Perkins Coie

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Perkins Coie

Perkins Coie is a Seattle-founded international law firm established in 1912 and now numbering roughly 1,200 lawyers. The firm is particularly associated with technology and growth companies while maintaining broad corporate, litigation, intellectual-property, privacy and regulatory practices across major U.S. business centers and London.

Perkins Coie is an international law firm founded in Seattle in May 1912. The firm has deep Pacific Northwest roots and has expanded into a national and international organization of approximately 1,200 lawyers. Seattle remains a major office, while the firm's network spans U.S. technology and business centers and includes a London office opened in 2024. Perkins Coie advises companies, investors and institutions across corporate transactions, litigation, intellectual property, privacy, technology transactions, emerging companies, regulatory matters and other business-focused practices. Its history includes long relationships with companies that grew from the Pacific Northwest technology sector into global enterprises. Current firm materials place particular emphasis on technology, innovation and businesses developing new products and markets. The firm's institutional history reaches back to a May 1912 Seattle partnership formed by handshake. Over the following century, Perkins Coie expanded with clients in aerospace, technology, retail, internet commerce and other industries. Current leadership under firmwide Managing Partner Bill Malley continues that national growth strategy while preserving Seattle as the firm's historical base.