Cadwalader Recognized Among Leading Law Firms in 2025 Legal 500 U.S. Guide

June 27, 2025

Cadwalader practices have once again been recognized among the nation’s best in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 United States.

The firm is nationally ranked in:

  • Antitrust - Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Plaintiff
  • Dispute Resolution - Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense (Advice to Corporates)
  • Dispute Resolution - Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense (Advice to Individuals)
  • Dispute Resolution - Securities Litigation: Defense
  • Finance - Commercial Lending (Advice to Bank Lenders)
  • Finance - Financial Services Regulation - Banking
  • Finance - Financial Services Regulation - Consumer Finance
  • Finance - Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
  • Finance - Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal
  • Finance - Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
  • Finance - Structured Finance: Securitization
  • Labor and Employment - Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
  • M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: Middle Market ($500M-999M)
  • M&A/Corporate and Commercial - Shareholder Activism - Advice to Shareholders
  • Real Estate - Real Estate Finance
  • Tax - Financial Products
  • Tax - International Tax
  • Tax - US Taxes: Non-Contentious

The Legal 500 once again named the following Cadwalader lawyers to its Hall of Fame, which honors individuals who receive consistent praise from clients and are at the pinnacle of the profession:

  • Mike Gambro, Structured Finance: Securitization
  • Lary Stromfeld, Restructuring/Bankruptcy: Municipal; Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
  • Linda Swartz, U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
  • Neil Weidner, Structured Finance: Securitization

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

Leading Lawyers

  • Holly Chamberlain, Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
  • Brian Foster, Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
  • Mark Howe, Tax: Financial Products
  • Ivan Loncar, Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products; and Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal
  • Nick Ramphal, M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: Middle Market ($500M-999M)
  • Linda Swartz, Tax: Financial Products; International Tax

Next Generation Partners 

Leading Associates

View Cadwalader’s rankings on The Legal 500 website.