Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The New York based team at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP is prominent for its transactional work, focused on tax-free and tax-efficient M&A structures, which the firm has employed to international mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, inversions, and Reverse Morris Trusts. The team is also well-regarded for its restructuring practice which assists debtors and creditors, as well as investors, committees, and other creditor groups, in cross-border restructurings, bankruptcy proceedings, workouts, and other distressed situations. The team is capable in handling the restructuring of foreign debt or new money investments by foreign entities, as well as ERISA issues and REMIC tax issues. Linda Swartz leads the practice and focuses her practice on structuring global mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, joint ventures, and restructurings. Jon Brose assists managers, underwriters, issuers, and placement agents on tax issues relating to CLOs, CRTs, SRTs, and other structured finance and securitization vehicles. William Walsh is also a key contact.