Fenwick, Wilson Sonsini, Top List of Law Firms for Startups

Fenwick & West and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati are the go-to law firms for startup companies, according to a new study.

Together, the two firms scoop up about 14 percent of every dollar spent on legal services by startups, per research conducted by Kruze Consulting.

Kruze, which provides services around tax, HR and other matters to startups, analyzed the legal spend of more than 140 U.S.-based Seed, Series A, and Series B startups with over $850 million in combined funding.

The list of firms was West Coast-centric and included some of the big law players best known for ...