Cooley Among Top Firms on US, Global M&A Rankings

Palo Alto – October 10, 2023 – Cooley’s global M&A practice has been recognized based on its M&A activity on Bloomberg’s, Refinitiv’s and Mergermarket’s Q3 2023 M&A league tables. Led by co-chairs Jamie Leigh and Barbara Borden, Cooley’s M&A practice continues to dominate in public and private transactions in the US and globally. 

Cooley earned top recognitions, most notably from: 

• Bloomberg, which again ranked the firm #1 for global- and US-announced deals by deal count, as well as global- and US-announced deals – principals by deal count, and #1 for global mid-market deals and private equity deals, each by both value and count. 
• Refinitiv, which again ranked the firm #1 for US target completed deals based on deal count, as well as #2 for US- and global-announced and completed deals by deal count.
• Mergermarket, which ranked the firm #3 on its US league table by deal count and #4 on its global league table.

To support these rankings, Cooley handled deals across a variety of industries, while maintaining its top position in technology and life sciences, and worked on several market-leading transactions, including:

• Contentsquare’s definitive agreement to acquire Heap
• Tenable’s definitive agreement to acquire Ermetic for $265 million
• Veritone’s acquisition of Broadbean for $52 million
• ThoughtSpot’s acquisition of Mode Analytics for $200 million
• Definitive Healthcare’s acquisition of Populi
• Sprout Social’s acquisition of Tagger Media for $140 million
• Bridge to Life’s sale of certain assets to TransMedics
• Travere Therapeutics’ definitive agreement to sell its bile acid product portfolio to Mirum Pharmaceuticals for up to $445 million
• DigitalOcean’s acquisition of Paperspace for $111 million
• CyberGRX’s definitive merger agreement with ProcessUnity
• Vietnam Sunergy Cell Company Limited’s definitive business combination agreement with Blue World Acquisition Corp.

Cooley’s world-class transactional team has worked on 1,810+ M&A deals for an aggregate value of more than $835 billion since 2018 – guiding top companies, financial advisers and private equity sponsors in some of the market’s largest and most complex transactions. With the recent addition of a five-partner private equity and M&A team in Cooley’s Denver office, the M&A group includes 180+ practitioners and spans 18 major business and technology centers in the US, Asia and Europe, representing all categories of participants in transactions.

About Cooley LLP

Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals, complex IP and regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation, where innovation meets the law.

Cooley has over 1,300 lawyers across 18 offices in the United States, Asia and Europe, and a total workforce of nearly 3,000.

This content is provided for general informational purposes only, and your access or use of the content does not create an attorney-client relationship between you or your organization and Cooley LLP, Cooley (UK) LLP, or any other affiliated practice or entity (collectively referred to as “Cooley”). By accessing this content, you agree that the information provided does not constitute legal or other professional advice. This content is not a substitute for obtaining legal advice from a qualified attorney licensed in your jurisdiction and you should not act or refrain from acting based on this content. This content may be changed without notice. It is not guaranteed to be complete, correct or up to date, and it may not reflect the most current legal developments. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Do not send any confidential information to Cooley, as we do not have any duty to keep any information you provide to us confidential. This content may be considered Attorney Advertising and is subject to our legal notices.