Any insights into M&A (mid-level associate) at Cooley, Arnold & Porter, and MoFo Denver offices (e.g., culture, hours, WLB, comp, training and mentoring, any specific types of work, staffing of matters and deal flow, etc.)?

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A&P’s M&A group is full of nice people but the deal flow isn’t great and a lot of people leave because of it. The firm tends to nickel and dime on bonuses and there are rumors of financial problems. I’m a 4th year and will leave soon. Hours are busy and I want to go in-house soon — A&P is not the best place to launch from there.

Best friend and work wife life A&P to do M&A at Cooley. She’s been there two years (now a 4th year). She is very busy (works holidays and bills almost 2200 hours a year which is not unusual for the group). The management / partners are apparently awful as the culture of the group is “changing” for the worse. There’s a high turnover rate and low morale at the associate level...they also nickel and dime but don’t have the financial issues to justify that.

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Yeah, my experience with Cooley is that it’s basically a sweatshop that has some pretty significant issues with lack of partner oversight on matters leading to significant issues with work product, deliverable timing, etc.

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I believe these issues are systemic there, does not matter what office you work at because you’ll be cross staffed on the reg.

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