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'''Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati''' ('''WSGR''') is a [[law firm]] in the [[United States]] that specializes in business, securities, and [[intellectual property]] law. The firm's Chairman, [[Larry Sonsini]], is well known as an attorney and advisor to technology companies.<ref>{{cite news| last=Rivlin| first=Gary| title=A Counselor Pulled From the Shadows| work=New York Times| date=2006-07-30| url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0816F6395B0C738FDDAE0894DE404482| accessdate=2006-12-05}}</ref> WSGR provides legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, as well as the [[venture capital]] firms, private equity firms, and investment banks that finance them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vault.com/company-profiles/law/wilson-sonsini-goodrich-rosati/company-overview.aspx|title=Vault - About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati|last=|first=|date=2016|website=Vault.com|publisher=Vault, Inc.|access-date=}}</ref> The firm's clients operate in a range of technology industries, including the [[Biotechnology|biotech]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2016/01/13/life-sciences-law-powerhouse-wilson-sonsini-to.html|title=Life sciences law powerhouse Wilson Sonsini to open office in Boston|last=Ryan|first=Greg|date=Jan 13, 2016|work=|newspaper=Boston Business Journal|access-date=|via=}}</ref> [[Communications protocol|communications]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0216-juniper.htm|title=Juniper Networks Prices $500 Million Offering of Senior Notes|last=|first=|date=February 24, 2016|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[digital media]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0316-muzak.htm|title=District Court Dismisses Lawsuit over Royalty Rates Against Muzak|last=|first=|date=March 7, 2016|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[energy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0615-amazon.htm|title=Amazon Web Services Announces New Renewable Energy Project in Virginia|last=|first=|date=June 10, 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[financial services]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0216-renew-financial.htm|title=Renew Financial Raises $70 Million in Growth Capital|last=|first=|date=February 11, 2016|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[medical device]]s,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0316-acutus-medical.htm|title=Actus Medical Completes $75 Million Series C Financing Round|last=|first=|date=March 22, 2016|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Mobile app|mobile]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/1215-shanda-games.htm|title=Shanda Games Limited Completes $1.9 Billion Going-Private Transaction|last=|first=|date=November 19, 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[semiconductor]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.microchip.com/investor/Pressrelease/Microchip%20Technology%20to%20Acquire%20Atmel.011916.pdf|title=Microchip Technology to Acquire Atmel|last=|first=|date=Jan 19, 2016|work=|others=|location=|access-date=|via=}}</ref> and [[software]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=industry_specialization/software.htm|title=Industry Practices - Software|last=|first=|date=|website=WSGR - Practices and Industries|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> sectors. Among the firm's clients are [[Amazon.com]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0615-amazon.htm|title=Amazon Web Services Announces New Renewable Energy Project in Virginia|last=|first=|date=June 10, 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Autodesk]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0615-autodesk.htm|title=Autodesk Prices $750 Million Note Offering|last=|first=|date=June 2, 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Expedia, Inc.|Expedia]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/052511-expedia.htm|title=Expedia Obtains Significant Ninth Circuit Victory in Consumer Class Action|last=|first=|date=May 24, 2011|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Google]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=publications/PDFSearch/wsgralert-auto-renewal.htm|title=WSGR Obtains First-of-Its-Kind Precedent on California's Automatic Renewal Law|last=|first=|date=February 9, 2016|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0714-itc-google.htm|title=ITC Finds in Favor of Google in Patent Dispute|last=|first=|date=July 7, 2014|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Hewlett-Packard]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0513-HP.htm|title=Northern District of California Dismisses Shareholder Complaint Against Hewlett-Packard|last=|first=|date=May 6, 2013|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[HTC|HTC Corporation]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=news/0614-chambers-usa-guide.htm|title=2014 Chambers USA Guide Recognizes WSGR Practices, Attorneys for Excellence|last=|first=|date=January 31, 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Juniper Networks]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.therecorder.com/id=1202751348083/This-Weeks-Deals?slreturn=20160224142807|title=Wilson Sonsini and Davis Polk work on Juniper Networks' $500 million note offer|last=Ruiz|first=David|date=March 3, 2016|work=|newspaper=The Recorder|access-date=|via=}}</ref> [[LinkedIn]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/665131/california-powerhouse-wilson-sonsini|title=Law360.com - California Powerhouse: Wilson Sonsini|last=Coe|first=Erin|date=June 10, 2015|work=|publisher=Portfolio Media, Inc.|newspaper=|access-date=|via=}}</ref> [[Mylan]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0615-mylan.htm|title=Mylan Obtains Federal Circuit Victory in Celebrex Litigation|last=|first=|date=June 23, 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Netflix]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0215-netflix-v2.htm|title=Ninth Circuit Affirms Netflix Victory in Antitrust Class Action|last=|first=|date=February 27, 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Tesla Motors|Tesla]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.law360.com/articles/174991/wilson-sonsini-reps-tesla-in-178m-ipo|title=Wilson Sonsini Reps Tesla In $178M IPO|last=Kamping-Carder|first=Leigh|date=June 15, 2010|work=|publisher=Portfolio Media, Inc.|access-date=|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teslamotors.com/blog/judge-strikes-claim-who-can-be-declared-founder-tesla-motors|title=Judge strikes claim on who can be declared a founder of Tesla Motors|last=|first=|date=April 20, 2010|website=Tesla Corporate Blog|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Twitter]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0615-twitter.htm|title=Twitter to Acquire Whetlab|last=|first=|date=June 17, 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> and [[Salesforce.com]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0613-salesforce-exacttarget.htm|title=Salesforce.com to Acquire ExactTarget for $2.5 Billion|last=|first=|date=June 4, 2013|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> The firm also represents companies in new, fast-growing sectors of the technology economy, including [[Box (company)|Box]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.therecorder.com/id=1202716046051/Box-IPO-Seen-as-a-Hopeful-Harbinger|title=Box IPO Seen as a Hopeful Harbinger|last=Ruiz|first=David|date=Jan 23, 2015|work=|newspaper=The Recorder|subscription=yes|access-date=|via=}}</ref> [[Flipboard]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsgr.com/news/PDFs/california-powerhouse.pdf|title=California Powerhouse: Wilson Sonsini|last=|first=|date=June 10, 2015|work=|publisher=Portfolio Media, Inc.|newspaper=Law360|access-date=|via=}}</ref> Invuity,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0615-invuity.htm|title=Invuity Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering|last=|first=|date=June 18, 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Juno Therapeutics]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/1214-juno.htm|title=Juno Therapeutics Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering|last=|first=|date=December 18, 2014|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Mesoblast]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/1115-mesoblast.htm|title=Mesoblast Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering|last=|first=|date=November 19, 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> MINDBODY,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0615-MINDBODY.htm|title=MINDBODY Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering|last=|first=|date=June 18, 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[OnDeck Capital]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.law360.com/articles/601467/small-biz-lender-on-deck-eyes-1-19b-valuation-in-ipo|title=Small-Biz Lender On Deck Eyes $1.19B Valuation In IPO|last=Naso|first=Chelsea|date=December 4, 2014|work=|subscription=Yes|access-date=|via=}}</ref> [[SolarCity|Solar City]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/PDFSearch/cleantech_report_2009.pdf|title=WSGR Publication - The Clean Tech Report|last=|first=|date=January 31, 2008|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Square, Inc.|Square]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/1115-square.htm|title=Square Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering|last=|first=|date=November 18, 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[Sunrun]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/0815-sunrun.htm|title=Sunrun Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering|last=|first=|date=August 5, 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [http://www.inwithcorp.com and InWith Corp]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/InwithCorp/status/839898611190153217|title=Twitter|website=mobile.twitter.com|access-date=2017-03-10}}</ref>[http://www.inwithcorp.com .] Core areas of experience include [[United States antitrust law|antitrust]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wsgr.com/news/PDFs/GCR-0415.pdf|title=The Washington, DC antitrust bar|last=Phillips|first=Harry|date=April 14, 2015|website=GCR - USA|publisher=Global Competition Review|access-date=}}</ref> [[Corporate law|corporate]], [[Finance & Commerce|finance]], [[Governance, risk management, and compliance|governance]], [[intellectual property]], [[Lawsuit|litigation]], [[privacy]], [[Regulation|regulatory]], and [[Taxation in the United States|tax]]. ==Locations== The firm's headquarters are on [[Page Mill Road]] in [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], California, as a part of the [[Stanford Research Park]]. In total, the firm has offices in ten major cities in the U.S., including [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], Texas; [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], Massachusetts; [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], California; [[New York City]]; [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], California; [[San Diego, California|San Diego]], California; [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], California; [[Seattle]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]]; [[Washington D.C.|Washington, D.C.]]; and [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]], Delaware. Outside of the United States, it has offices in [[Hong Kong]], [[Beijing]], [[Shanghai]], [[China]]; and [[Brussels]], Belgium. ==History== WSGR was founded in 1961 as McCloskey, Wilson, Mosher & Martin in Palo Alto, California, with attorney [[Pete McCloskey]] and attorney John Arnot Wilson being two of the first named partners. Wilson was a graduate of [[Princeton University]] and [[Yale Law School]]'s class of 1941, which included Supreme Court jurists [[Byron White]] and [[Potter Stewart]] as well as former President [[Gerald Ford]].<ref>Boris Feldman, John Wilson: Legal Entrepreneur, Yale Law School Panel on "Entrepreneurs in Private Practice", November 2005, https://www.wsgr.com/publications/pdfsearch/john_wilson.pdf</ref> Since its launch, the firm concentrated on the representation of emerging technology companies and venture capitalists. For example, in 1969, the firm helped form Mayfield Fund, one of the first major venture capital firms. In 1970, [https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=636857&privcapId=126411 John B. Goodrich] joins the firm. [[Larry Sonsini]] and [https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/DBIndex.aspx?SectionName=attorneys/bios/115.htm Mario Rosati] joined in 1966 and 1971, respectively. In 1978, the firm takes on the name it has had since: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC. In 1980, WSGR represented [[Apple Inc.]] in its much-publicized [[Initial Public Offering|IPO]]. The firm was also involved in representing companies in the semiconductor industry, like LSI Logic, Altera, Cirrus Logic, Lattice Semiconductor, and Cypress Semiconductor. These companies were among those that helped [[Silicon Valley]] earn its name. For many years, the firm had only one office, in Palo Alto. In late 1998, the firm opened its first national office, in [[Kirkland, Washington|Kirkland]], Washington, led by partner Patrick Schultheis. Within the next few years, the firm opened offices in Austin, Texas, San Francisco, Northern Virginia, New York, Salt Lake City, and San Diego. Like other law firms representing start-up technology companies, WSGR accepted equity in its clients as a form of payment in return for deferral of fees, and also passed on stakes in its investment fund to associates and staff members as a means of retaining employees.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Secrets of Silicon Valley|last=Perry Piscione|first=Deborah|publisher=Palgrave MacMillan|year=2013|isbn=978-1-137-27917-0|location=United States|pages=143–144}}</ref> In 1994, WSGR represented [[Netscape]] Communications in its [[Initial Public Offering|IPO]], in addition to representing several other companies that, like Netscape, were tied to the start of the [[Internet]] Age, including Infoseek, USWeb/CKS, and Inktomi. WSGR also began to lead the nation in the number of issuer [[Initial Public Offering|IPO]] transactions, completing 37 IPOs in 1995 and 44 IPOs in 1997. In 1999, when [[VA Linux]] went public, the firm reaped $24.5 million as the value of the 100,000 shares that the firm held ballooned in value. Other IPOs that enriched the firm because of its equity stake were those of [[Ask Jeeves]], [[Google]], and online grocer [[Webvan]]. With the downturn in the dotcom economy, however, WSGR had to make a number of adjustments; 100 support staff and 60 associates were laid off—about 10% of its attorneys. Good times returned in 2004 when the firm advised [[Google]] on its $2.7 billion IPO. In 2005, WSGR launched an office in China and boosted its New York office. In 2006 the firm relocated its Northern Virginia lawyers to [[Washington, D.C.]], to be closer to government regulators. In 2016, WSGR represented long-time client [[LinkedIn]] in their $26.2 billion acquisition by [[Microsoft]], which represented Microsoft's largest ever acquisition.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin-in-deal-valued-at-26-2-billion-1465821523</ref> ==Notable people== In addition to numerous professors and partners, both at Wilson Sonsini and other firms, some of the more notable current and former Wilson Sonsini attorneys include: *[[Michael Arrington]], Founder, [[TechCrunch]] *Steven E. Bochner, Board of Directors, [[Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco]] *[[William B. Chandler, III]], judge, [[Delaware Superior Court]]; Chancellor, [[Delaware Court of Chancery]] (1989 - 2007) *[[Peter Detkin]], Managing Partner at [[Intellectual Ventures]] *[[David Drummond (Google)|David Drummond]], Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President at [[Google]] *[[Mark Farrell (politician)|Mark Farrell]], Supervisor, [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]] (2011 –) *[[Richard Frenkel]], former Director of Intellectual Property at [[Cisco]] *Vijaya Gadde, current General Counsel and Legal Director at [[Twitter]] *[[Chris Kelly (entrepreneur)|Chris Kelly]], first General Counsel of [[Facebook]], Democratic Candidate for [[Attorney General of California]] *[[Ro Khanna]], Congressman, [[United States House of Representatives]] (2017 -); former Deputy Assistant Secretary, [[United States Department of Commerce]]; *[[Lucy H. Koh]], judge, [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]] (2010 -) *Alex Macgillivray, former General Counsel at [[Twitter]]; Deputy [[Chief Technology Officer of the United States]] (2014 -) *[[Pete McCloskey]], Congressman, [[United States House of Representatives]] (1967–83) *Tamika Montgomery-Reeves, Vice Chancellor, [[Delaware Court of Chancery]] (2015 -) *[[John Roos]], former CEO of Wilson Sonsini; [[United States Ambassador to Japan]] (2009–13) *[[Larry Sonsini]], Chairman of the firm, "Godfather" of [[Silicon Valley]] Law<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/magazine/article/Meet-the-Top-Ten-Lawyers-Here-are-the-Godfather-2618831.php</ref> *[[Joshua D. Wright]], Commissioner, [[Federal Trade Commission]] (2013 -) == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Index.aspx}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati}} [[Category:Law firms based in Palo Alto, California]] [[Category:1961 establishments in California]] [[Category:Law firms established in 1961]]