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Founded in 1993, VLG specializes in representing high potential technology companies from before their creation through their public offering or acquisition and beyond. We have helped hundreds of prominent technology companies get started, funded and grow and then go public or be acquired. Among these companies are Yahoo!; Cerent (sold to Cisco in 1999 for $7 Billion); Hotmail, WebTV, LinkExchange and Vxtreme (sold to Microsoft in the late 1990s); and Rosetta Inpharmatics (sold to Merck in 2001 for $540 Million). Click here for a representative list of past and present VLG clients. 

In 1999, VLG did the fourth largest number of initial public offerings for technology companies in the country, despite the relatively small size of our firm, and in 2000 and 2001 we remained among the leading firms in the country doing IPOs. We also were involved in mergers and acquisitions of our clients in the past three years with a total value of more than $50 Billion.

What makes VLG different from other law firms?

We are experts in the legal specialties most early stage technology companies need, including venture capital financings, public offering, mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing and corporate partnerships, executive compensation and taxation. We have invested millions of dollars and thousands of attorney and paralegal hours in developing software and databases which serve our clients' needs and which are superior to those of any other technology law firm. Ask us for a demonstration!

We don't try to represent every company. We choose our clients as carefully as they choose us and place strict limits on the number of companies each VLG attorney can represent. To our knowledge, we're the only law firm which does this. We want to represent clients where our brand of total commitment, partnership and expertise will add the greatest value.

We offer all of our clients a unique group of Internet based online tools and databases designed to make their access to VLG legal services more convenient and their businesses more successful. These tools and databases, called the "VLG Advantage" include the following: MyVLG, VLG Resources, and the VLG Deals Database.

We make extraordinary efforts to attract and retain the best attorneys and staff, allowing us to staff clients with stable teams. Our attorney retention rate is the best among major Silicon Valley law firms. Harvard Business School did a case study in 2000 on VLG's retention techniques.

We are cost conscious and efficient in doing our work. We itemize all our bills and don't charge for expenses most other law firms pass on to their clients, such as fax and telephone charges. Click here for an article on VLG's billing practices.

We're a great place to work. The 2001 Vault survey of associates at 120 major law firms ranked VLG the third best law firm in the country to work for. We emphasize fun and family and sponsor many community events, including the Sand Hill Challenge and the Tour De VLG, which was led this year by three time Tour De France winner Greg LeMond.

We treat our clients as long-term business partners, combining excellent legal skills with good business judgment and playing an active role in helping our clients succeed. As our clients succeed in building their businesses, we will succeed too.

Click here for information on how to become a VLG client.

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