Cadwalader Shortlisted by The Lawyer Awards 2021 as ‘Finance Team of the Year’

September 14, 2021

Cadwalader has been shortlisted by The Lawyer Awards 2021 as “Finance team of the year” in recognition of the firm’s role as deal counsel in advising Investec on a €1bn secured note programme backed by subscription credit facilities with one of the UK’s largest insurers. As one of the first transactions in this new product area for the London market, the representation required the drafting of new documentation that considered multi-faceted cross-border security and insolvency issues.

The Investec team was led by Neno Raic and Helen Griffiths and the Cadwalader team was led by partners David Quirolo and Samantha Hutchinson and included Sabah Nawaz, Adam Blakemore, Catherine RichardsonAssia Damianova and Jeff Effah.

The Lawyer Awards, sponsored by The Lawyer, are presented annually to leading law firms and in-house legal teams in the City. This year’s virtual awards ceremony to announce the winners will take place on November 2. The full list of shortlisted categories is available here.

Cadwalader’s Fund Finance team represents private markets managers and financial institutions globally across all assets classes developing bespoke liquidity solutions for funds, having advised on some of the largest and most innovative fund finance products in market.

Cadwalader’s Capital Markets practice, including attorneys in New York, London, Charlotte and Washington, D.C., is recognized as a premier global legal advisor in securitization and structured finance.