For more than 30 years, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s name has been synonymous with the US tech market.

Such was the firm’s rise, backed by the sky-high profile of chief executive/rainmaker Larry Sonsini, that at its peak in 2000 a major survey of 5,000 associates judged the firm the US’ 10th most prestigious legal practice – an incredible achievement for a firm outside one of the country’s major legal centres.