Founders who accept acqui-hire exits often have to agree to concessions, says Ivan Gaviria, a partner with law firm Gunderson Dettmer LLP in Redwood City, Calif.
Many would argue that Silicon Valley's big law firms--such as Brobeck Phleger, Gunderson Dettmer, The Venture Law Group and especially Wilson Sansini Goodrich--are at least as powerful as its venture capitalists.