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.
Join Wilson Sonsini’s emerging companies group, home to our deepest bench in early- and growth-stage company representation. We are looking for a corporate associate with 3-6 years of relevant experience to take a leading role on venture financings, formations, M&A, and 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 clients range from stealth-mode startups to the most prominent late-stage private companies in the Valley.
Prior emerging companies experience is not required; we welcome candidates with M&A or other transactional backgrounds. This is a collaborative team that invests heavily in associate development, both on the substantive work and on the client relationships that will define your career.
Superior academic credentials and excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills required.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range of $260,000 – $390,000, based on year classification.
- Discretionary merit bonuses may also be awarded.
- Our benefits include:
- Monthly wellness reimbursements
- 24/7 emotional and behavioral health support and virtual counseling
- Healthcare coverage for you and your same- or opposite-sex spouse/domestic partner and children up to age 26
- Family-building benefits including IVF, adoption, surrogacy, and egg-freezing
- Paid parental leave
- Parenting support concierge and telemedicine
- Parents and caregivers resource group
- Career coaching for working parents
- In-home and center-based back-up childcare
- Tutoring and college coach for older children
- Health Savings Accounts with firm contribution
- Flexible spending accounts
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Pretax commuter and parking benefits
- Basic and supplemental life insurance
- Short and long-term disability
- Voluntary long term care insurance
- Voluntary critical illness, hospitalization, and accident insurance
- Voluntary ID theft protection
- Voluntary pet insurance
- Medicare consulting
- Firm-paid CLE, bar review fees, and bar dues