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Cooley Retains #1 Vault Rankings for Privacy & Data Security, Emerging Companies & Venture Capital

June 25, 2025

Palo Alto – June 25, 2025 – For the fifth consecutive year, Cooley earned the top spot on Vault’s Best Law Firms ranking of for Privacy & Data Security. The firm also maintained its #1 ranking for Emerging Companies & Venture Capital – a position Cooley has held for seven consecutive years.

On the Vault Law 100 list, Cooley moved up to #22 in overall prestige. The firm also moved up to the fourth place ranking for Intellectual Property.

In Vault’s regional rankings, Cooley moved up to the #1 ranking in Northern California, maintained its top five rankings in the Mountain States and the Pacific Northwest, in addition to rankings in New York and Washington, DC, Boston, Chicago, and Southern California.

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Cooley’s cyber/data/privacy practice is a cross-functional, integrated team of lawyers in the US, Europe and Asia spanning the spectrum of advisory, transactional, regulatory and litigation matters involving privacy, cybersecurity, and data governance.

Cooley’s emerging companies practice group works closely with startups and venture capital firms as they launch dynamic new ventures – to take them forward and beyond. The firm advises 7,000+ innovative, high-growth companies from preformation founder teams to many of the most sophisticated tech companies in the world. Cooley serves as primary fund counsel to more than 800 investment fund organizations and represents venture funds or corporate investors in 1,700+ private financings each year.

Vault provides market intelligence on working in the legal industry and other professions based on annual surveys of thousands of full-time professionals. From those results, Vault ranks the top employers and internship programs by prestige, diversity, quality of life, and more.

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Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals, complex IP and regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation.

Cooley has nearly 1,400 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States, Asia and Europe, and a total workforce of more than 3,000 people.

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