Firm

Awards and Recognition

The work we do for our clients routinely earns both awards and significant rankings throughout the world. We are proud of the reputation we have earned for client service, legal excellence and the ability to master complex challenges. Cahill is consistently recognized by clients, peers and the most respected legal journals and industry-specific publications for premier client service and exceptional lawyering. This is in part reflected by the fact that three-quarters of our partners have also been named leaders in their areas of practice.

Recent Award Highlights:

• Shortlisted for 2024 Innovation Awards by Financial Times and New York Law Journal
• Named to National Women’s Law Center 2024 Pro Bono Honor Roll
• Named 2024 American Lawyer Industry Awards Finalist for Best Professional Development Initiative (Cahill Academy)
• Named Among ‘The Elite’ for Associate Quality of Life by Chambers Associate 2024
• Shortlisted as 2024 National “Firm to Watch” by Managing IP Awards
• Awarded 2023 Refinancing of the Year by The M&A Advisor
• Recognized as 2023 Practice Groups of the Year for in the area of Banking, and the area of Structured Finance by Law360
• Awarded Refinancing of the Year in 2024 by The M&A Advisor
• Received the 2023 Pro Bono Publico Award for Outstanding Service
• Shortlisted for "Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year" for Chambers USA Awards 2022
• Received "Out-of-Court Restructuring Deal of the Year" in 2021 by The M&A Advisor 
• Shortlisted for "Capital Markets Law Firm of the Year" for Chambers USA Awards 2021
• Received 2020 Middle Market Award “Restructuring Deal of the Year” by The Deal
• Received Restructuring Deal of the Year by The M&A Advisor
• Received One in a Million Award from Multiplying Good in recognition of Pro Bono efforts
• Recognized in Yale Law Women’s Top Firms for Gender Equity & Family Friendliness Report, being named among the Top Firms for Inclusion Initiatives in 2020 and a Top Firm for Training & Mentorship in 2021
• Recognized by clients in BTI list of firms going above and beyond in 2020
• Received Sanctuary Above & Beyond Pro Bono Achievement Award
• Capital Markets and Securities Litigation practices respectively named 2019 Practice Groups of the Year by Law360
• Listed among WomenInc. magazine’s “Top 100 Law Firms for Women”
• Named in Law360’s Best Firms for Minority Attorneys
• Named one of Lawyers of Color’s Diversity & Inclusion Leaders
• Received the Legal Aid Society of New York’s Pro Bono Publico Award
• Received the 2019 Pro Bono Award from The Door
• Named to the BTI Client Service A-Team for Law Firms list, among the top 25% of law firms
• Tier 1 Ranking U.S. News - Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”

Rankings by Practice Area:

Antitrust & Trade Regulation

• Named a 2023 Banking Practice Group of the Year by Law360
• Ranked among the leading firms for Antitrust-Merger Control practices nationally by The Legal 500 US
• Ranked among the leading firms for Antitrust Civil Litigation/Class Action Defense practices by The Legal 500 US
• Recommended in New York by Global Competition Review
• Ranked among the leading Antitrust practices in the United States by Benchmark Litigation
• Ranked “Tier 1” nationally and in New York for Antitrust Litigation by U.S. News - Best Lawyers
• Ranked among New York's leading Antitrust practices by Chambers USA

Capital Markets:

Bank Lending

• Named a 2023 Structured Finance Practice Group of the Year by Law360
• #1 ranked legal advisor to U.S. lead arrangers of Leveraged Loans since 2010 by Refinitiv LPC
• Ranked among the top 6 Banking & Finance practices in both the United States and the New York State Region by Chambers USA
• Ranked among the top Bank Lending practices nationwide by The Legal 500 US
• Ranked among the top Bank Lending practices in the United States by IFLR1000

High Yield Debt: United States

• #1 ranked legal advisor to High-Yield Debt underwriters since 2005 by Bloomberg
• Ranked as the sole leading High-Yield Debt practice in the United States by IFLR1000
• Ranked among the top 2 High-Yield Debt practice for advice to underwriters in The Legal 500 US
• Ranked among the top 2 High-Yield Debt practices in the United States by Chambers USA

Debt & Equity

• Ranked among the top High-Yield Debt practices in London by Chambers UK
• Ranked among the top High-Yield Debt practices in the United Kingdom by IFLR1000
• Ranked among the top High-Yield Debt and Acquisition Finance practices in the UK by The Legal 500 UK
• Ranked among the 2 leading High-Yield Debt practices in the world by Chambers

Bankruptcy & Restructuring

• Ranked among the top Restructuring & Insolvency practices in the United States by IFLR1000

Communications

• Ranked among the leading practices nationwide in Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory by The Legal 500 US
• Ranked among the leading practices nationwide in Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactional by The Legal 500 US
• Ranked “Tier 1” nationally and in New York for Communications Law by U.S. News - Best Lawyers
• Ranked among leading Communications Litigation lawyers by Chambers
• Named Top Firm by Media Law International

Corporate Governance & Investigations

• Ranked among leading Corporate Governance Law practices in New York by U.S. News - Best Lawyers

• Ranked among the leading firms in M&A: Middle-Market ($500M subcategory) by The Legal 500 US

Securities Litigation

• Named a 2023 Banking Practice Group of the Year by Law360
• Securities Litigation practices named among 2019 Practice Groups of the Year by Law360
• Ranked among New York’s leading Securities Litigation practices by Chambers USA
• Ranked in Securities Litigation Defense by The Legal 500 US
• Ranked among the leading Securities Litigation practices in the United States by Benchmark Litigation
• Ranked “Tier 1” nationally and in New York for Securities Litigation by U.S. News - Best Lawyers