Cooley
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone number: (650) 843-5000
Visit Website: www.cooley.com
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The go-to firm for startups and early-stage companies, Cooley is ideal for those seeking cutting-edge work with innovative clients. The firm has a highly social culture that will no doubt appeal to affable personalities and boasts a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. With more than 1,200 lawyers practicing across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Cooley is synonymous with tech and venture capital work. The firm is also well regarded for its clean tech, cyber/data/privacy, IP, M&A, private equity, and securities practi...
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Cooley is a highly social firm where lawyers frequently got together—both during and after office hours—pre COVID and have continued to meet up virtually during the pandemic. The identity is so strong that lawyers use the firm’s name as an adjective to describe its culture. In interviewing candidates, Cooley strives to find candidates who will fit with the firm’s culture, and while there are grade cutoffs, the firm isn’t a prestige snob. Diversity is also a key recruiting component, and the firm has embraced behavioral interviewing. Unlike many of its peers, Cooley is exceptionally transparent with its associates—from firm finances to partnership. While making partner isn’t a shoe in, it’s possible, and associates are given ample support and guidance on the process. Associates are...
With more than 1,200 lawyers practicing across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Cooley is synonymous with tech and venture capital work. The firm is also well regarded for its clean tech, cyber/data/privacy, IP, M&A, private equity, and securities practices.
Tech Roots
Cooley was founded by Arthur Cooley and Louis Crowley in 1920 in San Francisco. Six decades later, the firm opened an office in Palo Alto, the epicenter of American technology. The rest is history. The firm began working with venture capitalists, life sciences companies, and emerging technology startups, representing the likes of Adobe Systems and Gilead Sciences; it also took Genentech and Amgen public in 1980 and 1983, respectively. The firm also advised on the formation of Draper, Gaither a...