Our Firm: Fenwick & West is a national law firm of approximately 300 attorneys that provides a full range of legal services, with a special emphasis on the legal and business issues facing technology companies. Our clients range from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies. Fenwick & West provides comprehensive legal services to companies from inception throughout the life of the corporation.
Our Mission: Our primary mission is to form effective partnerships with our clients and to provide our legal services with superior client service. Many of our clients have exceeded their own expectations in creating and building successful enterprises; we strive to do the same in the lawyering we provide for our clients. It is important to our practice that we not only provide first-rate innovative legal services, but that we also serve as effective business partners with our clients.
Our History: Established in the heart of Silicon Valley in 1972, the firm was founded by four visionary attorneys who moved to Palo Alto to establish a practice in the geographic area they believed was destined to become the technology epicenter.