Cooley Expands M&A, Corporate Practice With Partner Hire in Palo Alto

Palo Alto – May 8, 2025 – Cooley is pleased to welcome Adam Bloom as a partner in the firm’s M&A group. Bloom joins the firm’s Palo Alto office, where he brings two decades of experience supporting clients through pivotal corporate and M&A transactions.

“We are thrilled Adam is joining Cooley’s leading M&A practice,” said Jamie Leigh, Cooley partner and chair of the firm’s global M&A practice group. “Adam’s comprehensive corporate experience and strong industry relationships will be a tremendous asset to our Bay Area team as we continue to expand our global corporate presence. Alongside his in-depth understanding of the market, Adam brings distinctive talent in handling complex technical projects with novel structures.”

Bloom joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He has built a strong track record advising clients in all manner of transactions, including traditional private company exits, complex minority investment transactions on both company and investor sides, joint ventures, UP-C initial public offerings, multi-entity structures and related reorganizations, recaps, spinouts and carve outs. He works with emerging companies, as well as the venture capitalists and private equity firms that fund them.

“I am excited to join the Cooley bench, which continues to grow substantially in both robust and challenging market environments,” said Bloom. “Cooley’s innovative team is at the forefront of representing the world’s most dynamic companies in tech, life sciences and beyond, and I look forward to working collaboratively on a myriad of strategic opportunities.”

Since 2020, Cooley has handled 1,600+ M&A transactions, with an aggregate value of more than $735 billion, making its M&A practice one of the most active in the world. Cooley’s M&A lawyers signed 22% more M&A deals in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2024, despite a 15% drop in global M&A activity. The firm represents all categories of participants in transactions, including buyers, sellers, major stockholders, lenders, financial advisors, management, special board committees, venture capitalists, individual investors, private equity funds, hedge funds and others.

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