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Cadwalader Practices and Lawyers Secure Lead Rankings in 2026 Chambers USA

June 04, 2026

Cadwalader’s practices and lawyers have once again earned leading rankings in the latest edition of Chambers USA, published today.

The 2026 edition, produced by leading legal data and analytics provider Chambers and Partners, features 17 practice and 24 individual lawyer rankings for Cadwalader, including 8 listed in the guide’s “Band 1” tier.

Cadwalader earned practice rankings in the following categories:

Nationwide

  • Capital Markets: Securitization: CMBS
  • Capital Markets: Securitization: CRE CLOs
  • Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs
  • Capital Markets: Structured Products
  • Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
  • Derivatives
  • FCPA
  • Real Estate
  • Tax: Corporate and Finance

New York

  • Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
  • Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • Real Estate: Mainly Corporate and Finance
  • Tax

North Carolina

  • Banking and Finance
  • Real Estate: Finance

Individually, these Cadwalader lawyers are featured as leaders in their respective practice areas:

  • Gina Castellano – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
  • Holly Chamberlain – Real Estate: Finance (North Carolina)
  • Chris Dickson – Real Estate: Finance (North Carolina)
  • James Frazier – Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (New York)
  • Brian Foster – Capital Markets: Structured Products (Nationwide)
  • Michael Gambro – Capital Markets: Securitization: CMBS (Nationwide)
  • David Gingold – Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs (Nationwide)
  • Stuart Goldstein – Capital Markets: Securitization: CRE CLOS (Nationwide)
  • Steven Kolyer – Capital Markets: Securitization: CRE CLOS (Nationwide)
  • Ivan Loncar – Capital Markets: Structured Products (Nationwide) and Derivatives (Nationwide)
  • Daniel Meade – Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) (Nationwide)
  • Jed Miller – Capital Markets: Structured Products (Nationwide)
  • Doug Mintz – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Washington, D.C.)
  • Wes Misson – Banking and Finance (North Carolina)
  • Jeffrey Nagle – Banking and Finance (North Carolina)
  • Lisa Pauquette – Capital Markets: Securitization: CMBS (Nationwide)
  • Laura Perkins – FCPA (Nationwide) and Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Washington, D.C.)
  • Gregory Prindle – Capital Markets: Securitization: CMBS (Nationwide)
  • Jeffrey Rotblat – Capital Markets: Securitization: CRE CLOS (Nationwide)
  • Lary Stromfeld – Derivatives (Nationwide)
  • Matthew Stempler – Banking and Finance (North Carolina)
  • Linda Swartz – Tax (New York)
  • Martin Weinstein – FCPA (Nationwide)
  • Neil Weidner – Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs (Nationwide)

View the firm’s full results on the Chambers website.

Chambers’ ranking methodology is based on independent, proprietary research collected from thousands of interviews with clients and law firms.

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