Practices

Capital Markets

Advising the world’s most innovative companies and leading investment banks on capital markets strategy, guiding them through IPOs and other transformative transactions with precision and impact

Why Cooley

  • Trusted by disruptors

    Our deep experience and comprehensive purpose-built platform helps innovative companies raise capital and scale with confidence

  • Global by design

    We advise on complex capital markets transactions of all kinds across public and private markets, sectors and jurisdictions, as one truly connected global team

  • Differentiated by our balanced representation across issuers and banks

    We have a unique vantage point on deal mechanics, investor expectations and execution windows

  • Relied on by the world’s leading investment banks

    We offer unmatched visibility into underwriter priorities and market movement

  • Guided by former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officials and seasoned attorneys

    We provide a rare glimpse into how regulators think and how public companies stay ahead, and are thought leaders who craft creative solutions amidst rapidly changing regulatory challenges

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Leading the industry

  • Deal Point Data: #1 firm for US issuer-side IPOs since 2016
  • IPO Vital Signs: #1 firm for US VC-backed IPOs for 15+ years (2005 – 2024)
  • Bloomberg Law: One of the decade’s top IPO legal advisors (2020)
  • Deal Point Data: #1 for European FPI US IPOs since 2016
  • Deal Point Data: #1 firm for US healthcare and life sciences IPOs (2016 – 2024)
  • The Legal 500 US: Tier 1 for Capital Markets: Equity Offerings: Advice to Issuers (2021 – 2023)
  • Law 360: Capital Markets Practice Group of the Year (2015, 2018, 2019, 2023)
  • Prospect News: Top 3 firm for convertible notes by number of transactions: Advice to Issuers (2019 – 2024)

By the numbers

  • 280+ public companies trust us as their principal corporate governance and securities counsel

  • 7,000+ private company clients, giving us an unparalleled deal flow
  • 1,000+ public offerings from 2016 to 2024, with a rare and balanced company-side and bank-side practice