News About Cooley

Cooley pushes revenue to $2.03bn as lawyer ranks decrease

Tech-focused firm sees PEP grow 8.2% following almost 20% decline in 2022

14 Mar 2024

Cooley launches in Miami targeting local tech and VC work

Firm joins host of rivals including Sidley Austin and Kirkland & Ellis in opening in fast-growing business hub

2 Nov 2023

Foley Hoag completes hire of all-female patent team from Cooley

Quartet of patent experts joins recent Cooley hire Amy Baker Mandragouras to boost Foley’s life sciences IP practice

12 Oct 2023

Cooley hires Jenner & Block’s global arbitration practice chair in London

Charlie Lightfoot’s arrival underscores Cooley’s growing arbitration ambitions

2 Oct 2023

Cooley appoints first woman CEO as Conroy prepares to stand down after 16 years

San Francisco corporate head Rachel Proffitt to take over in 2024; Conroy to stay on as chair

18 Sep 2023

Cooley lays off 150 lawyers and staff in response to 'unexpected economic downturn'

Seventy-eight attorneys affected across US network as CEO blames ‘aggressive hiring’ during boom

1 Dec 2022

Cooley extends partnership with Tech Nation to advance DE&I in UK tech sector

US firm to support early-stage startups with at least one ethnic minority founder through Tech Nation’s Libra programme

7 Sep 2022

Kirkland, Cooley and Davis Polk act in Roper's $3.7bn acquisition of Frontline Education

Kirkland advised longtime client Thoma Bravo while Cooley acted for Frontline and Davis Polk advised Roper Technologies

5 Sep 2022

Eversheds Sutherland secures insurance heavyweight from Cooley in London

Transatlantic firm looks to grow contentious insurance and reinsurance capabilities

1 Sep 2022

Kirkland, Cooley advise on Bristol Myers Squibb’s acquisition of oncology specialist Turning Point

Deal is valued at $4.1bn and gives BMS access to Turning Point Therapeutics' pipeline of cancer drugs

6 Jun 2022

Cooley and Milbank tapped to bring Grindr through $2.1bn SPAC deal

Freshfields also advises on high-profile transaction with Singapore-based blank check company

11 May 2022

Cooley adds Linklaters’ global head of antitrust and foreign investment in Brussels

Jonas Koponen brings transactional, investigations and litigation experience in heated M&A market

29 Mar 2022

Cooley grows antitrust team with partners from CMS and Quinn Emanuel

Caroline Hobson and Ethan Glass join the firm in London and Washington DC respectively

14 Mar 2022

Cooley feasts off record deal markets to post 28% revenue rise to $1.9bn

PEP also jumps 28% as London office reaps dividends with 50% turnover increase

7 Mar 2022

Cooley adds capital markets partner in Singapore from Goldman Sachs

Tim Pitrelli joins from role as executive director and senior counsel in Goldman’s investment banking division

6 Jan 2022

Cooley partners with Tech Nation for D&I programme aimed at black entrepreneurs

'First-of-its-kind' scheme offers guidance to early-stage UK tech startups with at least one Black or multiracial with Black heritage founder

3 Dec 2021