Fenwick & West

What is Fenwick & West?

Fenwick & West is a law firm specializing in a wide array of legal services primarily serving technology, cleantech, and life sciences companies at various stages of their development. They are headquartered in Mountain View, California, and have built a reputation for working with top-tier technology and life sciences companies.

Fenwick & West offers comprehensive legal services across multiple areas of practice. In their Corporate Practice, they engage in capital markets, compensation & benefits, corporate governance, corporate venture, ESG & sustainability, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, private investment funds, public companies, SPACs, and startup & venture capital.

The Intellectual Property Practice covers copyright, patents & emerging technologies, privacy & cybersecurity, technology transactions, and trademark.

Litigation services include appellate, complex litigation, consumer class actions & mass arbitration, copyright litigation, employment, patent litigation, PTAB proceedings, securities enforcement, securities litigation, trade secret litigation, trademark litigation, white-collar defense & investigations.

Additionally, their Regulatory Practice focuses on antitrust & competition, government contracts & public sector procurement, healthcare regulatory, and trade & national security. Tax services and Fenwick's own FLEX service, which provides legal solutions, are also key offerings.

Fenwick & West have been recognized as a Law360 Practice Group of the Year for Life Sciences and Tech and contribute substantially to pro bono work through the Fenwick Community Fund. They are a practice group that prides itself on innovation and diversity within the firm and the legal services they provide.

Fenwick & West has also been involved in major financial transactions and legal cases, offering counsel to over 50% of US tech companies valued above $15 billion, as reflected in third-party reports.