Linda Z. Swartz
Linda Swartz, the Chair of Cadwalader's Tax Group and a member of the firm's Management Committee, focuses her practice on structuring complex global mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, joint ventures, and restructurings, and on foreign tax planning strategies. She also has considerable experience advising clients on financings, derivative transactions, and executive compensation issues.
Linda is consistently recognized by industry publications and independent commentators as one of the leading corporate tax lawyers in the country. She has been described by Chambers USA as “acclaimed for her vast reservoir of practical knowledge of the U.S. tax code” and “an expert on the law of today but cognizant of where the law might go in the future, allowing clients to make decisions which last for the next ten years.”
- 2017 Foreign Tax Planning Lawyer of the Year” by Finance Monthly
- Tax Directors Handbook – named as one of the 16 Top U.S. Tax Advisors
- Chambers USA – Selected as a Leading New York Tax Lawyer
- The Legal 500 – Selected as a Leading Lawyer
- International Tax Review – Selected as a Leader in U.S. and International Tax
- International Who's Who – Selected as a Leading Corporate Tax Lawyer
- Euromoney Publications – Selected as a Leading U.S. Tax Lawyer
- Expert Guides – Selected as a Leading Woman in Business Law
- Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law: Tax
- ICFM – Selected as one of the Top 500 Global Lawyers
- Super Lawyers – Selected as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in New York City
- Avenue Legal Elite – Selected as one of New York City's Top Women Attorneys
- Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Tax
- Who's Who in the World
- Who's Who of American Women
- Who's Who in American Law
- Martindale Hubbell (AV-rated)
New York, New York 10281