Legal services firm for tech and life sciences companies, from seed to IPO
Fenwick & West is a 600+ person law firm focused on technology and life sciences, operating with a tech stack built around case management (iManage, Relativity, Everlaw), financial operations (Workday, Salesforce), and collaboration tools (Microsoft suite, Webex, Teams). Active project work on AI pilots, litigation automation, and patent/trademark workflow streamlining—combined with documented pain points around process inefficiencies and integration—suggests the firm is modernizing internal operations to match the complexity of their client base. The hiring distribution (76% legal roles, with mid-level seniority concentration) reflects the core business model while growth efforts span finance, sales, and business development.
Notable leadership hires: Legal Personnel Director
Fenwick & West advises technology and life sciences companies and their investors across funding rounds, corporate growth, and public markets. Based in Silicon Valley and founded in 1972, the firm employs over 600 lawyers, patent agents, engineers, and scientists across a global client base. The practice operates across multiple legal domains—technology, life sciences, corporate, patent, and litigation—supported by a backend stack spanning case management, financial systems, and workflow tools. The firm is actively hiring across legal, finance, sales, and operations to expand capacity and geographic reach.
Case management (iManage, Relativity, Everlaw), financial (Workday, Salesforce), productivity (Microsoft Office, Zoom, Teams, Webex), legal research (Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw), and document handling (Adobe Acrobat, Citrix ShareFile).
Silicon Valley, California. The firm was founded in 1972 and currently hires only in the United States.
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