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Subject: top law firms in venture capital
Category: Business and Money > Finance
Asked by: holguinero-ga
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Posted: 10 Dec 2003 10:12 PST
Expires: 09 Jan 2004 10:12 PST
Question ID: 285711
client needs to hire law firm. he's starting a venture capital firm. 
wants list of top 10 law firms in the nation that specialize in
working with venture capital (on the vc side).  please prepare list,
add url's. tell me source(s) of why they're in the top 10.
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Subject: Re: top law firms in venture capital
Answered By: juggler-ga on 10 Dec 2003 14:28 PST
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Hello.

Below you will find the Top 25 law firms in terms of representing
venture capital firms, according to a December 2002 report in the
publication Private Equity Analyst.   I know that you just asked for
the Top 10, but it wasn't much trouble to give you all 25. :-)

(ranking based on the number of VC funds represented)

(1) 
Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP
125 High Street
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-248-7000
http://www.tht.com

(2)
Ropes & Gray, LLP
One International Place
Boston, MA 02110-2624
T 617-951-7000
http://www.ropesgray.com/

(3)
Debevoise & Plimpton
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
212-909-6000
http://www.debevoise.com/

(4)
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
190 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60603
312-782-0600
http://www.mayerbrownrowe.com/

(5)
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
(212) 310-8000
http://www.weil.com/weil/home.html

(6)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Old Federal Reserve Bank Building
400 Sansome Street
San Francisco, CA 94111-3143
tel 415-392-1122
http://www.orrick.com/

(7)
Nixon Peabody LLP
101 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
617-345-1000
http://www.nixonpeabody.com/

(8)
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
1285 Avenue of the Americas 
New York, New York 10019-6064 
212-373-3000
http://www.paulweiss.com/

(9)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
212-455-2000
http://www.simpsonthacher.com/

(10)
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
155 Constitution Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025
Telephone (650) 321-2400
http://www.gunder.com/

(11)
MORRISON & FOERSTER
425 MARKET STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105-2482,
USA. tel: 1 415 268 7000
http://www.mofo.com

(12)
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
Phone: 650-493-9300
http://www.wsgr.com/


(13)
Baker & McKenzie
One Prudential Plaza
130 East Randolph Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel: (312) 861-8000
http://www.bakernet.com/

(14)
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 Third Avenue 
New York, NY 10022
(212) 756-2000 
http://www.srz.com/

(15)
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison
(firm went bankrupt several months ago)
http://www.brobeck.com/

(16)
Latham & Watkins LLP
633 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2007
(213) 485-1234
http://www.lw.com/

(17)
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP 
55 Second Street
Twenty-Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: +1 (415) 856-7000
http://www.paulhastings.com/

(18)
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
617.570.1000
http://www.goodwinprocter.com/

(19)
Winston & Strawn LLP
35 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601-9703
Main Phone: (312)558-5600 
http://www.winston.com/

(20)
Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019-6099
Tel: (212) 728-8000
http://www.willkie.com/

(21)
Arnold & Porter
555 Twelfth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004-1206
202.942.5000
http://www.arnoldandporter.com/

(22)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90071-3197
Tel: (213) 229-7000
http://www.gdclaw.com/

(23)
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
8000 Sears Tower
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 876-8000
http://www.sonnenschein.com/

(24)
Davis Polk & Wardwell
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212 450 4000 
http://www.dpw.com

(25)
Hogan & Hartson LLP
555 Thirteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Tel: (202) 637-5600
http://www.hhlaw.com/


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source:
The Private Equity Analyst, December 2002
reprinted on the web site of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP 
http://www.tht.com/Pubs/PDFs/Testa_Active_Reprint.pdf

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search strategy:
"Testa Hurwitz", "Wilson sonsini", "venture capital"

I hope this helps.  Nice to work with you again!
holguinero-ga rated this answer:4 out of 5 stars
thanks!

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