Orrick is the premier legal advisor for emerging companies.
We offer our clients:

• In-depth experience representing emerging companies
• Focus on emerging companies
• A network of strong investor and other relationships
• Capabilities that scale with our clients as they grow
• Global resources

Today's emerging companies combine energy and innovation
with a focus on long-term growth and success. So does the Orrick Emerging Companies Group. Our multi-disciplinary group of lawyers merges deep experience and commitment to high-growth businesses with a broad national and global platform that scales with our clients as they grow.

Experience

The Orrick Emerging Companies Group represents more than 450 venture-backed emerging growth companies in Silicon Valley and more than 550 worldwide, so we understand how to help your business with its legal and strategic needs.

Representative clients include:

Focus

Orrick lawyers understand your business and legal needs because we have focused on this work for decades. Not only is Orrick a renowned global law firm, but we also have a unique group within the firm that is dedicated to counseling emerging technology and life sciences companies, as well as the venture capital and investment banking firms that serve them. Our focus on emerging companies means that Orrick provides efficient and cost-effective services and creative and flexible solutions from responsive, hard-working lawyers. Orrick also leverages technology by utilizing deal databases and an extensive forms system.

Network

Orrick's relationships create a web of resources for our clients. Our lawyers have relationships with over 100 venture capital firms that have funded our clients. But the network doesn't stop there: Orrick lawyers have strong ties with many investment banks and accounting firms, national laboratories, universities, private equity funds and public companies. We put our network to work for our clients.

Scale

It's no accident that Orrick represents more than 30 public technology companies on corporate matters – many of them were clients long before their IPO. Orrick lawyers understand how to scale with companies that start in the "garage" and end up on the NASDAQ.

Beyond technology, Orrick represents many well-known large public companies, including PG&E, The Gap, Caterpillar and Knight Ridder. Orrick lawyers have advised clients on countless public offerings and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, our lawyers counsel clients on day-to-day corporate matters ranging from SEC filings and corporate governance to joint ventures and strategic alliances.

Resources

Orrick has more than 100 lawyers dedicated to emerging companies. Together with Orrick's 1,000 lawyers in 18 offices worldwide, Orrick is one of the few full-service firms with a significant presence on both US coasts and in Europe and Asia.

Our clients look to us to be more than just corporate counsel. We also provide emerging companies with critical services related to other areas of law. Orrick boasts several destination practices, including IP Counseling and Strategy, Technology Transactions, Employment, Compensation and Benefits and Securities Litigation.

Contact

For more information, or to schedule a meeting, please contact one of our partners or send an email to emerging@orrick.com.