France

Multidisciplinary team strategically guiding French companies and entrepreneurs across a full spectrum of legal services in Europe and the US.

Why Cooley?

  • Our French market focus supports the prominence of French technology and science, the dynamic growth of US and European venture capital invested into French companies, and the success of French companies in accessing the US capital markets.

  • Our multilingual team – which includes emerging companies, capital markets/public companies and M&A lawyers with deep ties to France – has been involved in the local market for decades, giving us deep knowledge of the French legal system, business ecosystem, practices and culture.

  • We think like our clients, and we provide pragmatic, tailored and business-oriented advice from a US and global perspective.

  • We work closely with leading French law, accounting and venture capital firms, and we are intimately familiar with the legal and business opportunities and challenges presented by US-French VC, private equity, M&A and capital markets transactions, including, specifically, tax and intellectual property matters.

  • We seamlessly partner with local counsel to ensure coverage and maximize efficiency across jurisdictions.

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Built by Cooley to propel your business at every stage

Cooley handles the lifecycle of emerging companies – it has a genuine focus on startups and early-stage companies, with regular instructions to advise on company formations.

The Legal 500

#1

law firm in the US and globally for representing companies in VC financings

– PitchBook (2023)

Recognition

  • 7,000+ innovative, high-growth private company clients
  • 1,700+ VC financings annually, and primary fund counsel to 700+ investment fund organizations
  • #1 law firm for handling venture-backed IPOs for the last 15+ years, according to IPO Vital Signs
  • #1 law firm for European foreign private issuer (FPI) US IPOs since 2016, according to Deal Point Data
  • 78% French FPI IPOs and 88% French biotech FPI IPOs, according to Deal Point Data (2016 – 2023)