Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, has hired Stuart M. Chemtob as senior of counsel in the firm’s antitrust practice. He will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.

Entrepreneurs’ access to broader funding sources — including many former entrepreneurs –continues to pay off hugely when it comes to who controls their company. So one could conclude from a newly released report on financing trends by the storied Silicon Valley law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Goodwin Procter has appointed Lawrence M. Chu as a member of Goodwin’s technology companies, M&A/corporate governance and private equity practices at the firm’s business law department. He will be based in the Silicon Valley office. Chu joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in San Francisco where he was a partner. PRESS RELEASE Goodwin Procter, [...]

Global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates has appointed Carmen Chang as a special senior advisor. Chang is to retire as a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she specialized in corporate and securities law and led the firm’s China practice. At NEA, she will work with NEA’s portfolio of companies based in, [...]

Last August, 8-year-old CouchSurfing, a social networking Web site whose members offer their homes to travelers free of charge, dropped its non-profit status and became a “B Corp” or “benefit corporation,” announcing $7.6 million in funding from Omidyar Network and Benchmark Capital as it made the transition. In the cookie cutter legal world of Silicon [...]

Law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has named Kefei Li partner. He joins the firm from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, and will be based in China. Li specializes in capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate counseling. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides legal services for technology, life sciences, and growth companies.

Morrison & Foerster, a law firm that earnestly promotes the tagline, “This is Mofo,” has announced a new head of its corporate life sciences practices in Palo Alto: Michael O’ Donnell, who joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. PRESS RELEASE: Morrison & Foerster LLP is pleased to announce that Michael O’Donnell has joined the firm’s Palo Alto [...]