We guide the next generation of market-leading companies as they ascend toward the public markets.
As companies stay private longer, their financing, governance and strategic needs become increasingly complex. Many begin to resemble public companies in private company form. Our Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice provides premium counsel to the fastest-growing private companies and the investors that back them. Our ECVC lawyers focus on financings, liquidity events, governance matters and other mission-critical transactions occurring at the stages where private companies often require sophisticated, public company-caliber counsel.
For companies planning to go public, we are consistently a law firm of choice. We were the No. 1 U.S. legal adviser to both issuers and managers on IPOs around the world by volume in 1H 2026, according to Bloomberg. In addition to capital markets, our ECVC practice serves as a gateway to the firm’s other practices, including M&A, finance, regulatory, advisory and litigation. We offer a team of lawyers who collaborate seamlessly across practice groups and geographies to provide clients with exceptional service, sophisticated advice and creative, practical solutions.
