We had a number of fun milestones at Cadwalader this week, all seemingly in sixes.
Six years ago this month, our team joined Cadwalader. We are extremely grateful for how supportive the Firm and our Managing Partner Pat Quinn have been to our fund finance practice. As of Monday of this week, we had the last of six new attorneys join our team in the month of August, bringing our total global headcount to 60 fund finance lawyers. A big jump from the six lawyers that initially helped us get started here.
With the influx of new attorneys, we hosted an inaugural weeklong training boot camp this week to help them learn the lingo and acclimate to fund finance. It was fun to both watch a class of new young people start their professional careers and to see how competent many of our mid-level lawyers have become that were leading the training sessions. I could not help but reflect a bit that these young people are now joining an established industry − far different than when I got my start.
Lawyers are coattail riders on the successes of their great clients. We appreciate all the clients and counterparties that have trusted and supported us along the way and look forward to the next six years.
Have a great Labor Day weekend.