Fenwick & West
| Headquarters | Silicon Valley Center Mountain View, California |
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| No. of attorneys | 300 |
| Major practice areas | Corporate, litigation, tax, intellectual property, labor and employment |
| Revenue | $327 million (2015) |
| Profit per equity partner | $1.5 million (2015) |
| Date founded | 1972 |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | |
| http://www.fenwick.com/ | |
Fenwick & West LLP is a law firm of more than 300 attorneys with offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Seattle, New York City, and Shanghai. The firm's practice focuses on technology companies and start-ups. Fenwick's lawyers are divided among four primary practice groups, with numerous subgroups within each: Corporate, Litigation, Tax and Intellectual Property. It is ranked as one of the 100 largest law firms in the United States, and is one of the most prestigious and selective law firms according to American Lawyer magazine. Fenwick has worked on a variety of high-profile matters for clients such as Facebook, Google, Uber, Airbnb, Fitbit, Dropbox, Apple, WhatsApp, and Cisco.
In 2008, IP Business & Law listed Fenwick as one of only 20 "go to law firms on the cutting edge of patent litigation," and in 2011, Global Law Experts named Fenwick & West the #1 antitrust law firm.
Larry Kramer, dean of Stanford Law School, told Bloomberg Businessweek that Fenwick "is one of the great indigenous firms of Silicon Valley," noting that "[the firm] understands how the Valley works better than most, everything from how to raise money, where to incorporate, and how to nurture and grow a startup."
Prior to taking Facebook public in 2012,American Lawyer said, "Fenwick’s work was critical in allowing the social media company to stay private for so long." The firm's patent prosecution team brought Facebook in as an intellectual property client a few months before their corporate colleagues in 2007.
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