Fenwick Named Inaugural Venture Capital and Emerging Markets Team of the Year by The Legal 500

​Mountain View, Calif. (July 7, 2014)– Fenwick & West announced today that The Legal 500 has again recognized Fenwick among the top law firms in the United States across multiple practice disciplines. The firm has also won this year’s inaugural The Legal 500 United States Award for Venture Capital and Emerging Markets.

Based on submissions, peer assessments and client interviews, The Legal 500 recognized Fenwick as among the best in the U.S. across 10 practice areas. Moreover, six Fenwick attorneys were included as “Leading Lawyers,” with an additional 31 attorneys recognized.

In calling Fenwick a “household name in the technology sector,” The Legal 500 noted that the firm “assists numerous global tech companies with big-ticket M&A, capital markets and venture capital deals and IP licensing,” adding that “[Fenwick] has formed strong ties with contacts in Europe, Israel and China.”

Here are some highlights of The Legal 500’s profile of Fenwick based on commentary from our clients and peers:

• “[Fenwick] provides ‘superior advice’, is ‘highly responsive’, and has a ‘strong understanding of the technology industry and relevant legal practices’."
  
• “[Fenwick] is a big name in the tech industry, with unparalleled expertise in digital media, Internet and enterprise software as well as advising on enterprise storage and digital health.”
  
• “Fenwick & West LLP’s lawyers are‘highly responsive and bring the right level of expertise and practical advice to their engagements. They move fast, and focus on clients’ business needs first’.”
  
• “An ‘outstanding’ firm, Fenwick & West LLP provides an ‘extremely high level of efficiency and expertise’ and is ‘a pleasure to work with’.”
  
• “Renowned technology and life sciences firm Fenwick & West LLP is ‘very knowledgeable about all capital-raising products, with experts offering safe advice on key terms beneficial to their clients’.”
  
• “The [patent] team as a whole is praised for its‘top-level knowledge of industry standards, and goes far above and beyond expectations to deliver excellence’.”
  
• “Fenwick & West LLP provides‘outstanding service’ and ‘thorough’ advice, assisting its large corporate client base in tax controversy matters and offering notable strength in transfer pricing.”
  

The complete list of Fenwick attorneys recognized by The Legal 500 includes:

FINANCE

Capital markets: equity offerings
Gordy Davidson
James Evans
Cynthia Hess
Horace Nash
Jeff Vetter

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Copyright
Andrew Bridges
Laurence Pulgram
Jennifer Stanley

Patent licensing and transactional
Stephen Gillespie
Larry Granatelli
Jake Handy
Ralph Pais

Patent prosecution: utility and design patents
Robert Hulse
John McNelis
Rajiv Patel
Michael Shuster

MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMS

Technology: transactions
Doug Cogen (Leading Lawyer)
Gordy Davidson
Michael Esquivel
James Evans
Larry Granetelli
Jake Handy
Cynthia Hess
Shawn Lampron
Andrew Luh
Sayre Stevick
Jeff Vetter

MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND BUYOUTS

M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
Doug Cogen (Leading Lawyer)
Stephen Gillespie
Stephen Graham
Dave Healy
Scott Joachim
Andrew Luh
Blake Martell
Ralph Pais
Greg Roussel
Alan Smith
Lynda Twomey
Kris Withrow

Venture capital and emerging companies
Sam Angus
Gordon Davidson (Leading Lawyer)
Cynthia Hess
Mark Leahy
Ted Wang (Leading Lawyer)

TAX

Domestic tax: West Coast
David Forst (Leading Lawyer)
Jim Fuller (Leading Lawyer)
Jennifer Fuller
Ron Schrotenboer

International tax
Kenneth Clark
David Forst
Jim Fuller (Leading Lawyer)
Jennifer Fuller
Ron Schrotenboer

Tax controversy
Kenneth Clark
David Forst
Jim Fuller

About Fenwick & West
Fenwick & West provides comprehensive legal services to ground-breaking technology and life sciences companies at every stage of their lifecycle. We craft innovative, cost-effective and practical solutions for established and emerging companies on issues ranging from venture capital, public offerings, joint ventures, M&A and strategic relationships, to intellectual property, litigation and dispute resolution, taxation, antitrust, and employment and labor law. For more than four decades, Fenwick has helped some of the world's most recognized companies become and remain market leaders.​​​