Overview
Cooley is a full-service firm with nearly 1,400 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States, Asia and Europe.[4] PitchBook’s 2025 tables credited it with 1,360 venture deals, second globally, and the firm says it ranked first for representing companies in venture financings in the US and globally for the sixth year running, as well as first for exits and late-stage deals.[1][3] Cooley states it handled more than 1,200 financings in 2025 raising over US$80bn.[3] Its free founder platform, Cooley GO, provides stage-by-stage guidance, a document library and generators for SAFE financings and Delaware public-benefit-corporation incorporations.[5] Cooley also has large life-sciences, litigation and public-company practices, which helps companies that expect to go public.
Cooley strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Ranked first for company-side venture work six years in a row
- Free Cooley GO templates and document generators
Limitations
- Large-firm billing rates apply once a company outgrows startup fee arrangements
- Very early-stage clients may be staffed mainly by junior lawyers
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Cooley alternatives and competitors
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Gunderson Dettmer
Goodwin- Orrick
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- DLA Piper
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Latham & Watkins
Fenwick & West
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