Fenwick & West to Open in New York City

California law firm Fenwick & West, known as a corporate advisor to large tech companies like Facebook as well as emerging companies like BuzzFeed and FanDuel, is launching a New York City office, the firm will announce on Tuesday.

Its lawyers will initially work out of 18,000 square feet of temporary space in Midtown Manhattan, but the plan is to find permanent real estate in Flatiron District, using real estate firm CBRE in its search, said the firm’s chair Richard Dickson.

The office will start in June with four full-time partners: Fenwick’s California-based partners Daniel Brownstone, Kristine Di Bacco and Ken Myers ...