Overview
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman advised on 354 venture deals in 2025, eighth in PitchBook’s global ranking.[1] The firm lists 22 offices, from Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York and Washington, DC to London, Tokyo, Taipei, Doha and Riyadh.[11] Its recent announced work includes counsel to SambaNova on a US$1bn Series F, to Modal Labs on a US$750m Series D and to Stoke Space Technologies on a US$1bn Series E, indicating a focus on large AI-infrastructure and deep-technology rounds.[11] Its Washington regulatory practice is relevant to startups dealing with government contracts, export controls or energy regulation.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Experience with very large late-stage deep-tech rounds
- Regulatory, government-contracts and export-control capability
Limitations
- Smaller early-stage deal volume than the venture specialists
- Founder-resource offering less developed than Cooley or Orrick
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman alternatives and competitors
Alternatives to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman: companies ranked in the same lists.
Gunderson Dettmer
Cooley
Goodwin- Orrick
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- DLA Piper
Silicon Legal Strategy
Latham & Watkins
Fenwick & West
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