Fenwick & West LLP, dedicated exclusively to the tech and life sciences sectors, provides ‘world-class support’ to a diverse client base ranging from early-stage start-ups to publicly traded companies and investors. Experts in M&A, capital markets, fundraising transactions, and general corporate matters, the team has a strong presence across various tech niches, including the sharing economy, fintech, artificial intelligence, and digital health. The start-up and venture capital practice is co-led by Dawn Belt, who focuses on start-up formation, venture financings, and exit strategy evaluation, and New York’s Ian Goldstein. Gordon Davidson, who is well reputed for his advice to companies in high tech, clean tech, and life sciences, and Cynthia Hess, who specializes in the mobile, SaaS, social media, and internet sectors, are key contributors. Michael Esquivel brings first-hand sector experience as the former general counsel of a venture-backed health tech company, and Mark Leahy advises early-stage start-up entrepreneurs. Mentioned lawyers are based in Silicon Valley unless otherwise stated.
Testimonials
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‘The Fenwick team offers world-class support in the areas of venture capital. They distinguish themselves by being able to help formulate strategy through to handling superlative execution for the largest of transactions. The Fenwick team's diverse expertise and commitment to teamwork means they can handle the most complex of issues across regulated industries, tax, etc.’
'It is a full-service emerging companies team with top experts in the field. They also distinguish themselves with very prompt responses.'
Key clients
- Alchemy
- Anyscale
Work highlights
- Represented Figma, a leading web-first collaborative design platform, in its pending $20bn acquisition by Adobe.
- Represented Databricks, a data and AI company, in its $500m Series I financing.