Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP
Law Firm · Medium firm (21 to 100 attorneys) · Founded 1987 · Updated September 2026
About Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP
At Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP, business transactions attorneys advise businesses, private individuals, and investors, and their clients run small and middle market businesses. The corporate, partnership, and LLC practice organizes and finances new businesses and joint ventures. It recommends the entity form and prepares the governing documents, shareholder agreements, and buy-sell agreements. It also handles the purchase and sale of businesses and business assets. The firm works from two Bay Area offices, in San Rafael and in San Francisco, and its clients come from manufacturing, farming, food processing and distribution, software and technology, electronic commerce, hospitality, retail, publishing, design, biotechnology and life sciences, professional services, and private equity investment. Alongside its business work it practices real estate finance, development, and leasing, as well as tax and estate planning, so an owner's other questions can be handled in the same place. When partners decide to go separate ways or a company sells all of its assets, the firm structures the divisions, distributions, and dissolutions that follow the sale.
Who is a good fit for Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP
- Owners of manufacturing companies preparing a corporate or partnership transaction.
- Buyers and sellers of a software or technology business or its assets.
- Operators of hospitality or retail companies forming a new company.