Cadwalader real estate lawyers have once again been recognized among the nation’s best in the 2026 editions Chambers USA, The Legal 500 and Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation.
The 2026 edition of Chambers USA, 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
- Real Estate
New York
- Real Estate: Mainly Corporate and Finance
North Carolina
- Real Estate: Finance
Individually, these Cadwalader lawyers are featured as leaders in their respective practice areas:
- Holly Chamberlain – Real Estate: Finance (North Carolina)
- Chris Dickson – Real Estate: Finance (North Carolina)
- 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)
- Lisa Pauquette – Capital Markets: Securitization: CMBS (Nationwide)
- Gregory Prindle – Capital Markets: Securitization: CMBS (Nationwide)
- Jeffrey Rotblat – Capital Markets: Securitization: CRE CLOS (Nationwide)
- Neil Weidner – Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs (Nationwide)
View the firm’s full results on the Chambers website.
In the 2026 edition of The Legal 500 United States, the firm is nationally ranked in:
- Commercial Lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
- Structured Finance: Securitization
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
The following Cadwalader lawyers are recognized as Leading Lawyers, Next Generation Partners and Rising Stars:
Leading Lawyers
- Holly Chamberlain, Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
View Cadwalader’s rankings on The Legal 500 website.
Seven Cadwalader lawyers have been named to the 2026 edition of Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation.
The list recognizes lawyers with fewer than 15 years out of law school who are already making a significant mark in their practices and shaping the future of the legal profession.
This year’s Cadwalader honorees (in the publication’s categories) are:
- Sulie Arias – Real Estate (New York)
Lawdragon describes its 2026 class as lawyers who “chose to believe in themselves and the law” and are “the future of the law. And, in many respects, the now.”
Read the full list on Lawdragon.