2013

• Christopher A. Hughes (Intellectual Property) and David S. Miller (Tax) were named at the top of their respective practices in the 2013 United States Lawyer Rankings.

• New York Litigation associate Atinuke (Tinu) Awoyomi was named to the Lawyers of Color 2013 "Hot List," which recognizes early- to mid-career attorneys who are excelling in the legal profession.

• Cadwalader received the Advocate Law Firm of the Year Award from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). The firm filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the ADC with the United States Supreme Court in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar. At issue in the case is whether a Title VII plaintiff alleging retaliation must show that retaliation was the "but for" cause of his termination rather than one of several "motivating factors."

• Cadwalader received the Washington Lawyers' Committee (WLC) Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of the firm's pro bono work with the Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project on Jose Alberto Claros v. Nastos Construction, Inc.

• Cadwalader was named to The BTI Brand Elite 2013 Premium Value Honor Role, a measure of top-of-mind recognition among in-house counsel.  

• Litigation Partner Peter J. Isajiw was named a 2013 Rising Star by the New York Law Journal for his role in key representations involving Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., the U.S. Treasury Department Presidential Auto Task Force and Omnicare, as well as several high profile pro bono matters;

• Cadwalader was ranked #1 as both issuer's counsel and underwriter's counsel in the Mortgage-Backed Securities category of The American Lawyer 2013 Corporate Scorecard.

• Cadwalader has been shortlisted for the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) European Awards Financial Restructuring Deal of the Year for the SEAT Pagine Gialle S.p.A restructuring deal.

• Cadwalader won multiple 2013 IFLR Americas Awards including Structured Finance and Securitization Team of the Year and Restructuring Deal of the Year for the Lehman Brothers Chapter 11 proceedings.The firm was also shortlisted for Financial Regulation Team of the Year, Restructuring Deal of the Year for Residential Capital's DIP facility and Structured Finance and Securitization Deal of the Year for the UBS Fisher Enhanced Big Cap Growth ETN.

2012

Cadwalader was honored by The Legal Aid Society as a recipient of the 2012 Pro Bono Publico Awards for outstanding service to The Legal Aid Society and its clients.  Every year, the Society recognizes the outstanding work of volunteer lawyers, law firms, corporations, and other professionals who support The Legal Aid Society and/or participate in the Society's Pro Bono Program by providing exceptional legal services to low-income New Yorkers.

• Cadwalader was named the recipient of the Washington Lawyers' Committee (WLC) Outstanding Achievement Award for representation of a District of Columbia parolee who had been erroneously miscategorized during the parole process. Under the auspices of the WLC DC Prisoners' Project, Cadwalader secured a favorable settlement that will serve as an important precedent for others to challenge the application of unduly restrictive parole conditions.
Sharon Richardson was recognized by Super Lawyers as one of the top 30 women bankruptcy attorneys in New York in 2012.

• Litigation partner Peter Clark was honored by the Ethisphere Institute with inclusion in the 2012 'Attorneys Who Matter' Hall of Fame.

• Scott Cammarn, Stuart Goldstein, Gregory Markel, and Gregory Mocek were all named "Lawyers of the Year" by the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers In America.

• Cadwalader has been named the winner of the 2012 Derivatives Week/Derivatives Intelligence Law Firm of the Year Award based on activity in the over-the-counter sector, helping buy side and sell side drive in to new areas, consistency of service in established product areas and problem solving abilities.  In addition, Doug Donahue, a senior associate in the Financial Services Department, was named one of the 2012 Rising Stars of Derivatives.

• Named by Asialaw as Leading Lawyers for 2012, Cadwalader partner Rocky Lee was recognized in the area of General Corporate Law in China, and partner Jeffrey Chen was recognized in the area of Structured Finance in Hong Kong.

• Brad Bondi and Bret Campbell were honored for clear and concise writing at the 2012 Burton Awards for Legal Achievement for their article entitled "SEC Launches FCPA Probe of Financial Services Industry's Interactions with Sovereign Wealth Funds," published in the September 2011 issue of Financial Law Fraud Report.

• Cadwalader was recognized for its commitment to the advancement of women in the legal profession at the inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group/IFLR Americas Women in Business Law Awards, taking home the award for "Best in Gender Diversity by an International Firm" for the Cadwalader's Women's Leadership Initiative, adjustable work schedule and flex time support programs, and commitment to pro bono advocacy for women.

• Christopher A. Hughes has been named a "Life Sciences Star" in the inaugural edition of LMG Life Sciences 2012.

• Cadwalader served as counsel on a transaction that has been awarded the North American Biomass Deal of the Year for 2012 by Project Finance Magazine. The award recognizes the firm's counsel to the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center, developed by American Renewables. The facility is a 100-MW wood-fired biomass electric generating project outside of Gainesville, Florida.

• Cadwalader garnered 2012 IFLR Awards for Securitization and Structured Finance Team of the Year; Securitization and Structured Finance Deal of the Year for BNP/Janus; and Restructuring Deal of the Year for Angiotech Pharmaceuticals. The firm was also shortlisted for Restructuring Deal of the Year for Caribbean Petroleum.

• Cadwalader was shortlisted for four awards at Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards 2012: Best Gender Diversity Initiative by an International Firm: Women’s Leadership Initiative; Work-Life Balance: Adjustable Work Schedule/Flex-Time Support Program; Best International Firm for Women in Business Law; and Best in Structured Finance: Anna Glick.

• The firm received the 2012 Global Competition Review Award for Merger Control Matter of the Year Award - Europe for our role advising Microsoft Corp. in its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype.

• Pfizer Inc.’s acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals, for which Cadwalader served as counsel to Pfizer, was nominated for the M&A Advisor’s 2011 Magnus Award for Deal of the Year.

• At the Chambers and Partners' Women in Law Awards honoring female lawyers in the U.S., Cadwalader was shortlisted for the Most Innovative Gender Diversity Initiative while Anna Glick was shortlisted as Finance Lawyer of the Year.

• Linda Swartz was singled out as a leading individual by World Tax 2012, highly praised for her M&A and bankruptcy work by peers, who say she is a leader in the US and international tax markets.

• Broni Grala was named 2012 Lawyer of the Year for New York City Employee Benefits (ERISA) by Best Lawyers - only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is so honored.

2011

• Cadwalader ranked among the top 25 Most Innovative Law Firms in the Financial Times US Innovative Lawyers 2011 report. The firm also ranked among top law firms in technology, media and telecom for work on Microsoft’s antitrust cases and as a highly commended firm in finance for development of new deal structures in the CMBS market.

• Cadwalader won a Best USA Law Firm silver award at the 2011 International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards.

• Gregory A. Markel and Rick Rule were named among Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in 2011.

• Cadwalader was recognized for its outstanding pro bono commitment to The Legal Aid Society and its clients, by being named to the 2011 Honor Roll. Also receiving honors for special service to The Legal Aid Society were litigators Peter Isajiw and Joshua Weiss who worked on the development of a Civil Practice electronic discovery training series.

• MultiCultural Law Magazine named Cadwalader one of the top 100 law firms in the country for diversity and women in 2011.

• Rick Rule was chosen by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the best in the business for helping clients deal with antitrust and competition law in Washington, DC.

• Rocky Lee was chosen as one of Law360’s MVP Lawyers for 2011.

• Rick Rule was named in the Financial Times US Innovative Lawyers 2011 report as one of ten individual legal innovators based on his position at the intersection of innovation and antitrust issues.

• Gregory A. Markel was named to the list of the Top 100 Metro New York Super Lawyers for 2011.

• David S. Miller (first in the country in Tax ) and Christopher A. Hughes (second in the country in Intellectual Property) were named among the nation’s top lawyers by the United States Lawyer Rankings.

• Financial Restructuring partner George A. Davis was named for the second year in a row by Turnarounds & Workouts to its 2011 annual list of Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers in recognition of his work in restructurings involving AES Eastern, BLB Worldwide Holdings, Inc./Twin River Casinos, Caribbean Petroleum, Centro Properties, Dynegy, EME Homer City, LyondellBasell, and Millennium Custodial Trust. The Caribbean Petroleum representation resulted in an extremely successful section 363 sale after resolving significant environmental obligations and obtaining precedent-setting decision from the bankruptcy court.

• Litigation partners Peter Clark and Michael Horowitz were chosen by the Ethisphere Institute as two of the 2011 Attorneys Who Matter, representing the best and brightest in the field of corporate compliance and social responsibility.

• Cadwalader has been nominated for the 2011 Law Firm of the Year award by Derivatives Week.

• Turnarounds & Workouts named Cadwalader partners Linda Z. Swartz, Adam Blakemore, Mark P. Howe, David S. Miller, Richard M. Nugent and Gary T. Silverstein to its annual list of Bankruptcy Tax Specialists for 2011 in recognition of their work in the Bankruptcy space.

• Antitrust partner Jonathan Kanter was named a Rising Star by Law360 for his role advising on many very significant antitrust cases, including several on behalf of Microsoft.
• Cadwalader received M&A Advisor's 2011 Industrial Goods and Basic Resource Deal of the Year award in recognition of the firm's role as debtor's counsel to LyondellBasell in its chapter 11 case.

• Cadwalader was honored as a Bankruptcy Group of the Year by Law360, a Portfolio Media Inc. newswire. The Bankruptcy Group of the Year accolade is conferred upon the top five law firms "that did the hard work behind the headlines in 2010's big-dollar bankruptcies, whether it was for debtors or their creditors." The firm was praised for its exceptional work steering the U.S. government's ongoing reorganization of General Motors and Chrysler, negotiating Delphi Corp.'s bankruptcy, overseeing the $23 billion restructuring of LyondellBasell Industries NV., navigating Xerium Technologies Inc.'s prepackaged plan, spearheading Caribbean Petroleum Corp.'s Chapter 11, successfully challenging the plan put forward by the debtor in Truvo USA LLC's Chapter 11 and guiding the creditors through the complicated international aspects of the Chapter 15 foreign proceedings of JSC BTA Bank. In addition, the firm was also commended for its ability to obtain consistent results on behalf of all clients in many notable bankruptcies and restructurings in 2010. Law360 also noted that Cadwalader "relies on a core of lawyers with incisive understanding and the ability to devise novel solutions to client needs," that our attorneys "represent every constituency, from debtors to senior secured lenders and other creditor parties," and that "this approach has not only given the firm enviable presence in the field but also propelled it past many of its peers."

• Cadwalader was short-listed by IFLR Americas for the 2011 Restructuring of the Year Award in recognition of the firm's role as debtor's counsel to LyondellBasell in its chapter 11 case.

• Cadwalader won the IFLR Europe 2011 Restructuring of the Year Award in recognition of the firm's role as debtor's counsel to LyondellBasell in its chapter 11 case.

• Cadwalader won recognition in Investment Dealers' Digest for its work as debtor's counsel to LyondellBasell in its chapter 11 case, which was named 2010 Restructuring Deal of the Year. IDD noted that the workout involved "many unique twists." The awards celebrate dealmakers that created the most value for their corporate clients and for their investors.

2010

• Cadwalader received top recognition from The Financial Times in its inaugural US Innovative Lawyers Report as one of only three firms ranked as "standout" for exceptional work in 2010 in the automotive sector for advising the U.S. Treasury Department Presidential Auto Task Force in the historic restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler and in the restructuring category for its work on the chapter 11 of petrochemical giant LyondellBasell.

• Cadwalader's Asia Managing Partner, Rocky Lee, was named among the 2010 Leading Private Equity & Venture Capital Lawyers by Asia Legal Business.

• Financial Restructuring partner George A. Davis was named by Turnarounds & Workouts to its annual list of Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers in recognition of his work on the chapter 11 cases of petrochemical giant LyondellBasell and Puerto-Rico based petroleum company Caribbean Petroleum, and for his representation of lenders in the restructurings of BLB Twin Rivers, a casino owner-operator, and Centro Properties, one of the largest owners of shopping centers in the United States and Australia.

• Cadwalader was named a winner of the Turnaround Award of the Year by the M&A Advisor in recognition of work on the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy of Lyondell Chemical Company in which we served as debtor's counsel.

• More than 35 Cadwalader lawyers were recognized by the New York State Bar Association as Empire State Counsel for their pro bono work in 2010.
• Special Counsel Francisco Linares was selected to receive the Legal Services of Southern Piedmont's 2010 Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award.

• Cadwalader was named to the Winner's Circle by the 2010 Global M&A Network Turnaround Atlas Awards for numerous transactions on which we had a prominent advisory role including the General Motors restructuring, which was named Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year, and the reorganization and sale of Chrysler to Fiat S.p.A., which took the Special Situation M&A Deal of the Year as well as LandSource Communities Development LLC transaction, which was named Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year, in which the firm represented Barclays Capital, as Agent, under the First Lien Credit Agreement to LandSource; the pre-packaged Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year of CIT Group; and the Delphi Corporate Turnaround Deal of the Year.  

• Cadwalader was selected to receive the 2010 Burton Award in Legal Writing, marking the seventh consecutive year the firm's lawyers have been recognized for effective legal writing.

• Cadwalader was short-listed as a finalist for Bankruptcy Team of the Year at the 2010 Chambers Awards Dinner.
• Cadwalader advised on three of the four deals short-listed as finalists for the Trading Risk Transaction of the Year Award: Parkton Re Ltd; Blue Fin Ltd; and MultiCat Mexico 2009 Ltd.
• Cadwalader was honored by the Communitas Awards for excellence in community service and corporate social responsibility in recognition of two of the firm's long-standing pro bono programs Working with Immigrants and the Not-for-Profit Incubator.
  

• Pfizer's $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth Inc., a transaction in which Cadwalader served as lead counsel to Pfizer, was named Deal of the Year by Investment Dealer's Digest.

• Cadwalader was named 2010 Law Firm of the Year by The M&A Advisor in recognition of work on numerous high-profile matters this past year including working on matters involving Chrysler, General Motors, and Lyondell Chemical Company, among others.  In addition, the firm was recognized for our work on the restructuring of General Motors, which received the M&A Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year Award and Industrial Manufacturing/Distribution Deal of the Year.

• Cadwalader was recognized at the 2010 IFLR Americas Awards in acknowledgment of the firm's role as lead counsel to the United States Treasury Department in the restructuring of CIT Group, a matter that was named Restructuring Deal of the Year.

• Cadwalader was named to the winners circle at the 2010 M&A Atlas Awards ceremony in recognition of the firm's role in Pfizer's acquisition of Wyeth Inc., a transaction that was named Corporate Deal of the Year.

• Cadwalader was short-listed by International Financial Law Review for the European Debt and Equity-Linked Deal of the Year Award in recognition of the firm's role in the Eurus II catastrophe bond transaction.

• Three restructuring matters on which Cadwalader advised, Chrysler, CIT and BNP/SemGroup, were shortlisted by IFLR for Americas Restructuring Deal of the Year and Cadwalader was shortlisted for Americas Restructuring Team of the Year.

• Cadwalader served as deal counsel to Royal Bank of Scotland in the RBS Commercial Funding 2010-MB1 transaction, a deal named Americas Securitisation of the Year by Thomson Financial's International Financing Review.

2009  

• Cadwalader received M&A Advisor's Magnus Deal of the Year award for the firm's role as lead counsel to the United States Treasury Department Presidential Auto Task Force with respect to the restructuring of Chrysler LLC.

• Cadwalader was named a recipient of the Decade Award by the Burton Awards, a nonprofit program run in association with the Library of Congress that promotes the use of clear and concise language in legal writing.

• The Washingtonian named three Cadwalader attorneys to the list of Top Lawyers in the Washington, D.C. area. Mark Ellenberg was named in Bankruptcy, Bruce Hiler was named in Securities, and Rick Rule was named in Antitrust.

• The Tax Directors Handbook named Tax Department Co-Chair Linda Z. Swartz among the leading 250 tax lawyers in the world. 

• Alicia Clifford was named as a recipient of the Sanctuary for Families Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Advocacy.

• The firm was recognized as a leading law firm for client service in BTI Consulting Group's Survey of Client Service Performance for Law Firms: The BTI Client Service A-Team.

• For the fourth consecutive year, Cadwalader received a score of 95 from The Human Rights Campaign in its Corporate Equality Index report, an analysis and rating of large U.S. employers and their policies and practices pertinent to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) employees, consumers, and investors.

• Ryan Andreoli, Gillian Groarke, Daniel Melman, and Ronit Setton were honored as recipients of the Pro Bono Publico Awards for outstanding service to The Legal Aid Society and its clients.

• Cadwalader was among the law firms honored by Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) for fulfilling its annual pro bono pledge.

• Amanda Kosowsky was among the Cadwalader attorneys honored by the Access to Justice Program of the New York State Courts for their contributions to the New York City Family Court Legal Services Project.

• Cadwalader won for Restructuring Team of the Year, and a matter on which the firm was counsel won Deal of the Year, at the 2009 IFLR Americas Awards. 

• Marking the sixth consecutive year that Cadwalader lawyers have been recognized for effective legal writing, attorneys Dorothy Auth, Andrew Chien and John Peter Halski were selected to receive the Burton Award for in Legal Writing in recognition of the the use of plain, clear and concise language in legal writing.

• Cadwalader partner Geoffrey Levin was named to the first-ever list of  the 10 Rising Stars of Private Equity and M&A Law by Institutional Investor News.

2008

• Cadwalader was named Law Firm of the Year for the second consecutive year at the Real Estate Finance & Investment EPIC (Excellence in Property, Investment and CMBS) Awards for the firm's work on some of the most significant commercial real estate deals of the year.  

• A matter for which Cadwalader served as lead debtor's counsel won the Magnus Award for Deal of the Year, presented by The M&A Advisor. The honor went to the Northwest Airlines Corporation restructuring and chapter 11 proceedings. Cadwalader guided the airline through the complicated process, allowing it to emerge on sound financial footing. 

• Cadwalader won the M&A Advisor Magnus Award for Deal of the Year for the firm's work on the Northwest Airlines Corporation restructuring and chapter 11 proceedings. 

• Cadwalader won the M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards for Law Firm of the Year: Reorganization and Bankruptcy Practice, in recognition of the team's record of achievements, as well as Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year and Consumer Products & Services Turnaround Deal of the Year for its work as lead debtor's counsel on the Northwest Airlines Corporation chapter 11 proceedings.  

• Ingrid Bagby was named by Turnarounds & Workouts to its list of Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers. 

• The Bond Buyer chose a matter on which Cadwalader served as counsel as the winner of the Annual Deal of the Year award for "Non Traditional Transaction," acting as counsel to Goldman Sachs on the Capital Beltway financing. 

• Cadwalader was shortlisted for Law Firm of the Year honors in the category of global derivatives by the Annual Global Derivatives & European Securitization Awards, presented by DW Online & Total Securitization.   

• The Legal Aid Society honored Cadwalader as a recipient of its Pro Bono Award for the firm's "outstanding contributions to the cause of equal justice." 

• Legal Services NYC honored W. Joshua Brant and James McDonnell for their work on pro bono matters with the organization. 

• The Sylvia Rivera Law Project honored Cadwalader for its work in the area of transgender law. 

• The Mecklenburg Country Bar selected Cadwalader for the Pro Bono for Nonprofits Law Firm of the Year Award and associate John Domby for extraordinary effort and the devotion of substantial time and effort in the pro bono area.    

• Attorneys Nazish Agha, David Miller, and Aseel Rabie were recognized by the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest at its First Annual Pro Bono Advocate Awards Breakfast.

2007 

• More than 70 Cadwalader lawyers were recognized by the New York State Bar Association as Empire State Counsel for their pro bono work.

• Lauren Lee was a recipient of a Sanctuary for Families Pro Bono Achievement Award for her dedication to improving the lives of immigrant battered women.

• MultiCultural Law named Cadwalader one of the top 100 law firms in the country for diversity.

• Cadwalader was tapped by Women 3.0 as one of the top 100 law firms in the nation for women.

• Cadwalader was presented the Volunteer Market Penetration Award by Junior Achievement of New York as a company that mobilized 1% or more of its work force to volunteer for JANY programs.

• The firm was recognized as a leading law firm for client service in BTI Consulting Group's Survey of Client Service Performance for Law Firms: The BTI Client Service A-Team. 

• Cadwalader was named Securitization and Structured Finance Team of the Year at the IFLR Americas Awards. In addition, the novel Wachovia WITS transaction, handled by the firm's Corporate and Tax Departments, was named Debt and Equity-Linked Deal of the Year.

• Cadwalader's Capital Markets Department was named Structured Products Team of the Year at the IFLR European Awards. The firm's work was also honored in the Structured Products Deal of the Year and the Restructuring Deal of the Year awards.

• Cadwalader won the Law Firm of the Year honor for the second straight time at Total Securitization's Annual U.S. Securitization Awards.

• Cadwalader secured a nomination for the Chambers Awards for Excellence.

• Asian Legal Business chose Cadwalader as a finalist for its Equity Market Deal of the Year at the China Law Awards.

• An article written by three Cadwalader attorneys was a Highly Commended Winner of the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. 

• Cadwalader was presented with an Interwoven Excellence Award in recognition for using technology in innovative and progressive ways. 

• Cadwalader was a recipient of Junior Achievement of New York, Inc.'s Gold Philanthropic Award for significant contributions from the firm and its personnel. 

• Cadwalader was short-listed for Finance Team of the Year by Legal Week based on innovation in the structured finance and debt capital markets.

 2006

• Cadwalader was recognized at The Legal Aid Society's Pro Bono Awards for initiating a project for paralegals with the Juvenile Rights Practice's Manhattan office and for providing an important service to young people aging out of the foster care system.  

• David Miller was named a recipient of The Legal Aid Society's Pro Bono Award.  

• Debra Brown Steinberg was named a recipient of the American Bar Association's Pro Bono Publico Award.