| Turnover: | £226.4m |
| Profit per equity partner: | £538,000 |
| Revenue per lawyer: | £412,000 |
| Total number of lawyers: | 548 |
Over the years, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has managed to forge an impressive brand as a West Coast IP and IT specialist. Now it plans to export that reputation internationally.
The firm is looking to open its first international office in Shanghai, capitalising on an agreement with leading Chinese firm King & Wood to use its offices in return for space in Wilson Sonsini's Palo Alto headquarters.
Additionally, corporate securities partner Carmen Chang joined Wilson Sonsini from Shearman & Sterling in 2005 to lead the push into China.
Most of the big technology companies have used Wilson Sonsini at one stage or another, and the firm can count Apple, Google, Palm and Sun Microsystems as clients. But the relationship between name partner Larry Sonsini and ex-Hewlett-Packard general counsel Ann Baskins came under the spotlight in September 2006.
HP faced investigations from the US Department of Justice, California's state attorney and federal regulators into boardroom spying.
Sonsini was called before a House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing, instructing Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's leading white-collar litigation partner Michael Madigan.
Next year's figures will show whether there has been a knock-on effect from this. The firm's tech-focused model has so far been relatively efficient, with average lawyer revenue standing at a respectable £412,000 ($750,000) for 2005.
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