Cooley Maintains Top Rankings in Global M&A and Private Equity
New York – April 1, 2026 – Cooley’s global mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices were again recognized for top ranking positions in Q1 league tables from Bloomberg*. Despite the unpredictable market, Cooley continues to dominate in public and private deals around the world.
Cooley’s top rankings by deal count include:
- #1 for US and global life sciences M&A
- #1 for US and global tech M&A
- #3 for US and global M&A
- #2 for US mid-market M&A
- #3 for global mid-market M&A
- #2 for US and global private equity deals
In 2026, Cooley handled transactions across a diverse range of industries while also maintaining its top position in technology and life sciences. The firm’s market-leading transactions include representing:
- Clorox’s $2.25 billion acquisition of GOJO, the manufacturer of Purell
- RAPT Therapeutics on its $2.2 billion acquisition by GSK
- 35Pharma on its $950 million acquisition by GSK
- Lightning AI on its merger with Voltage Park
- Parsons Corporation on its $375 million acquisition of Altamira Technologies
- Yelp on its $270 million purchase of Hatch, an AI-powered lead management platform
- Apprentice.io on its acquisition of Ganymede, an AI-powered cloud platform
- For The Record on its $258 million sale to Tyler Technologies
- Kezar Life Sciences in its sale to Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
- TheGuarantors on its growth investment from Warburg Pincus
- Sensei Biotherapeutics’ acquisition of Faeth Therapeutics
- Spring Health on its acquisition of Alma
- Digital financial services company Stash Financial on its acquisition by Grab
- IQM on its deSPAC merger with Real Asset Acquisition Corp., as well as a concurrent $130+ million PIPE financing
- Veros Technologies on the company’s sale to Quantum Leap
- SiTime on the purchase of assets from Renesas’ timing business
- Bucket Listers on its majority acquisition by MARI
- Repare on its purchase by XenoTherapeutics
Since 2021, Cooley’s world-class transactional team has worked on 1,600+ M&A deals for an aggregate value of more than $750 billion – guiding top public and private companies, financial advisors and private equity sponsors in some of the market’s largest and most complex transactions. The M&A and PE groups include 180+ practitioners in major business and technology centers worldwide, representing all categories of participants in transactions.
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