California leader Cooley Godward Kronish has launched in Boston after recruiting 10 partners from rival US firms including McDermott Will & Emery, it was announced today (16 July).

McDermott corporate partners John Hession, who will head the office, and Marc Recht join Cooley along with a raft of lawyers from the local offices of Goulston & Storrs, Sullivan & Worcester, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge and Seyfarth Shaw.