BLING BLING: The $20bn Google flotation will net law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati up to $20m, and partners at the West Coast firm are hoping their initial investment could eventually realise between $50m and $100m. Wilson Sonsini took an equity investment in the world’s leading search engine when it advised Google prior to its launch in 1999. This will now net Wilson Sonsini the biggest windfall a law firm has had from such an investment, often made in lieu of fees.