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2 October 2025

Cadwalader Recognized Among Leading Law Firms In 2026 Legal 500 UK Guide

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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Cadwalader, established in 1792, serves a diverse client base, including many of the world's leading financial institutions, funds and corporations. With offices in the United States and Europe, Cadwalader offers legal representation in antitrust, banking, corporate finance, corporate governance, executive compensation, financial restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, private wealth, real estate, regulation, securitization, structured finance, tax and white collar defense.
Cadwalader, a leading advisor to global financial institutions, corporations and investments funds, has been recognized as a leading law firm across...
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Cadwalader, a leading advisor to global financial institutions, corporations and investments funds, has been recognized as a leading law firm across a broad range of practice areas in the 2026 edition of The Legal 500 United Kingdom.

The firm is ranked in:

  • Acquisition Finance
  • Commercial Property: Investment
  • Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Corporate Tax
  • Derivatives and Structured Products
  • Fund Finance
  • Fraud: White-Collar Crime (Advice to Individuals)
  • Listed Funds
  • Private Funds
  • Property Finance
  • Real Estate Funds
  • Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (Advice to Corporates)
  • Securitisation
  • Social Housing: Finance

Adam Blakemore has been recognised as members of The Legal 500 Hall of Fame, which honours individuals who receive consistent praise from clients and are at the pinnacle of the profession.

The following Cadwalader lawyers are recognized as Leading Partners, Next Generation Partners, Leading Associates, Key Lawyers and Practice Heads:

Leading Partners

  • Suzanne Bell, Securitisation
  • Robert Cannon, Securitisation
  • Matthew Duncan, Securitisation
  • Doug Murning, Fund Finance
  • Bronwen Jones, Fund Finance
  • Matthew Smith, Acquisition Finance

Next Generation Partners

  • Rebecca Crowley, Infrastructure Finance
  • Smridhi Gulati, Acquisition Finance
  • Sabah Nawaz, Securitisation

Leading Associates

  • Matthew Peters, Commercial Property: Investment

Key Lawyers

  • Jack Andrew Kelly, Listed Funds; Real Estate Funds; Social Housing: Finance
  • John Lambillion, Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Bevis Metcalfe, Acquisition Finance
  • Matthew Peters, Property Finance
  • Zoha Shafi; Corporate Tax

Practice Heads:

  • Acquisition Finance: Smridhi Gulati and Matthew Smith
  • Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency: Gregory Petrick and Bevis Metcalfe
  • Corporate Tax: Adam Blakemore
  • Derivatives and Structured Products: Robert Cannon, Sabah Nawaz and Nick Shiren
  • Fund Finance: Bronwen Jones, Douglas Murning, George Pelling and Matt Worth
  • Listed Funds; Private Funds; Real Estate Funds; Social Housing: Finance: Michael Newell
  • Property Finance: Gregory Petrick
  • Securitisation: Suzanne Bell, Robert Cannon, Matthew Duncan, Sabah Nawaz and Nick Shiren

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Cadwalader, established in 1792, serves a diverse client base, including many of the world's leading financial institutions, funds and corporations. With offices in the United States and Europe, Cadwalader offers legal representation in antitrust, banking, corporate finance, corporate governance, executive compensation, financial restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, private wealth, real estate, regulation, securitization, structured finance, tax and white collar defense.

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