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: Gibson Dunn picks up Paul Weiss disputes trio as Latham finance pair move to V&ELaw firmsWill Lewallen25 Sep 2026OpenAI launches Astra for Law, with early access for select firmsLaw firmsWill Lewallen18 Sep 2026Trading Places: White & Case hires Mayer Brown funds head as former Freshfields US disputes head decamps for DLALaw firmsEliza Winter21 Aug 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