AmLaw firm serving venture, private equity, and tech companies on M&A and regulatory matters
Cooley is a 100+ year-old law firm with nearly 1,400 attorneys across 19 offices globally, built around venture capital, private equity, and technology law. The tech stack reveals a hybrid operational model: heavy Microsoft enterprise infrastructure (Office, Workday, SQL Server, Azure ecosystem) paired with specialized legal tools (iManage, Carta) and emerging cloud services (AWS Lambda, Azure OpenAI, SageMaker). Active hiring spans legal roles (the majority), marketing leadership, and engineering — suggesting both traditional legal staffing and an investment in digital service delivery and knowledge infrastructure.
Notable leadership hires: Marketing Director, Content Marketing Director, Director of Marketing
Cooley advises clients on transformative M&A, complex intellectual property and regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation. The firm serves venture capital, private equity, technology, and life sciences sectors. With more than 3,000 total employees and offices across the United States, Asia, and Europe, Cooley operates at significant scale. Current project focus includes a national private companies platform, M&A due diligence tooling, and equity programs for foreign operations, alongside internal data governance and software asset management initiatives.
Cooley uses Microsoft Office, Workday, iManage (legal case management), Carta (cap table), and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) including Azure OpenAI and SageMaker. Legal-specific tools dominate, with enterprise platform integrations for HR and operations.
Nearly 1,400 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States, Asia, and Europe, as part of a total workforce exceeding 3,000 people.
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