Fenwick’s upgraded San Francisco office is a strong sign of the city's post-pandemic recovery and long-term role as a global innovation hub, the Daily Journal writes.
The leading California legal industry news outlet pointed to Fenwick’s recent move to a new, 50,000-square-foot Financial District office, as well as seven other mainstay SF firms that have signed new leases there in the last year, as early proof of an emerging real estate rebound.
In a profile, M&A partner Doug Cogen and litigation partner Michael Sacksteder said everything about the selection, layout, and the decision to move was motivated by collaboration.
"We have been able to really create a very collaborative work environment and work with our wonderful architects at Blitz to create a really energetic space," Cogen told the Daily Journal, noting there are no “palatial offices” for partners. “There's a lot of glass internally and the way attorney offices face each other in the workspaces really is going to contribute to an emphasis on collaboration, which is what it's really about for Fenwick.”
Sacksteder advised taking Fenwick’s approach: "Focus on what all your people need and want.”
"In the process of selecting the space and designing it to meet our needs, it wasn't just this committee of a few partners," he told the Daily Journal. "We brought in people at every level of the firm and did a lot of information gathering from them about what they wanted to see in a workplace."
Read the full article in the Daily Journal.