2025 Best Law Firms for Emerging Companies & Venture Capital
Cooley
With more than 1,300 lawyers practicing across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Cooley is synonymous with tech and venture capital work. The firm is also highly regarded for its clean tech, cyber/data security, privacy, intellectual...
Wilson Sonsini
With 950 attorneys across 19 offices around the world, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is a global player with specialty practices in technology and life sciences financings and M&A, tech licensing transactions, intellectual property,...
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian is a Silicon Valley firm at heart, and it has already outgrown its status as a premier boutique firm in the technological world. The firm has expanded throughout the United States and...
Fenwick
Known for its innovative work with technology and life sciences companies, Fenwick is home to nearly 500 attorneys in seven offices. The firm has grown beyond Silicon Valley to three other locations in California and has established a presence...
Goodwin
Founded more than a century ago, Goodwin has grown to more than 1,800 lawyers in 16 offices throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. The firm operates on what it calls a “capital-meets-innovation platform,” through which the firm advises...
Latham & Watkins
Latham is one of the world’s largest law firms. With more than 3,000 attorneys in 30 offices around the world, Latham practices in all the major jurisdictions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and regularly represents...
Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis, one of the world’s most elite law firms, is known for its corporate, intellectual property, litigation, M&A, private equity, and restructuring work. With more than 3,500 lawyers, the firm is regularly recognized as one...
Morrison Foerster
In 1973, those cats in San Francisco approved “MoFo” as Morrison Foerster’s official nickname, accentuating the firm’s unconventional modus operandi. Still, the firm is distinguished by much more than its rebellious epithet. MoFo complements its...
Orrick
Orrick is a global firm of more than 1,100 attorneys that is fiercely committed to teamwork and innovation. The firm has offices across the globe, including in California, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, and...
Perkins Coie LLP
Although its largest office is still in Seattle, Perkins Coie has expanded to include 17 domestic offices—4 of which are in California—and 4 international offices. Perkins Coie likes to say that it provides “counsel to great companies,” and a...