Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP is known for its expertise in distressed shipping-related restructurings. Based in New York, the team is also experienced in advising on finance deals, as well as corporate transactions such as M&A, joint ventures and securities offerings. The group’s representative experience includes acting for Evercore, as financial advisor, in relation to Global Ship Lease’s combination with Poseidon Containers Holdings, which created a containership charter owner that focuses on mid-sized and smaller vessels; and routinely advising Safe Bulkers on a range of governance and transactional issues (including securities exchange listing standards). Co-chair of the firm’s corporate group, Richard Brand, is an adviser to public companies, hedge funds, private equity firms and investment banks. His experience covers M&A, defense-side takeovers, shareholder activism, general corporate advisory issues, and securities offerings.