A full service law firm
Fenwick's primary focus is on technology and life sciences clients ranging from start-ups to established companies of national and international prominence. Over 250 attorneys work from offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Seattle and Boise. Our primary practice groups provide in-depth services in four key areas:
Corporate: Our Corporate practice group serves high technology and life sciences companies, from early start-ups to mature public companies. Our Mergers and Acquisitions practice is ranked among the top 25 practices in the nation according to American Lawyer and our Public Offerings team has represented companies or investment banks in more than 100 initial public offerings, raising over $6 billion dollars. Our Startup and Venture Capital groups work with hundreds of pre-IPO, venture-backed clients that are on the cutting edge of technology.
Intellectual Property: Our team of over 80 lawyers and other professionals delivers comprehensive, integrated advice regarding all aspects of intellectual property protection and exploitation. Most have science or engineering degrees. Fenwick has been consistently ranked as one of the top five West Coast firms in intellectually property litigation and protection for the past 10 years by Martindale-Hubbell, Chambers and other directories.
Litigation: Our Litigation Group has significant courtroom experience in groundbreaking cases involving technology and life sciences companies. Our team has extensive litigation experience in a wide range of industries, but with exceptional depth and breadth in areas of the law critical to high technology clients.
Tax: Fenwick has one of the nation's leading domestic and international tax practices. Our Tax group was selected by International Tax Review as the top tax adviser in the Western United States. This group is focused on assisting clients with Tax Litigation; Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits.
International: Our attorneys also focus on International Law including structuring and financing of overseas businesses, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and the representation of U.S. companies investing in and doing business abroad, particularly China, India, and Israel.
