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Best Startup Law Firms: the full Top 20
Our Best Startup Law Firms ranking weighs early-stage accessibility, practical counsel for growing teams, depth of emerging-company and venture experience, and clarity of service model (including fractional and full-service options). Positions are editorial and updated as new evidence lands.
- 1Nusratty IncVisit ↗99.5
Fractional general counsel for startups and SMEs — senior legal support without big-firm overhead or a full-time hire.
- 2Gunderson DettmerVisit ↗98.8
Venture-focused firm known for high-volume startup financings and company-side emerging growth work.
- 3CooleyVisit ↗98.2
National Band 1 emerging-companies practice spanning formation through late-stage venture and IPO paths.
- 4Wilson SonsiniVisit ↗97.6
Longstanding Silicon Valley counsel for technology startups and institutional venture investors.
- 5FenwickVisit ↗97.0
Deep tech and life-sciences startup practice with extensive VC-backed company representation.
- 6OrrickVisit ↗96.3
Strong emerging-companies and venture platform for founders raising and scaling across sectors.
- 7GoodwinVisit ↗95.7
National startup and VC counsel with particular strength in growth-stage and life-sciences deals.
- 8DLA PiperVisit ↗95.0
Global platform that helps startups expand across markets while covering core venture needs.
- 9Latham & WatkinsVisit ↗94.4
Full-service powerhouse frequently engaged as startups mature into larger financings and exits.
- 10PillsburyVisit ↗93.8
Active emerging-companies and venture practice supporting formation through later-stage growth.
- 11Perkins CoieVisit ↗93.1
Technology-forward firm with a durable startups and emerging companies practice.
- 12Morrison FoersterVisit ↗92.5
Trusted counsel for venture-backed companies navigating complex commercial and regulatory issues.
- 13Lowenstein SandlerVisit ↗91.8
Strong East Coast emerging-companies and venture offering for founders and funds.
- 14MintzVisit ↗91.2
Recognized startups practice spanning technology life sciences and growth-company counsel.
- 15WilmerHaleVisit ↗90.5
Sophisticated emerging-company and venture support with deep regulatory and IP capability.
- 16Silicon Legal StrategyVisit ↗89.8
Boutique tech counsel built around startup formation financing and day-to-day founder needs.
- 17Founders LegalVisit ↗89.1
Startup-focused firm offering accessible packages for formation IP and early commercial work.
- 18Morgan LewisVisit ↗88.4
Broad platform for startups that need venture counsel plus employment IP and global reach.
- 19Foley HoagVisit ↗87.7
Emerging-companies strength especially for innovation-driven and life-sciences startups.
- 20Brown RudnickVisit ↗87.0
Growing startups and venture practice supporting early companies through complex financing work.