The Legal 500 US 2025 Highlights Cooley

New York – June 17, 2025 –The Legal 500 US 2025 edition recognized Cooley in 44 practice areas and recommended the firm as top tier for life sciences, technology transactions, cyber law (including data privacy and data protection), capital markets: equity offerings, and venture capital and emerging companies. The firm also was ranked in three areas of The Legal 500’s new worldwide rankings: capital markets, data protection and private equity.

In addition, the guide recommended 155 Cooley lawyers – with 31 recognized as leading lawyers in their respective fields, five noted in the Hall of Fame and seven highlighted as next-generation partners.

The following is a complete list of Cooley’s Legal 500 US 2025 rankings:

Recommended practice groups
Indicates Band 1 ranking
* Indicates new ranking
+ Indicates improved ranking

• Capital markets: debt offerings: advice to issuers +
• Capital markets: debt offerings: advice to underwriters
• Capital markets: equity offerings: advice to issuers
• Capital markets: equity offerings: advice to managers
• Capital markets: global offerings: advice to issuers
• Capital markets: global offerings: advice to underwriters
• Capital markets: worldwide *
• Corporate governance *
• CFIUS +
• Civil litigation/class action: defense
• Commercial lending: advice to borrowers
• Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates
• Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals
• Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
• Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Data protection: worldwide *
• Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Financial services regulation: banking
• Financial services regulation: consumer finance
• Fintech
• General commercial disputes
• International arbitration
• Land use/zoning
• Life sciences
• M&A: large deals ($1 billion+)
• Merger control
• Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
• Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Private equity: worldwide *
• Product liability, mass tort and class action – defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Real estate
• Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate +
• Securities litigation: defense
• Shareholder activism: advice to boards *
• Technology transactions
• Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
• Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• Trademarks: litigation
• Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Transport: aviation and air travel – litigation and regulation
• US taxes: non-contentious
• Venture capital and emerging companies
• Workplace and employment counseling +

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