Cooley’s mergers and acquisitions team in New York has grown again with the addition of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz associate Kevin Cooper as a partner.

Cooper, whose LinkedIn profile indicates he started at Wachtell in 2010, said Cooley’s presence in M&A has been growing over the years. He said he stayed in touch with Ian Nussbaum, a friend and former Wachtell associate who moved to Cooley in 2019 and made partner in January, and said those discussions eventually led him to move.