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

October 01, 2025

Cadwalader has once again 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)
  • Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing
  • 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 recognized as a member of The Legal 500 Hall of Fame, which "honors 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
  • Smridhi Gulati, Acquisition Finance
  • Doug Murning, Fund Finance
  • Bronwen Jones, Fund Finance
  • Matthew Smith, Acquisition Finance

Next Generation Partners

  • Rebecca Crowley, Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing
  • Sabah Nawaz, Securitisation

Leading Associates

  • Matthew Peters, Commercial Property: Investment

Key Lawyers

  • Assia Damianova, Securitisation
  • 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
  • William Sharp, Securitisation

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