Law firms Planning to ‘make a big impact’: Cooley raids Edwards Wildman and MoFo’s City offices to launch in London Legal Business · 12 January 2015 · 3 min read Strategic recruitment Edwards Wildman Palmer Cooley Troutman Pepper Locke US firm Cooley has made its long-awaited entrance to the London legal market, taking partners from Morrison & Foerster and Edwards Wildman Palmer to create a 55-lawyer UK practice.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryTrading places: Kirkland launches Phildaelphia transactions practice as Sidley hires Cravath ECM partnerLaw firmsWill Lewallen10 Apr 2026Trading Places: Ropes hires Freshfields levfin co-head as top Kirkland litigator retiresLaw firmsEliza Winter25 Mar 2026Cooley London revenue jumps 17% to break £100mLaw firmsWill Lewallen16 Mar 2026Paul Hastings infra pair head to Freshfields after two yearsLaw firmsAlex Ryan28 Feb 2025Gibson Dunn takes heavyweight Sullivan & Cromwell duo in major London playLaw firmsElisha Juttla27 Feb 2025Chance moment: CC doubles down on private capital, but will flurry of hires pay off?Law firmsElisha Juttla14 Feb 2025Worst-kept secret: Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman approve combinationLaw firmsLegal Business1 Dec 2014Partner exits mount: Edwards Wildman loses commercial litigation partner to GlaxoSmithKlineLaw firmsLegal Business27 Nov 2014Edwards Wildman and Locke Lord set to combineLaw firmsLegal Business6 Oct 2014