Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft have announced their intention to combine, creating Hogan Lovells Cadwalader. The combination will unite Hogan Lovells, a global leader in advising clients in highly regulated sectors operating across G20 markets, with Cadwalader, Wall Street’s oldest law firm, with longstanding relationships with a range of blue-chip clients, including many of the world’s leading financial institutions and providers of private capital.
According to the release, this combination will create the world’s fifth largest firm by revenue, with annual revenue in excess of US$3.6 billion based on 2024 performance. The combined firm’s revenue will be balanced across premier legal markets on both sides of the Atlantic.
With 56 attorneys in Colorado (Denver, Colorado Springs) and 3,100 lawyers across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader will serve clients in every major financial market.
“Clients are increasingly looking for law firms with deep sector expertise and broad global reach to advise on their most complex mandates around the world”, stated Miguel A. Zaldivar, Jr., CEO, Hogan Lovells. “Cadwalader, a premier Wall Street institution, brings top of the market finance capabilities, which combined with Hogan Lovells’ powerful global platform, expands our abilities to comprehensively advise clients at a time when cross-border investment is increasingly driving growth in key sectors—including finance, energy, technology, life sciences, and others.”
Learn more about the combination here.