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  • Office:
    Boston
    Practice:
    Corporate
    Employment Type:
    Full-Time

    Join our Boston office’s exciting Corporate practice, representing the most cutting-edge clients in the world. You will have 4-6 years of experience in: venture financings; private equity; representing private companies in general corporate matters; and/or private company mergers and acquisitions. We value highly skilled communicators who work well as a team.

  • Office:
    Austin
    Palo Alto
    San Francisco
    Practice:
    Corporate
    Employment Type:
    Full-Time

    If you have extensive public company and capital market experience, we want to hear from you. Bring your 3+ years of experience in capital markets transactions and 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 San Francisco, Palo Alto, or Austin. For more information, click the Details button.

  • Office:
    New York
    Practice:
    Corporate
    Employment Type:
    Full-Time

    Bring your 2-4 years of law firm experience to our dynamic NY Corporate team. You will have represented either issuers or investment banks in capital markets transactions as well as in public company reporting compliance and governance and the day-to-day issues that arise for public companies. Your experience may include IPOs, equity/debt offerings, private investment in public entities (PIPEs), at-the-market offerings, SEC compliance, disclosure, matters, governance, and Nasdaq/NYSE compliance.

  • Office:
    Washington, D.C.
    Practice:
    Corporate
    Department:
    Corporate
    Employment Type:
    Full-Time

    Join our Washington D.C. Corporate team, representing innovative technology and life sciences companies. You will have 2-5 years of relevant experience in private equity, venture capital, initial public offerings, mergers & acquisitions, securities, or public finance. You will have the opportunity to advise clients throughout their full life cycle, from incorporation to exit, often serving as outside general counsel. You will be involved in 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.

  • Office:
    San Francisco
    Practice:
    Corporate
    Department:
    Corporate
    Employment Type:
    Full-Time

    Our San Francisco 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.

  • Office:
    San Francisco
    Practice:
    Corporate
    Department:
    Corporate
    Employment Type:
    Full-Time

    Our San Francisco office is seeking a corporate associate with 2-3 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.

    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.

  • Office:
    Palo Alto
    Practice:
    Corporate
    Employment Type:
    Full-Time

    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 from our Palo Alto office, 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.

  • Office:
    Palo Alto
    Practice:
    Corporate
    Employment Type:
    Full-Time

    Join our elite team of corporate lawyers working with a mix of life science and tech clients. We work with exciting biotech and tech companies, guiding and supporting them from inception, through funding, and on to the IPO process and life as a public company, or sale. We are looking for corporate attorneys with five plus years of experience for an associate or of counsel position with background and interest in the incredibly dynamic world of life sciences and tech. Desired expertise includes an ability to advise companies through the start-up and venture capital phase, IPOs and equity capital markets, and public company reporting. Expect to lead EC/VC and/or capital market offerings and manage a varied team of associates that support you. We are a group of corporate generalists serving these two client bases. You will gain deep and broad experience working directly with clients bringing world-changing products and technologies to market. This is a fun and collaborative group!

  • Office:
    New York
    Washington, D.C.
    Practice:
    Fund Formation
    Corporate
    Employment Type:
    Full-Time

    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. Your 2-6 years of fund formation experience will include working with sponsors in connection with the structuring, formation, and operation of investment funds.

  • Office:
    Seattle
    Practice:
    Corporate
    Employment Type:
    Full-Time

    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.

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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