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Firm: Fenwick & West is a firm of approximately 300 attorneys.
We provide a full range of legal services, with a special
emphasis on the legal and business issues facing technology companies. Our clients range from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies. Fenwick
& West provides comprehensive legal services to companies from inception throughout the life of the corporation.
Mission: Our primary mission is to form effective partnerships with our clients and to provide our legal services with
superior client service. Many of our clients have exceeded their own expectations in creating and building successful enterprises; we
strive to do the same in the lawyering we provide for our clients. It is important to our practice that we not only provide first-rate
innovative legal services, but that we also serve as effective business partners with our clients.
History: Established in the heart of Silicon Valley in 1972,
the firm was founded by four visionary attorneys who moved to Palo Alto
to establish a practice in the geographic area they believed was destined to
become the technology epicenter. The Firm's history is inextricably entwined
with the growth of technology in Silicon Valley: Fenwick & West incorporated
Apple Computer in 1976 and took Oracle public in 1986. Since then, the firm
has represented leading technology companies and underwriters in numerous
high
profile IPOs and led many
landmark
M&A transactions including
the largest Internet merger in history (VeriSign's $21 billion acquisition
of Network Solutions) and the largest software merger in history (Symantec's
$13 billion acquisition of VERITAS). Our intellectual property practice is
continuously on the cutting edge of legal issues arising from emerging technologies,
from the pioneering of shrinkwrap license agreements in the 1970s, to the creation
of software development clean rooms in the 1980s, to being one of the first
firms to advise and litigate numerous Internet-related IP issues that arose
in the 1990s, including privacy, digital copyright, software patent and domain
name issues. Among many other notable technology lawsuits, the Firm's litigators
successfully defended Amazon.com's 1-ClickŪ patent just in time for the 1999
holiday shopping season and successfully defended Elan Pharmaceuticals'
patents on transgenic mice.
Rankings
- Ranked by American Lawyer (2010) as one of the highest performing firms in the country, based on revenue per lawyer, pro bono, associate satisfaction, and diversity
- Ranked #3 for “Best Places to Work” by Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times (2010). Also awarded “Best Places to Work” in 2008 and 2009.
- Ranked as the #1 law firm in the 2010 “Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity” and as the #2 law firm in the 2010 “Top 25 Law Firms for Asian Americans” by Multicultural Law Magazine
- Honored with 2009 Salsman Award by the Santa Clara County Bar Association for contributions to the community; First law firm in history to receive distinguished award and highest honor by the SCCBA
- In 2006, Fenwick & West was honored with the award for “Excellence in Firm Diversity Efforts” for its service on and support of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Diversity
- Received several awards over the past few years for pro bono work, including the “Public Interest Counsel Champion Award” from the Public Interest Law Firm, the “Legal Impact Award” from the Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (API Legal Outreach) and the “Foundation Award” from the Pro Bono Project of Silicon Valley
Areas of Practice:
Practice Rankings
- Ranked by Corporate Board Member as one of the top five corporate law firms in northern California for publicly-traded companies
- Consistently ranked by Dow Jones and Chambers USA as one of the Top 5 VC practices in the U.S.
- Ranked by IP Worldwide as one of the top dozen firms that Fortune 500 companies relied on for IP litigation and counseling
- Recognized by International Tax Review (2010) as one of the world’s leading tax planning practices, one of only two law firms in the entire U.S. to earn First Tier status. Also recognized by International Tax Review (2010) as one of the world’s leading tax transactional practices, one of only five law firms in the entire U.S. to earn First Tier status.
- Awarded “Most Innovative Use of Technology by a Law Firm” by American Lawyer Media for F.I.N.D.—the firm’s proprietary electronic discovery and due diligence system
Firm Media Contacts:
Gordon K. Davidson
Firm Chairman
Fenwick & West LLP
Silicon Valley Center
801 California Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
phone: 650.988.8500
e-mail: gdavidson@fenwick.com
James Stapleton
Chief Marketing Officer
Fenwick & West LLP
Silicon Valley Center
801 California Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
phone: 650.335.7641
e-mail: jstapleton@fenwick.com
Outside Media Contact:
Elizabeth Lampert
Elizabeth Lampert PR
phone: 925.932.4420
e-mail: lampert@elizabethlampertpr.com
Web site: www.elizabethlampertpr.com
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