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 business litigation seat, where work could involve general commercial, products, employment 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 transactions, and compensation and 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 professional brand, presence and impact, building relationships in a hybrid environment, and collaborating effectively at work. 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.
US Law Firm of the Year and highly commended in the Commercial Litigation Team of the Year category at the Legal Business Awards 2022
Shortlisted for Life Sciences Team of the Year and M&A Team of the Year (Medium Deal) at the British Legal Awards 2022
Shortlisted for City Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2020
Highly commended distinction for Transatlantic Firm of the Year at the 2020 British Legal Awards
International Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2018
Highly recommended in eight categories and 20 lawyers ranked by Chambers UK
20 practice areas recommended and 29 London office lawyers ranked (for a total of 47 individual recognitions) by The Legal 500 UK
London office recognised by The Legal 500’s Future Lawyers trainee solicitor survey as a winning firm across eight categories
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 Seramount (formerly Working Mother)
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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