Palo Alto Office
Across the Bay Area, our Palo Alto office (and soon to launch San Francisco location) represents leading Northern California and international tech companies, private equity firms and financial institutions. Since Palo Alto opened in 1999, our capabilities have grown steadily in response to the burgeoning needs of the Valley and beyond. Clients rely on our Bay Area lawyers to provide access to a large, highly experienced team of technology-focused attorneys who have been part of the local community for years, in addition to delivering the benefits of the exceptional resources of a premier global law firm.
Augmented by the Firm’s network of 13 other offices worldwide, we provide a complete array of services on such matters as:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Capital markets
- Private fund formation and fundraising
- Public company advisory practice and corporate governance
- Litigation, investigations and dispute resolution
- Intellectual property, including patent-related risk assessment, design patent acquisition, assertion and enforcement strategies
- Securities
- Tax
- Executive compensation and employee benefits
We serve a broad base of clients in such technology sectors as internet and social media, hardware, software, semiconductors and telecommunications, as well as banking, biotech, healthcare and consumer products.