Cooley (UK) LLP brochure 2021/22

Accolades

Training at Cooley We believe in learning by doing, and trainees will be involved in real work from the start. Cooley trainees are often pleasantly surprised by the level of responsibility they have on the matters assigned to them. Cooley’s two-year training programme will be divided into four seats of six months each. This will likely include at least one busi- ness litigation seat, where work could involve general commercial, products, employment, insurance or IP matters. Other seats will be in noncontentious corporate commercial/transactional areas, where work could involve M&A, private equity and venture capital, life sciences, finance matters, capital markets, technology trans- actions, and compensation & benefits. Seat options may evolve over time and in response to Cooley’s commercial business needs, but we work to ensure trainees obtain experience in the areas of greatest interest to them. Trainees will be supervised by lawyers at varying levels of seniority, as the experiences can be different but equally valuable to each trainee’s development. In addition to organising and supporting trainees through the Professional Skills Course, Cooley has developed a comprehensive training programme delivered by associates, partners and the professional development team at the firm. The aim is to enable trainees to develop practice-based skills and knowledge in our key areas, in addition to professional skills covering topics such as business development and finance. The support network at Cooley is extensive: Trainees have an assigned supervisor, a trainee buddy in the year above, a partner mentor, the legal talent team, the professional development team, and the training principal to help and encourage progress and growth.

Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, 100 Best Workplaces for Women and 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials

One of the 50 Best Law Firms for Women by Working Mother magazine

Shortlisted for City Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2020

International Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2018

Legal Week’s London Office of the Year in 2015 and 2017 at the British Legal Awards

Transatlantic Litigation Team of the Year at the 2019 Transatlantic Legal Awards

Transatlantic Capital Markets Team of the Year at the 2018 Transatlantic Legal Awards

Highly recommended in eight categories and 17 lawyers ranked by Chambers UK

Highly Commended distinction for US Law Firm of the Year at the 2018 and 2019 Legal Business Awards

Highly Commended distinction for Transatlantic Firm of the Year at the 2020 British Legal Awards

18 practice areas recommended and 41 lawyers ranked by UK Legal 500

Women in Law Empowerment Forum Gold Standard Certification

Excellence in Pro Bono award by The Law Society for outstanding work on The Statelessness Project

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