Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft to combine

The combined firms will boast annual revenue in excess of $3.6 billion and have 3,100 attorneys located in preeminent markets across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

The combined firms, to be known as Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, will bring unmatched finance, corporate, regulatory, and disputes capabilities to clients in financial markets, particularly across the critical New York–London corridor, the firms said in a statement.

Cadwalader is 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.

“Hogan Lovells Cadwalader will have unmatched strengths across finance, corporate, regulatory, IP, and disputes, positioning the combined firm to represent the world’s leading financial institutions, multinational corporations, private capital funds, and sovereign entities on their highest value strategic challenges,” according to the firms.

“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,” Miguel A. Zaldivar, Jr., CEO of Hogan Lovells, said.

“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,” he added.

Miguel Zaldivar will serve as CEO of the combined firm. Cadwalader is currently led by two co-managing partners, Pat Quinn and Wes Misson, and both would take on international management committee roles: Pat Quinn as global managing partner for client and practice integration, and Wes Misson as global managing partner for the finance practice.

Misson will work alongside James Doyle, corporate and finance practice group leader, and David Bonser, global managing partner for the corporate practice.

For his part, Wes Misson, co-managing partner at Cadwalader, said: “This combination fulfills our shared ambition to create a global firm with a strong transatlantic platform anchored in the most important financial centers around the world. Our clients are at the center of this strategic decision, as this combination will enhance our ability to provide best-in-class service at scale.”

The proposed combination is subject to customary closing conditions, including a vote by the partners of each firm to be held in 2026.