Cooley Shortlisted in Multiple Categories in Asia Legal Awards
Singapore – August 1, 2025 – Cooley has been named a finalist in multiple categories for the 2025 Asia Legal Awards, presented by Law.com International.
The firm’s appearances among finalists comprise one practice-wide recognition, two individual recognitions and one deal award:
- Investment Funds Firm of the Year
- Investment Funds Lawyer of the Year: Partner Pang Lee
- IPO Lawyer of the Year: Partner Michael Yu
- Private Equity Deal of the Year: For representing ProfoundBio in its $1.8 billion acquisition by Genmab
The Asia Legal Awards honor the most significant and complex transactions, cases and legal work that have shaped the industry across Asia.
Cooley’s Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai offices represent a growing number of China’s most innovative and dynamic tech and life sciences companies, advising them from formation through financing and exit. The teams’ in-depth subject matter knowledge and transactional prowess enable the firm to handle a raft of corporate, finance, M&A and capital markets work for international and China-based high-tech and life sciences entities engaged in inbound and outbound endeavors.
Cooley’s Singapore-based team has worked on numerous significant corporate deals, guiding clients on financings, M&A, joint ventures, and capital markets and other strategic transactions. At the time of its opening in 2020, the Singapore office was Cooley’s fourth in the Asia-Pacific region, its first in Southeast Asia and its 16th office worldwide.
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