News About Cooley

Cooley expands infrastructure, energy and real estate group with twin partner hire from Kirkland

Kevin Donahue and Jacob Clark join group that was launched in May amid data centre investment boom

3 Jun 2026

Cooley launches energy, infrastructure and real estate group with Baker Botts energy co-chair

Mona Dajani joins in New York to lead practice alongside Cooley veteran Michelle Schulman

8 May 2026

Taylor Wessing adds product liability specialist from Cooley in London

Jamie Humphreys will join as a partner in the firm’s disputes team

28 Apr 2026

Cooley’s turnover rises 10% as it approaches $2.4bn

London’s revenue contribution jumps 17% to $110.3m following an 8% decline in 2024

16 Mar 2026

Paul Hastings continues to expand London private equity bench with Cooley partner hire

Singapore-based Ferish Patel is relocating to London as part of the move

18 Feb 2026

Gibson Dunn, Cooley advise on Merck’s $9.2bn purchase of flu drug-maker Cidara

Gibson Dunn also advised Merck on its $10bn acquisition of Verona Pharma earlier this year

14 Nov 2025

Cooley partner Ethan Glass joins key client Compass as its next legal head

Glass has been representing residential real estate broker in high-profile dispute with Northwest Multiple Listing Service

12 Sep 2025

Cooley recruits Ashurst tech M&A co-head in London

Jonathan Cohen will support US firm’s venture capital offering in the UK

15 Jul 2025

Fenwick opens Boston office with trio of Cooley partners

Silicon Valley-based firm adds to its East Coast presence as it targets city’s tech and life sciences sectors

14 Apr 2025

Cooley turnover hits $2bn mark again even as London revenue falters

Global revenue rises 5.8%, though London’s contribution slides 8% to $94.5m

26 Mar 2025

MoFo hires second competition specialist from Cooley in Brussels

Jan Lang, who joins as a partner, is reunited with Alexander Israel, MoFo’s new EU competition head

21 Mar 2025

Cooley, Covington shepherd AstraZeneca's $1bn EsoBiotec acquisition

AstraZeneca boasts highest market capitalisation of FTSE 100, at $185bn

18 Mar 2025

Simpson Thacher builds out in Boston with hires from Cooley, Ropes & Gray

Recently launched office bolstered with two partners practising across private funds and government investigations

20 Feb 2025

Twenty make the grade in Cooley’s latest partner promotions round

Three made up in London following exit of office managing partner Justin Stock for Akin in the summer

2 Dec 2024

Cooley recruits Gowling’s London life sciences head

Jenny Davies joins as a partner in Cooley’s London life sciences partnering and licensing practice

23 Oct 2024

Bitcoin start-up Thesis hires former Cooley lawyer as GC

Katherine Snow joins from crypto data platform Messari, where she was CLO

4 Oct 2024

Cooley boosts London ECVC bench with triple partner hire from US rivals

Taylor Wessing’s ECVC head joins alongside partners from White & Case and Goodwin Procter

10 Sep 2024

Cooley’s London chief takes team to Akin

Justin Stock joins with two more partners to boost Akin’s tech transactions bench

19 Jul 2024

Latham, Skadden and Paul Weiss among firms advising on $6.9bn Squarespace take private


Private equity firm Permira is leading the deal, with support from General Atlantic and Accel

14 May 2024

Gateley affiliate Austen Hays launches class action against Grindr, advised by Cooley

High Court Claim alleges misuse of highly sensitive information including about HIV status

24 Apr 2024