Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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firm_name = Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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headquarters = Palo Alto, California
num_offices = 8
num_attorneys = 800
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practice_areas = Business law, Intellectual property law
key_people = Larry Sonsini
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homepage = [http://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Index.aspx www.wsgr.com]
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR) is a law firm in the United States that specializes in business, securities, and intellectual property law. The firm's Chairman, Larry Sonsini, is well known as an attorney and advisor to technology companies. [cite news
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first=Gary
title=A Counselor Pulled From the Shadows
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Overview

The firm's headquarters are on Page Mill Road in Palo Alto, California, part of the Stanford Research Park. It has offices in six major American cities and one office in Shanghai. WSGR provides legal services to some of the best-known computer technology firms in Silicon Valley and elsewhere in the United States, as well as smaller firms and start-ups. WSGR deals in corporate and securities law, licensing, tax, employee benefits, real estate, antitrust, and litigation. The firm has added a New York City office based on corporate finance, antitrust, and mergers & acquisitions.

Offices

*Austin, Texas
*New York City
*Palo Alto, California (headquarters)
*San Diego, California
*San Francisco, California
*Seattle, Washington
*Shanghai, China
*Washington D.C.

Current/former clients

*Apple Inc.
*American Express
*Autodesk
*Borland Software Corporation
*Dolby Laboratories
*Genentech
*GNOME Foundation
*Google, Inc.
*Hewlett-Packard Company
*Imperium Renewables [ [http://www.imperiumrenewables.com Imperium Renewables ] ]
*Infosys Technologies Ltd.
*Live Nation
*LSI Logic
*The McClatchy Company
*The Motley Fool, Inc.
*Netscape Communications Corporation
*Novell, Inc.
*Orion Energy
*Pixar
*Sun Microsystems
*Sybase
*Tesla Motors
*YouTube

See also

* Algal fuel

Notes

External links

* [http://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Index.aspx Official Firm Website]
* [http://www.lawperiscope.com/profiles/266.html LawPeriscope Profile]