SAN FRANCISCO, CA – For the fourth year in a row, PitchBook ranked Silicon Legal among the top 10 most active global law firms for VC deals in its 2022 Global Annual League Tables, a comprehensive ranking of private equity and venture capital activity worldwide.¹ Silicon Legal advised clients in 350 VC financings in 2022. For a fourth consecutive year, Silicon Legal continues to be the standard-bearer among boutique law firms in the Global Top 10 by providing targeted, bottom-line-oriented advice to technology startups, innovative entrepreneurs, and seasoned investors.
Most active globally
| 1 | Gunderson Dettmer | 1,694 |
| 2 | Cooley | 1,379 |
| 3 | Goodwin | 833 |
| 4 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | 739 |
| 5 | Orrick | 726 |
| 6 | DLA Piper | 551 |
| 7 | Fenwick & West | 427 |
| 8 | Dentons | 403 |
| 9 | Silicon Legal Strategy | 350 |
| 10 | Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt | 176 |
| 11 | Latham & Watkins | 173 |
| 12 | Shoosmiths | 169 |
| 13 | Michael Best & Friedrich | 165 |
| 14 | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | 164 |
| 15 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 139 |
Silicon Legal was also ranked in the Top 10 across numerous sub-categories¹:
Lifecycle Representation
| Early Stage VC deals | #9 |
| Late Stage VC deals | #10 |
| Most active at exits | #21 |
Company-Side Representation
| Global Company VC deals | #15 |
| US Company VC deals | #12 |
Investor-Side Representation
| Global Investor VC deals | #6 |
| US Investor VC deals | #5 |
| Rest of world Investor VC deals | #9 |
Industry Sectors
| Transportation VC deals | #5 |
| IT Hardware VC deals | #8 |
| Commercial Products & Services VC deals | #8 |
| Software VC deals | #9 |
| Consumer Goods and Recreation VC deals | #9 |
| Media VC deals | #9 |
| Energy VC deals | #10 |
| Pharma & Biotech VC deals | #14 |
| Healthcare Devices & Supplies VC deals | #16 |
PitchBook’s league tables are the industry’s most comprehensive and independent coverage of venture capital firm and service provider deal activity. This annual report provides the most complete information on rapidly changing trends in venture capital deal making.
About Silicon Legal Strategy
Silicon Legal Strategy is the premier boutique law firm providing targeted, bottom-line-oriented advice to technology startups, innovative entrepreneurs and seasoned investors. Trained at the top firms in Silicon Valley, our attorneys and staff are incredibly passionate about technology and have extensive experience representing early stage companies and investors. We are a known quantity in Silicon Valley, and work with or sit across the table from every major law firm in the area. Perhaps most importantly, we ourselves are entrepreneurs. We truly understand the challenges of a startup — like building and motivating a team, creating repeatable processes to ensure continued customer satisfaction at scale and dealing with infrastructure issues. We face these challenges every day — and as a result, are able to deliver more relevant, bottom-line-oriented advice. Put simply, we actually “get” what entrepreneurs are going through.