Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
General Information
Overview
Gunderson Dettmer has more than 400 lawyers singularly focused on the global venture capital and emerging companies ecosystem, across 11 offices in key markets throughout the world: Silicon Valley, Ann Arbor, Austin, Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Beijing, and Singapore. The firm represents more than 2,500 venture-backed companies and over 450 of the world’s top venture capital and growth equity firms, including thousands of their underlying funds. For venture-backed companies, the firm provides guidance at every stage in their lifecycle, from launch through IPO and beyond, becoming extensions of their management teams as they prepare for their next stage of growth. For funds, the firm routinely negotiates close to one-third of every venture capital dollar raised worldwide and is the recognized global leader in the representation of venture capital and other growth equity funds in their investment activities, negotiating more than 1,000 venture and growth financings every year.
The Firm is a recognized international leader in the representation of venture capital and private equity investment funds. With extensive experience in North America, China, the EU and Latin America, our attorneys provide general counsel, fund formation and investor representation services to hundreds of the world’s leading venture capital and private equity firms. We are consistently ranked the most active fund formation and transactional firm in the country and the firm and our partners individually routinely earn highest industry rankings from Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Best Lawyers and others. Gunderson Dettmer has been ranked as the most active law firm for venture capital financings globally by PitchBook every year of its League Tables – 2014 – 2021. With more than 2000 venture and growth equity deals to our credit in 2021, we were again ranked “most active law firm globally” in PitchBook’s Global League Tables. This reinforces previous recognition and rankings in numerous industry reports.
We combine our deep market knowledge and strong industry relationships with a unique practice experience to provide practical, business-oriented counsel designed for the needs of the emerging-growth company marketplace. For more information about the Firm, please visit www.gunder.com or contact one of our office leaders.
Rankings
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP is nationally ranked in 8 practice areas and metro ranked in 13 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
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Select Clients
- Accel Capital
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Bit.ly
- Catho Online
- Etsy
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Palantir Technologies
- PopSugar
- Qlik Technologies (Nasdaq: QLIK)
- Synchronoss Technologies (Nasdaq: SNCR)
- Theravance, Inc. (Nasdaq: THRX)
- Tiger Global
- Vanda Pahrmaceuticals (Nasdaq: VNDA)
- Veeva Systems
- Warby Parker
Rankings
"Law Firm of the Year" Awards
National Rankings
Metro Rankings
Practice Areas
- Corporate Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Technology Law
- Venture Capital Law
Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
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Awards
- 2014 VC/PE Foreign Fund Raising Legal Advisor of the Year, Zero 2 IPO
- 2014 VC/PE Foreign Fund Investment Legal Advisor of the Year, Zero 2 IPO
- Chambers: Investment Funds: VC: Band One (Nationwide)
- Chambers: Corporate/M&A: VC: Band One (California)
- Chambers: Corporate/VC: Band One (California)
- ACQ Law Firm of the Year
- #1 in Private Equity Analyst's Most Active Law Firms in Venture Capital
- Best Lawyers
- Chambers: Investment Funds: VC: Band One (Nationwide)
- Chambers: IT & Outsourcing: Band One (California)
- 2014-2021 Most Active VC Law Firms Global (PitchBook)