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McDermott and Cadwalader see revenues rebound as both post 4% rise for 2011
McDermott Will & Emery and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft have become the latest US firms to post rising revenues after recent leans years, reports the Am Law Daily. The Chicago-based McDermott, which has seen revenues drop by a combined total of $10...
06 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Linklaters partner exits firm to launch new Brussels base for Cadwalader
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft is launching an office in Brussels with the hire of Linklaters competition partner Alec Burnside. Burnside, who has been recruited with a remit to open and manage the new office, specialises in EU competition law and re...
28 Apr 2011 | 09:48 | 
Cadwalader signs up McDermott's former London head for City base
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft is set to bring in a high-profile team of energy and commodities partners from McDermott Will & Emery, including the firm's former London managing partner Doron Ezickson. Ezickson is set to join Cadwalader alongside a g...
20 Jan 2011 | 16:52 |
Leading firms vie for roles on first post-Lehman BarCap US roster
Barclays Capital has kicked off a review of its legal advisers in the US, marking the first time the group has overhauled its panel since its acquisition of Lehman Brothers' US investment banking operations. The review, which is being led out of Ne...
14 Oct 2010 | 00:22 |
Cadwalader takes lead role for Pfizer on $3.6bn pharma acquisition
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft and Covington & Burling have taken the lead roles on Pfizer's $3.6bn (£2.3bn) acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals, reports The Am Law Daily. Cadwalader is advising Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, on its takeover...
13 Oct 2010 | 12:01 |
Simmons insurance chief joins Cadwalader
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has made its first lateral partner hire in the City since losing a seven-partner team to Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker in January 2009. Simmons & Simmons insurance and reinsurance head Jennifer Donohue is set to join ...
11 Mar 2010 | 13:15 |
Cadwalader London chief heads back to US
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft's London head Bob Link is to step down from his post, with capital markets partner Angus Duncan set to take the helm. Former firmwide chair Link is expected to return to the US full time over the next few months, althou...
03 Feb 2010 | 08:29 |
Cadwalader boosts partner profits by 28% as revenues fall 10%
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has posted a 28% increase in profits per partner, the firm's first positive results since 2007, reports The Am Law Daily. Profits per partner at Cadwalader rose to $2.4m (£1.5m) for 2009, while revenue per lawyer climb...
20 Jan 2010 | 11:00 |
K&L Gates promotes 24 to partner while Cadwalader makes up four
K&L Gates has maintained a high number of partner promotions this year with 24 set to join the senior rank. The total number of appointments is only slightly down on the previous year, when the US firm made up 28.
12 Jan 2010 | 12:40 |
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
The pushy Noo Yawk firm that other Manhattan outfits think should calm down a bit. Its City arm is known for its work-hard-then-work-some-more stance but remains a niche finance practice with real bite.
14 Dec 2009 | 00:13 | 5 comments
Slaughters and Linklaters take lead roles on $12bn Barclays debt sell-off
Slaughter and May and Linklaters are among a host of top firms advising as a group of former Barclays bankers set up an offshore company to manage $12.3bn (£7.4bn) of the bank's most toxic debt. In addition to the magic circle duo, Skadden Arps Sl...
17 Sep 2009 | 12:11 |
Cadwalader offers sabbaticals instead of layoffs
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has created an alternative to layoffs, as firms continue to look for more creative ways to engage under-utilised lawyers. The New York firm, which was one of the first to lay off associates back in January 2008, has opted...
08 Jul 2009 | 12:07 |
Cadwalader makes first new City hire since recent exodus
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has taken its first step towards rebuilding its London office, which was hit by a seven-partner walkout earlier this year. The New York-based firm has hired Edmond Curtin as a special counsel in its capital markets prac...
02 Jul 2009 | 10:33 |
Cadwalader in driving seat for US auto restructuring work
A trio of US firms have won contracts worth up to $25.8m (£17.6m) to advise on auto industry restructurings, reports The Am Law Daily. The US Treasury Department has awarded contracts, which each carry a ceiling value of $8.59m (£5.87m), to Cadwalad...
09 Apr 2009 | 12:03 |
Ex-Cads associate launches website to rate partners
A former Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft associate has set up a website for reviewing partners at US law firms.Securitisation lawyer Sam Smith, previously an associate with Cadwalader in Charlotte until he was laid off with 95 other lawyers in July last ...
03 Mar 2009 | 19:35 |
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