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• Revenue down, profits up at Cadwalader

  Jan 21 2010 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft reported a 28 percent increase in profits per partner, the firm's first positive results since 2007. Cadwalader's gross revenue... more

• Slaughters, Linklaters advise on Barclays $12.3bn credit restructuring

  Sep 18 2009 Slaughter and May, Linklaters, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Sullivan & Cromwell and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft are all advising on a deal, in which Britain’s... more

• Ropes & Gray, Davis Polk advise on Pfizer's $2.3bn settlement

  Sep 03 2009 Ropes & Gray served as Pfizer's lead outside counsel in negotiating Pfizer's agreement to pay $2.3 billion in penalties to settle charges of illegally marketing drugs.... more

• Cadwalader offers paid sabbaticals to avoid layoffs

  Jul 08 2009 US firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft is offering paid sabbaticals, to avoid further layoffs. Associates at the 500-lawyer firm will have the option to take... more

• Sonnenschein, Cadwalader advise on auto restructuring

  Feb 06 2009 The US government has hired two law firms with bankruptcy experience - Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft - to advise the Treasury... more

• Cadwalader threatens to sue former London partners

  Jan 29 2009 US law firm Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has threatened legal action against seven former London partners who left for US rival Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker earlier... more

• Cadwalader, Simpson, Wachtell win lead roles in Pfizer mega-merger

  Jan 27 2009 Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, Simpson Thacher, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz have won lead roles on US drug manufacturer Pfizer's $68bn acquisition of rival... more

• Cadwalader loses insurance partner and lays off nine more associates

  Jan 26 2009 Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft is set to law off nine associates in the US. According to reports, six associates will have to leave the firm's New York office and three... more

• Seven partners leave Cadwalader London office for Paul Hastings

  Jan 14 2009 The London office of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has suffered a massive setback with the walkout of seven of its partners, reports legalweek. The partners leaving... more

• Cadwalader revenue dips 14%, profits down 30%

  Jan 13 2009 Average profits per equity partner at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft fell to $1.88 million for 2008, down from $2.725 million the year before, the Am Law Daily reports.... more

• Cadwalader loses bankruptcy co-chairman Zirinsky to Greenberg

  Jan 09 2009 Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft's co-chair of restructuring Bruce Zirinsky and bankruptcy partner John Bae will leave the firm to join rival Greenberg Traurig. New... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell and Cadwalader cut back bonuses

  Dec 22 2008 Associates at Sullivan & Cromwell and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft will receive leaner year-end bonuses this year. Sullivan & Cromwell announced that year-end... more

• Health care expert Francis Serbaroli joins Greenberg Traurig in New York

  Dec 04 2008 Francis J. Serbaroli has joined the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP in its New York City office as a shareholder in the Health and FDA Business Practice... more

• Cadwalader ditches all London trainees

  Nov 30 2008 The London office of US firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has confirmed that it won't be keeping on a single one of its March 2009 qualifiers. more

• Cadwalader denies profits collapse claim

  Nov 21 2008 Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft partners have denied claims that the law firm’s partner profits are set to fall dramatically, as the New York law firm moves to overhaul... more

• Shearman, Akin Gump, Fulbright among US firms reducing staff

  Nov 10 2008 Staff growth at America’s largest law firms slowed in 2008, according to a survey by the National Law Journal. Major firms losing staff include Cadwalader (-91... more

• Some law firms hire in slump

  Oct 10 2008 The economic downturn has forced many law firms to downsize and cut spending. But a smaller group is on the prowl, looking to expand even as their earnings are falling... more

• Allen Overy taps Cadwalader for China office hire

  Aug 26 2008 Allen & Overy has bolstered its China offering with the hire of the former managing partner of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft’s Beijing office, Mark Roppel, who will... more

• Laid-Off Cadwalader Attorneys May Have Tough Time Finding Work

  Aug 03 2008 On Wednesday, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft announced that it was laying off 96 lawyers. These attorneys enter a challenging job market where the standard job search... more

• Cadwalader to Fire 96 Lawyers on Real-Estate Slowdown

  Jul 31 2008 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, the New York-based law firm founded in 1792, will fire 96 salaried lawyers in the U.S. and London because of "a significant slowdown''... more

• Cravath, Cadwalader, and Skadden on Failed United-U.S. Airways Merger

  Jun 01 2008 After more than a month of discussions about a merger that would have created the world's largest airline, U.S. Airways and UAL Corporation, the parent of United... more

• Bucking Trend, Law Firms Build Structured Finance Groups

  Apr 07 2008 Structured finance, which includes work related to the full spectrum of mortgage-backed securities, is the acknowledged ground zero of the current credit crisis, and... more

• Allen & Overy Claims Pole Position in 2007 Debt Capital Markets Tables

  Feb 11 2008 Allen & Overy has held on to the top spot in the latest international debt capital markets rankings, with the Magic Circle firm seizing an 8 percent market share for... more

• Cadwalader first US firm to post fall in PEP

  Feb 06 2008 Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has posted a 6 per cent fall in average profit per equity partner (PEP) for the 2007 financial year, making it the only US firm so far to... more

• Cadwalader and Simpson Thacher scoop Microsoft bid for Yahoo!

  Feb 05 2008 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has assembled a top tier M&A team to help Microsoft win its $44.6bn battle for Yahoo! The firm's three-partner team is led by global head of... more

• U.S. Law Firm Cadwalader To Lay Off 35 Attorneys

  Jan 11 2008 One of the nation's most profitable law firms announced it was laying off just under 5% of its staff due to a slowdown in some practice areas -- including those hurt... more

• American law firms: overpaid, over here and taking over?

  Jan 09 2008 Among her 300 million citizens, America finds room for 2.2 million prisoners, half a million soldiers — and 1.1 million lawyers, increasing numbers of whom find their... more