data entry, maintaining and uploading applications, and providing general administrative support to the recruiting team. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly organized, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to gain experience in legal recruiting at a leading technology and growth-stage company law firm.
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The firm is seeking a Recruiting Assistant to support our Onboarding Coordinator with the many moving pieces of bringing lateral attorneys into the firm. This role manages high-accuracy applicant data entry, coordinates conflicts checks and background verifications, and tracks onboarding milestones to ensure every new hire is cleared and ready by their start date. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, discreet with sensitive information, and comfortable juggling multiple tasks at once.
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The firm is seeking a Recruiting Coordinator to support the firm's lateral attorney hiring efforts across our East Coast, London, and Brussels offices. In this role, you'll coordinate interview scheduling, manage candidate communications, and help ensure a seamless recruiting experience for both attorneys and hiring teams. This is a great opportunity for a highly organized, detail-oriented professional to play a key role in growing a top-tier global law firm.
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Our Seattle office is seeking a corporate associate with 4-6 years of relevant corporate experience, particularly in one or more of the following areas: capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, and venture capital, with a focus on representing emerging growth technology and life sciences companies.
The candidate will have the opportunity to advise clients throughout their full life cycle, from incorporation to exit, often serving as outside general counsel. This includes day-to-day counseling and direct interaction with management teams, negotiating and advising companies and investors in equity financings, and guiding clients through strategic transactions and acquisitions.
We are looking for someone who thrives in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-paced environment, and who is an energetic and creative problem-solver. While a technical or science degree is not required, a genuine interest in new technology and life sciences and in being part of the team helping these new technologies and life sciences companies develop and entrepreneurs thrive is important.
Superior academic credentials, and excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills are required. For more information, click the Details button.
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The firm is seeking a CRM Analyst to help drive the strategic use of our CRM systems across the firm. In this role, you'll partner with business development, marketing, and attorney teams to ensure data integrity, build meaningful reporting, and surface insights that support client relationship strategy. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, CRM platform experience (Salesforce), and the ability to translate data into actionable recommendations for stakeholders at all levels.
Wilson Sonsini fosters a collaborative, team-oriented working environment in which we provide legal and business advice to some of the world’s most innovative technology, life sciences, and growth companies at all stages of their development. We constantly strive to add experienced and skilled attorneys to make practicing a challenging and rewarding experience.
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