Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Overview

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP is a US-founded, full-service law firm with a century-long reputation for handling market-leading finance, capital markets and complex litigation matters. Founded in 1919 and headquartered in New York’s Financial District at 32 Old Slip, the firm combines deep Wall Street transactional capability with high-profile litigation and regulatory practices, and maintains a transatlantic presence through its London office. Cahill is consistently top-ranked in leveraged finance, high-yield and bank lending league tables and is routinely recognised for its litigation capability, regulatory work and media/First Amendment practice.

Headquarters: New York, 32 Old Slip
Founded: 1919
Lawyers: 200-500 (as benchmarked by Bloomberg Law Leading Law Firms list)
Offices: 4
Revenue: Under $500M

Values & Culture

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Insolvency & Restructuring
Competition & Antitrust
Environment & Planning
Tax
Intellectual Property
Dispute Resolution & Litigation
Financial Services & Regulation
White Collar Crime
Media & Entertainment
Insurance & Reinsurance
Real Estate
Regulatory & Compliance
Technology & Digital
Employment
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Infrastructure & Projects

Geographic Focus: The firm’s core strength is the United States (New York, Washington, D.C., and Delaware) with a targeted international foothold in London to support cross-border capital markets and finance work. Cahill’s client base is heavily financial-services and corporate-focused (underwriters, lead arrangers, private credit funds, sponsors and major corporates), and it operates globally on complex cross-border financings, capital markets transactions and high-stakes litigation.

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Mentorship

Mentoring and development are partner-led: partners and committee-led programmes provide mentoring, feedback and career guidance. The firm highlights partner advisors for pro bono initiatives and structured programmes (e.g., Women’s Initiatives Leadership Training Program) and lists a Director of Professional Development.

Programmes & Schemes

Summer Associate Program

The firm runs a Summer Program for law students (summer associates). Summer associates are paid on a basis consistent with the firm's first-year associate compensation and gain substantive exposure to Cahill's transactional and litigation practices; the programme feeds into the firm’s permanent associate recruitment.

Salary: $225,000 (consistent with first-year associate compensation; summer associates are compensated on a basis consistent with full-time first year associates)

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Notable Matters

Advising on data centre financing transactions totalling approximately $20 billion (April 2026)

Cahill’s Digital Infrastructure Finance practice advised on multiple successful data centre financing transactions that together totalled approximately $20 billion during April 2026. The work demonstrates the firm’s market-leading capacity in large-scale infrastructure and digital-infrastructure financings, coordinating significant debt documentation, lender and borrower-side structuring and syndication.

Banking & Finance

Representing lead arrangers in $600 million credit facilities for REPAY’s acquisition of KUBRA

Cahill acted for the lead arrangers in the financing package supporting REPAY’s acquisition of KUBRA, structuring and documenting $600 million in credit facilities to finance the acquisition and related corporate finance matters.

Banking & Finance

Advising dealer managers on Paramount Skydance tender and exchange offers

Cahill advised dealer managers on tender and exchange offers in connection with Paramount Skydance transactions, providing capital markets counsel on structure, documentation and market execution.

Capital Markets

Successful defence of Natixis S.A. against fraudulent conveyance claims (New York)

Cahill secured a favourable outcome defending Natixis S.A. against fraudulent conveyance claims in New York, reflecting the firm’s securities litigation and commercial litigation capabilities in high-stakes creditor/debtor disputes.

Dispute Resolution & Litigation

Securing dismissal in a major ATA-related case on behalf of Binance (litigation highlight)

A Cahill litigation team achieved a notable dismissal in an Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) matter for Binance, a result recognised as a runner-up 'Litigator of the Week' and evidencing the firm’s strength in complex commercial and appellate litigation.

Dispute Resolution & Litigation

What Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Looks For

Key Competencies

Commercial awareness
Attention to detail
Initiative and readiness for responsibility
Teamwork and collaboration
Strong written and oral communication
Technical legal skills in finance and litigation
Client service orientation
Intellectual rigour and creativity

Evidence Signals

Relevant finance/capital markets internships or summer associate experience
Mooting, mock trials or litigation clinic experience for litigation roles
Pro bono and public service involvement (e.g., work with legal services organisations)
Demonstrable commercial awareness through transaction summaries or deal experience
Interest or experience in digital assets / fintech for CahillNXT roles
Academic excellence and law school clinic/externship participation
Clerkship or government service experience for litigators

Benefits & Wellbeing

Associate salary scale (U.S. offices): 1st Year $225,000; 2nd Year $235,000; 3rd Year $260,000; 4th Year $310,000; 5th Year $365,000; 6th Year $390,000; 7th Year $420,000; 8th Year $435,000; 9th Year $435,000
Firm-subsidized group medical insurance (coverage available first day of employment) and prescription drug coverage
Firm-subsidized dental plans (coverage available first day of employment)
Vision care plan with VSP
Health Flexible Spending Account (up to $2,750 pre-tax allocation)
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
Group term life insurance at four times annual base salary
Short-term disability (up to 26 weeks) and long-term disability (60% monthly benefit after short-term benefit period)
Free annual physical
Backup child care and enhanced family support program (Bright Horizons) for U.S. offices
Discounted health club memberships (New York Sports Club, Equinox) for NY office
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and families
401(k) Plan (U.S. offices) enrollment on first day of employment
Pension program opportunity for London office
4 weeks' paid vacation (5 weeks for London office)
Pre-tax transit and parking plan (U.S. offices)
Generous parental leave: 18 weeks primary caregiver leave (or up to 26 weeks maternity-related disability) and 12 weeks secondary caregiver leave; option to work reduced load up to 12 weeks on return
Flexible work policy including remote working and reduced hours options on return from parental leave
Wellness Room / Mothers’ Room and breast milk home delivery service (Milk Stork) for traveling breastfeeding mothers
Salary advances for incoming lawyers and post-clerkship hires
Reimbursement of reasonable moving expenses for new hires (where applicable)
Sign-on bonuses for LL.M. (tax) candidates on a case-by-case basis
One year of credit for concurrent J.D./M.B.A. on a case-by-case basis
Dollar-for-dollar firm match (up to $1,000) for gifts to law schools
Coverage of bar association dues (one association and one section) and reimbursement for bar review/course fees and bar application fees (NY State Bar)
Laptop, office phone and mobile phone provided; additional technology stipend for home office setup
Firm discounts with AT&T, Dell and Verizon
In-house Travel Department
Attorney lounge in NY office with quiet zone and massage chairs
Social events and firm-sponsored activities

Wellbeing

Employee Assistance Program, discounted gym memberships, wellness initiatives through Cahill Green & Wellness committee, adjustable standing desks and ergonomic chairs, attorney lounge with quiet zone and massage chairs, backup childcare and fitness/ nutrition group activities.

Awards & Recognition

Named the No. 1 Leading Law Firm (sub-$500M in revenue) in Bloomberg Law’s Leading Law Firms list
Named Among 'The Elite' for Associate Quality of Life by Chambers Associate 2024 and 2025
Named a 2025 Best Law Firm for Formal Training by Vault
Global Competition Review Awards 2025: 'Litigation of the Year 6 Cartel Defense'
Law360 Practice Group of the Year (Banking and Complex Financial Instruments) 2024 and 2023 recognitions
The M&A Advisor: Restructuring of the Year (Over $10B) 2024; Refinancing of the Year 2023 & 2024
Shortlisted for Financial Times / New York Law Journal Innovation Awards 2024
Named to National Women’s Law Center 2024 Pro Bono Honor Roll
American Lawyer Industry Awards 2024 Finalist for Best Professional Development Initiative (Cahill Academy)
Sanctuary for Families’ Above & Beyond Pro Bono Achievement Award 2025
BTI Client Service A-Team recognition (listed among top 25% of firms)
Tier 1 Rankings in U.S. News - Best Lawyers 'Best Law Firms' in multiple categories

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Firm membership in the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance and the Alliance for Asian American Justice; explicit Equal Employment Opportunity Policy prohibiting discrimination on listed protected grounds; programme-level commitments to hiring, retaining and promoting diverse talent and to developing diversity-enhancing programmes.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
Women’s Initiatives Committee
Affinity Groups
Community Outreach
Law Firm Antiracism Alliance (LFAA) membership
Alliance for Asian American Justice membership
Women’s Initiatives Leadership Training Program
Cahill Women in Firm Leadership
Associate Liaison and Legal Recruiting diversity coordination
Specific pro bono partnerships that support diverse communities (Sanctuary for Families, The Door, National Women’s Law Center, 501Foundry, Veterans' New Business Initiative)

Pro Bono

Cahill maintains an active pro bono programme overseen by co-chairs and a full-time Pro Bono Counsel; signature initiatives include 501Foundry (helps new nonprofits incorporate and obtain tax-exempt status), Cahill Pro Bono for the Arts, The Door Emancipation Clinic, SDNY Criminal Justice Act Panel representation, work with the National Women’s Law Center, long-term partnership with Sanctuary for Families (representation for victims of domestic violence and sex trafficking), Veterans' New Business Initiative, and Know Your Rights educational outreach. Pro bono leadership and partner advisors (

Innovation

Cahill invests in IT modernisation (virtualisation of servers and storage, energy-efficient infrastructure) and maintains a dedicated digital-assets / emerging technology practice (CahillNXT). The firm has a named Director of Innovation and Attorney Advancement, signalling a structured approach to integrating technology and professional development. Trainees and associates are exposed to digital-assets work via CahillNXT and benefit from the firm's investment in modern IT systems and dedicated innovation leadership.

CahillNXT 6 Digital Assets & Emerging Technology
Director of Innovation and Attorney Advancement role
Cahill Green & Wellness (CG&W) Committee
IT infrastructure modernisation including server and storage virtualisation (98% virtualised)

Quick Application Angles

Lead with Cahill’s market-leading finance credentials: reference the firm’s #1 league-table placements in leveraged loans and high-yield in Q1 2026 or its role advising on roughly $20 billion of data-centre financings to show commercial awareness and transaction familiarity.
If applying to litigation roles, highlight appellate and First Amendment experience or high-profile litigation exposure and reference Cahill’s long record of media/First Amendment work (tiered recognition and named litigators such as Joel Kurtzberg).
Demonstrate alignment with Cahill’s values—initiative, creativity & intellect, personal growth and diversity—by giving concrete examples of when you proactively took on responsibility, solved a novel problem, and sought feedback to improve.
For digital-assets/tech roles, cite interest or experience relevant to CahillNXT (crypto/fintech coursework, clinics, internships or client work) and mention the firm’s recent commentary on crypto market structure to show topical knowledge.
Show commitment to pro bono and community work: reference relevant volunteering or legal-service experience (e.g., work with youth clinics, veterans initiatives, or domestic-violence support organisations) given Cahill’s active pro bono partnerships.