Cadwalader Names New Partners

Rob Ughetta and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft will welcome five new members to the firm.  Effective January 1st, 2015 Paul Dunbar, Aly El Hamamsy, Brian Foster, Karen McMaster and Jeff Nagle will be partners at the firm.  

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Cadwalader Named 2014 Americas Derivatives Law Firm of the Year

On September 19th 2014, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP  was honored with the title of Americas Derivatives Law Firm of the Year the award was presented by GlobalCapital, one of the leading financial news and data providers at the beautiful Landmark Hotel in London.  

Cadwalader was recognized for their innovation, global market impact, unique approach, as well as positive client feedback.  This is Cadwalader's second consecutive year winning the Americas Derivatives Law Firm of the Year award.  Cadwalader was up against names like Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, and Morrison & Foerster for the award this year.

Also celebrated was the firm’s very own Ray Shirazi who was recognized as Derivatives Lawyer of the Year.

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Rob Ughetta is a member of Cadwalader’s North Carolina and New York City offices.

Cadwalader Attorneys, Practices Recognized in 2015 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America

"Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a leading counselor to global financial institutions and corporations, has been recognized in the 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, with 43 lawyers across 29 practice areas featured in the guide. Inclusion in the publication is based on a peer-review process in which approximately 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.

Cadwalader attorneys were chosen as leaders in the areas of Administrative/Regulatory, Antitrust, Antitrust Litigation, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Bankruptcy Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Derivatives and Futures, Employee Benefits-ERISA, Equipment Finance, Financial Services Regulation, Health Care, Intellectual Property Litigation, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation, Patent Law, Patent Litigation, Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation, Securities/Capital Markets, Securities Litigation, Securities Regulation, Securitization and Structured Finance, Tax, and Trusts and Estates.

The publication also named Steven Lofchie, co-chair of Cadwalader’s Financial Services Group, its 2015 Lawyer of the Year for Securities Regulation in New York, a recognition awarded to only one lawyer per practice and metropolitan area."

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Global Competition Review: Cadwalader a recommended firm

"In its 2014 Brussels review, Global Competition Review touts Cadwalader as a “Recommended” firm, and references “accolades from across the Brussels bar” for Alec Burnside, head of Cadwalader’s Brussels competition team. The publication reports that “the charismatic Burnside has undoubtedly been at the heart of some of the most striking and significant matters over the past year. Foremost among these is his representation of Aer Lingus in its bitter struggle with Ryanair."

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Cadwalader Recognized as Best Securitization Law Firm by GlobalCapital

"Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a leading counselor to global financial institutions and corporations, was named Best Securitization Law Firm at the GlobalCapitalSecuritization Milestones Dinner, held last night at the Broad Street Ballroom in New York City.

The award winners were selected via market-wide polls and based on the GlobalCapital2013 year-end league tables.

Since 1985, Cadwalader has facilitated the issuance of billions of dollars of asset-backed securities. The firm advises banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions in developing and structuring new products in Europe, Asia and Latin America."

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