Dow Jones VentureSource Ranks Firm No. 1 in 1H 2012 Issuer-Side Venture Financing
Dow Jones VentureSource's legal rankings for issuer-side venture equity financing deals in the first half of 2012 placed Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati ahead of all other firms by the total number of rounds of equity financing raised on behalf of clients. The firm is credited as legal advisor in 157 rounds of financing, while its nearest competitor advised on 86 rounds of financing.1
According to Dow Jones VentureSource, WSGR ranked first nationally for 1H 2012 issuer-side deals in the following industries: information technology,2 healthcare,3 clean technology, communications and networking, energy and utilities, consumer goods, consumer services, industrial goods and materials, business and financial services, semiconductors (tie), electronics and computer hardware, software, and medical devices and equipment.
1 As VentureSource continues to collect data and update its database, newly reported deals from a given time period may alter these results.
2 Information technology includes the following sub-sectors: semiconductors, communications/networking, electronics/computer hardware, and software.
3 Healthcare consists of the biopharmaceutical and medical devices/equipment sub-sectors.
