SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Silicon Legal continues to set the standard for venture capital legal expertise, securing a spot among the world’s top VC law firms for the sixth consecutive year, according to PitchBook’s Data’s 2024 Global League Tables.¹
PitchBook’s league tables are the industry’s most comprehensive and independent coverage of venture capital firm and service provider deal activity. Their annual report provides the most complete information on rapidly changing trends in venture capital deal making.
In 2024, Silicon Legal advised clients in over 388 venture capital financings across the full startup lifecycle.
Silicon Legal partner Andre Gharakhanian observes,
Six years in Pitchbook’s Global Top 10 is no accident. It’s a reflection of our team’s deep expertise, relentless commitment to our clients, and ability to navigate complex deals with precision and efficiency. This ranking reinforces what our clients already know—Silicon Legal is the firm of choice for those shaping the future of innovation.
In a year marked by evolving deal structures and shifting market dynamics, Silicon Legal remained a trusted partner to provide targeted, bottom-line-oriented advice to technology startups, innovative entrepreneurs, and seasoned investors.
Most active globally
| 1 | Gunderson Dettmer | 1375 |
| 2 | Cooley | 1343 |
| 3 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | 861 |
| 4 | Goodwin | 721 |
| 5 | Orrick | 637 |
| 6 | DLA Piper | 512 |
| 7 | Silicon Legal Strategy | 388 |
| 8 | Fenwick & West | 299 |
| 9 | Latham & Watkins | 288 |
| 10 | Dentons | 253 |
PitchBook Data also ranked Silicon Legal highly across numerous sub-categories¹:
Company-Side Representation
| Global | #11 |
| US | #11 |
Investor-Side Representation
| Global | #6 |
| US | #4 |
| Rest of world | #8 |
Lifecycle Representation
| Early Stage | #7 |
| Late Stage | #11 |
| Exits | #17 |
Industry Sectors
| Consumer Goods & Services | #4 |
| Transportation | #7 |
| IT Hardware | #7 |
| Commercial Products & Services | #7 |
| Software | #7 |
| Media | #7 |
| Energy | #7 |
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.