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2025 IPO, Venture Capital and M&A Reports
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WilmerHale's QuickLaunch Program is a platform for qualified startups and entrepreneurs to receive the critical guidance and legal advice they need to get off the ground and gain a…
Recognition
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Technology Practice Group of the Year
Law360
2016-2018, 2022
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Ranked Among the Best Firms in Massachusetts for Technology
Chambers USA
2020-2025
- Chambers Global – Recognized 27 WilmerHale lawyers and 30 practice areas in its 2023 edition.
- Chambers USA Guide – Again named our corporate practice among the best in 2022, with sources saying that WilmerHale's corporate lawyers are “real leaders in the field” and are “incredibly knowledgeable and helpful.” The current edition of Chambers USA also ranked WilmerHale in the following related regions and practices: nationwide for Startups & Emerging Companies; Massachusetts for Corporate/M&A, Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment, and Technology; New York for Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded; and Washington DC for Corporate/M&A & Private Equity. WilmerHale was also ranked among the top FinTech law firms in the US in its 2021 FinTech guide.
- The Legal 500 United States – Recommended in the areas of commercial deals and contracts, outsourcing and technology transactions in their 2010–2023 editions.
- Best Lawyers in America – Recognized 124 WilmerHale partners for 2020, naming eleven as “Lawyers of the Year,” including David Westenberg as Boston Technology Law Lawyer of the Year.
- Law360 – Named WilmerHale a Technology Practice Group of the Year for 2016–2018 and 2022, an award recognizing the firm’s key role in the significant matters that made headlines and changed the legal landscape within the past year.
- U.S. News - Best Lawyers® – In the 2010–2024 “Best Law Firms” rankings, our Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Venture Capital Practices were ranked in the first tier nationally and in Boston, along with our Corporate Practice also being ranked in the first tier in Colorado, New York and Washington DC. Our Technology Practice was also ranked in the first tier in Boston and in the first tier nationally.
- JUVE Awards - Nominated as “Law Firm of the Year for Technology and Media” for 2025.
Insights & News
- Client Alert
Data Centers in Court: The Emerging Wave of Nuisance, Environmental, and Land-Use Litigation
Over the past year, several lawsuits have been filed against regulators as well as against data-center developers and operators by neighboring residents and other plaintiffs.
- Client Alert
SEC Rulemaking Updates – Capital Markets Edition
SEC proposals would ease disclosure rules, modernize IPOs and boost capital formation as Chairman Atkins advances “Make IPOs Great Again.”
- Firm News
WilmerHale Adds Prominent Corporate Advisor and Dealmaker Ben Fackler to Transactional Department in San Francisco
WilmerHale is pleased to announce that prominent transactional lawyer Ben Fackler has joined the firm as a partner in its Transactional Department, based in San Francisco.