Openings

Office:

Boston

New York

Washington, D.C.

Practice:

General Corporate

Fund Formation

Join our collaborative, client-focused fund services team! We represent leading venture capital and growth equity firms and guide clients through every stage of the fund life cycle. If you want to lead and deepen our practice, we want to hear from you. Your 8+ years of extensive fund formation experience will include working with sponsors in connection with the structuring, formation and operation of investment funds, and representing investors in private investment funds as well as advising our clients on all aspects of their investment programs and the related legal, regulatory and compliance matters.

Office:

Seattle

Practice:

Corporate

As part of our Seattle office’s Corporate team, you will advise clients throughout their full life cycle, from incorporation to exit. You will often serve as outside general counsel, including 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.

If you are an energetic and creative problem-solver who thrives in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you. You will have 4-6 years of experience in any 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. We value a genuine interest in new technology and life sciences and in being part of the team helping these innovative companies develop and entrepreneurs thrive.

Office:

Palo Alto

Practice:

Real Estate

Wilson Sonsini has an unparalleled portfolio of tech and life sciences clients at every stage of their growth. Our real estate team regularly advises these leading and innovative companies on all aspects of real estate transactions, including leasing, acquisitions, dispositions and financings. Bring your 2-4 years of real estate transactional experience, specifically in leasing, purchase, and sale transactions to this exciting opportunity. You will work closely with a small, collaborative team and receive active mentoring and ongoing training as well as assume a high level of responsibility and have direct client contact.

Office:

Century City

Practice:

Internet Strategy and Litigation

Join a team that has played a central role in shaping the legal landscape for the online world and routinely tackles cutting-edge legal issues, from the earliest battles over the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, to today’s disputes over privacy, copyright online, and free speech. You will have the opportunity to work with clients ranging from industry leaders to early-stage start-ups, and a host of others in between, from the US and around the world. We are currently seeking associates with 2-7 years of experience particularly in cases and investigations concerning Internet law, privacy, data security, copyright, artificial intelligence, platform liability and first amendment issues.

Office:

Multiple locations

Practice:

Technology Transactions – IT

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 3-6 years of experience, we want to hear from you.

Office:

Palo Alto

Practice:

Technology Transactions

Technology Transactions – IT

Our Technology Transactions Group offers an excellent 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 group. Our team primarily works on structuring, drafting, and negotiating a variety of intellectual property and commercial transactions as well as the intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, financings, and other multidisciplinary transactions. If you have 7+ years of relevant experience and enjoy training associates and working as part of a national team, we want to hear from you.

Office:

New York

Practice:

Technology Transactions

Technology Transactions – Bio

Our uniquely positioned and nationally recognized technology transactions team partners with some of the most innovative and exciting life sciences companies. When you join the team, you’ll be part of a working group and firm culture that prioritizes mentoring, training, and professional development and values diverse perspectives, collaboration, and high performance. You will immediately have opportunities to interact with clients, be exposed to a range of dynamic transactions and work closely with other energetic attorneys firmwide. Bring your many years of transactional and licensing experience and sincere interest in the dynamic world of life sciences to this incredible opportunity.

Office:

Boston

Practice:

Technology Transactions

Technology Transactions – Bio

Our uniquely positioned and nationally recognized technology transactions team partners with some of the most innovative and exciting life sciences companies. When you join the team, you’ll be part of a working group and firm culture that prioritizes mentoring, training, and professional development and values diverse perspectives, collaboration, and high performance. You will immediately have opportunities to interact with clients, be exposed to a range of dynamic transactions and work closely with other energetic attorneys firmwide. Bring your many years of transactional and licensing experience and sincere interest in the dynamic world of life sciences to this incredible opportunity.

Office:

Palo Alto

San Francisco

Practice:

Corporate

If you have extensive public company and capital market experience, we want to hear from you.  Bring your 5+ years of experience in public company reporting compliance and governance, in the day-to-day issues that arise for public companies, and with issuers or investment banks in capital markets transactions to our team in Palo Alto or San Francisco.  Experience dealing with technology and/or life sciences companies is a plus. 

Office:

Palo Alto

Practice:

Corporate

Bring your 3-5 years of experience in debt capital markets and/or commercial finance to our dynamic Palo Alto Corporate Finance team. You will have done borrower/issuer-side work and have experience in connection with single-lender and syndicated credit facilities, venture lending transactions, leveraged buyouts, offerings of convertible, high-yield, and investment-grade notes, and other structured financial instruments. Be a part of our fast-paced, collegial and team-oriented practice.