Summary List Placement The "wild West" days of Silicon Valley are no longer, and law firms have increasingly been turning their attention westward, seeking to establish a presence in the Bay Area amid the tech and life sciences boom. Freshfields announced in July that it will be opening a Silicon Valley office, citing the continuing growth of "the impact and strategic importance of technology and life sciences businesses." Meanwhile, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison also said that it intends to establish a Northern California office, as previously reported in Bloomberg Law.