DLA Piper is the second largest law firm in the world with 59 offices in 22 countries and a worldwide staff of 7,000 including 3,100 attorneys. In addition to biotech and pharmaceutical, their areas of practice include Corporate and Finance, Commercial, Real Estate, Legislative and Regulatory, Litigation, Human Resources and Technology, and Media and Communications. DLA Piper has agreed as part of their engagement to provide the services of their Venture Pipeline group that helps companies to gain access to angel and venture capital deals. DLA Piper ranked 3rd in the world and 3rd in the U.S. by volume of deals in 2005. In the past 6 years DLA Piper represented clients in more than 1000 transactions, representing more than $13 billion in value.