Silicon Valley

Since opening in 2007, Goodwin’s Silicon Valley office has been at the forefront of representing leading innovators and investors, startups, and well-established companies across — and at the convergence of — the technology, life sciences, private equity, real estate, and financial services industries. We serve as strategic advisers and trusted legal partners for many of the most prominent companies, venture capitalists, private equity firms, and investment bankers in Silicon Valley and beyond.

We possess deep expertise in our clients’ industries and advise companies at all stages of growth and in a wide range of market sectors and transactions, including company formation and financing, complex intellectual property transactions, regulatory compliance, M&A, and capital markets transactions. We work with leading venture capital and private equity firms on matters relating to the structuring, formation, and operation of their funds, as well as their investments, buyouts, and other strategic transactions. We also offer preeminent litigation counsel and representation for clients with high-stakes litigation matters, including government investigations and enforcement proceedings, securities litigation and shareholder disputes, intellectual property litigation and technology licensing disputes, and white-collar defense.