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Cooley LLP
Cooley LLP
HeadquartersPalo Alto, CA
No. of offices10
No. of attorneys650+
Major practice areasGeneral practice
RevenueIncrease US$ 517 million[1]
Date founded1920 (San Francisco)
Company typeLimited liability partnership
Websitewww.cooley.com

Cooley LLP ("Cooley Godward Kronish LLP") is an international law firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California and with offices in major markets in the United States and China. Nationally renowned as a leading Silicon Valley law firm,[2] Cooley represents clients across a broad array of dynamic industry sectors, including technology, life sciences, clean tech, real estate, financial services, retail and energy.[3] In addition to venture capital, the firm's other core practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, life sciences and technology transactions, intellectual property, tax, real estate, and business litigation.[4]

Cooley's San Francisco office is located on 101 California Street.

History

Cooley was founded by Arthur Cooley and Louis Crowley in 1920 in San Francisco.[5] In 1958, Cooley formed Draper, Gaither and Anderson, the first venture capital partnership to be organized on the West Coast. Also in the 1950s, Cooley formed Raychem and National Semiconductor, one of the original chip companies that gave "Silicon Valley" its name.[6] In 2011 and 2012, Cooley assisted Zynga and Yelp! in launching their respective IPOs.[7]

Offices

Cooley has offices in Boston, Broomfield, Palo Alto, New York, Northern Virginia, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and Shanghai.

Practices & Industries

The firm’s 600 plus attorneys provide legal expertise in a number of areas of law. The areas of practice are quite extensive and ranges from Antitrust & Trade Regulation to Tax Litigation and Technology Transactions. Cooley LLP caters to a number of industries as well which includes Clean Energy, Digital Media, Retail, Sports and Communications. More information about the firm is available on the Law Periscope website.

Rankings

Vault ranks Cooley 60th in its annual ranking of the most prestigious law firms in the United States.[8] The American Law Journal ranks Cooley 57th in its annual ranking of the largest U.S. law firms by revenue.[9] Top Legal 500[10] and the National Law Journal's NLJ 250[11] rank Cooley as one of the best and largest law firms in the United States. In addition, U.S. News and World Report nominated Cooley as the 2011-12 law firm of the year in biotechnology law.[12] In 2011, Cooley LLP was named U.S. Tax Court Firm of the Year by the International Tax Review.[13]

References

  1. ^ http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202489360193
  2. ^ http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2006/08/22/leading-silicon-valley-law-firm-hooks-up-with-new-york-counterpart/
  3. ^ http://www.martindale.com/Cooley-Godward-Kronish-LLP/law-firm-139508.htm
  4. ^ http://careers.abovethelaw.com/firm_snapshots?id=26
  5. ^ http://www.cooley.com/History
  6. ^ http://www.cooley.com/History
  7. ^ http://www.cooley.com/66175
  8. ^ http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/companies/company-profile/Cooley-LLP?companyId=383
  9. ^ http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202489360193
  10. ^ http://www.legal500.com/firms/50229-cooley-llp/53763-washington-dc
  11. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_U.S._law_firms_by_number_of_lawyers
  12. ^ http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/firms/cooley-llp/Rankings/13597/
  13. ^ http://www.cooley.com/65787
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