Cadwalader Names Anthony Davis Special Counsel in London Office.Business Editors/Legal Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2003 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , one of the world's leading international law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
Mr. Davis will advise on taxation issues on a broad range of securitization Securitization The process of creating a financial instrument by combining other financial assets and then marketing them to investors. Notes: Mortgage backed securities are a perfect example of securitization. May also be spelled as "securitisation. , restructuring and insolvency matters both in the UK and Europe. "Anthony's experience complements and strengthens our fast-growing London office and enhances the level of service offered to clients," said Robert O. Link, Jr., Cadwalader's Chairman. "We look forward to his contributions to the Tax, International Capital Markets and Financial Restructuring Departments." At the Inland Revenue, Mr. Davis was a Senior Policy Adviser appointed to bring an external perspective to UK Tax Policy. This was the first appointment of its kind by HM Government and included close involvement in policy and legislation affecting many areas of business taxation such as proposed reforms of corporation tax, taxation of collective investment schemes, stamp duties and the Enterprise Act. Prior to Inland Revenue, his career included periods as a partner successively in the International Tax Group at Ernst & Young and in the international law firm Lovells. Among other distinctions, he is the author of the leading work on the taxation of insolvent companies in the UK and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. Mr. Davis received a BA Hons in English from the University of Oxford in 1977 and an MA from London University in 1982. He graduated from the College of Law, Lancaster Gate in 1978 and qualified as a Solicitor in England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. in 1981 and as chartered tax adviser in 1984. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, established in 1792, is one of the world's leading international law firms, with offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Charlotte, Washington and London. Cadwalader serves a diverse client base, including many of the world's top financial institutions, undertaking business in more than 50 countries in six continents. The firm offers legal expertise in securitization, structured finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, real estate, environmental, insolvency, litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , health care, banking, project finance, insurance and reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. , tax, and private client matters. More information about Cadwalader can be found at www.cadwalader.com. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion