NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 11, 2003–Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, one of the world’s leading international law firms, has elected Michele Cohen, Anthony Davis, Gregg S. Jubin, DouglasI. Koff, Brian J. O’Sullivan, Frank Polverino, Jeffrey Y. Rotblat, Martin L. Seidel and Matthew J. Williams as Partners of the firm.

“We are pleased to welcome these outstanding attorneys to the partnership. The election of nine to the firm’s partnership is evidence of the high-quality of lawyers working within Cadwalader today. It is also a demonstration of the growth and expansion the firm is experiencing both in the U.S. and in the U.K.,” said Robert O. Link, Jr., Cadwalader’s Chairman. “It is a great pleasure to congratulate them today and we look forward to their continued success and contributions to the firm in years to come.”

The following attorneys were elected Partner:

— Michele Cohen, an attorney in the New York Financial

Restructuring Department, focuses her practice on corporate

finance and restructuring transactions. She has extensive

experience in acquisition financings, leveraged restructurings

and refinancings, and other syndicated lending transactions,

in addition to high-yield bond issuances, senior and

subordinated bridge financings, project and structured

financings, and private placements. Ms. Cohen received her

B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Georgetown

University, and her J.D. from New York University School of

Law.

— Anthony Davis, an attorney in the Tax Department, resident in

London, focuses his practice on a wide range of tax issues in

the financial sector, handling the tax aspects of

securitizations, debt issuance and a variety of derivatives

issues. He also has extensive expertise with UK and

international tax issues surrounding restructurings and

corporate reorganizations as well as mergers and acquisitions,

joint ventures, collective investment schemes and property

transactions. He graduated with an Upper Second Class

(Honours) degree from Oxford University and also obtained a

Masters Degree in Medieval Studies from the University of

London. He qualified as a solicitor in 1981 and as a Fellow of

the Chartered Institute of Taxation in 1985.

— Gregg S. Jubin, an attorney in the Washington Capital Markets

Department, focuses his practice on corporate and finance

transactions, with particular emphasis in hedge fund and

private equity fund-of-funds transactions, structured hedge

fund transactions, collateralized debt obligations

transactions, derivative transactions, synthetic structured

products transactions and other types of structured products

transactions. Mr. Jubin represents the managers of hedge funds

and private equity fund-of-funds, collateral managers,

investment banking firms, commercial banks, broker-dealers and

other financial institutions. He received his B.S. from

Montclair State College and his J.D., magna cum laude, from

Syracuse University College of Law.

— Douglas I. Koff, an attorney in the New York Litigation

Department, focuses his practice on large, complex litigation

matters. Mr. Koff has played a significant role in the Firm’s

representation of clients in connection with government

investigations of IPO, research and mutual fund practices as

well as matters involving securities laws, derivative

securities and antitrust. He received his B.A. from Earlham

College and his J.D. from the Columbia School of Law.

— Brian J. O’Sullivan, an attorney in the New York Litigation

Department, focuses his practice on complex reinsurance

litigations and arbitrations. Mr. O’Sullivan has also handled

many multi-jurisdictional reinsurance disputes. He received

his B.A., cum laude, from Boston College and his J.D. from

Fordham University School of Law.

— Frank Polverino, an attorney in the New York Capital Markets

Department, focuses his practice on commercial mortgage-backed

securities (CMBS) and residential mortgage-backed securities.

He has been responsible for a variety of public and private

CMBS transactions, including fixed-rate conduit, floating-rate

conduit, large loan, singe asset and seasoned pool deals, as

well as resecuritization of CMBS. He received his B.S. from

New York University’s Stern School of Business and his J.D.,

cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School.

— Jeffrey Y. Rotblat, an attorney in the New York Capital

Markets Department, focuses his practice on all forms of

commercial mortgage-backed securitization and

resecuritizations, real estate and asset backed CDOs, whole

loan trades, franchise loan securitizations, real estate

participations and real estate mezzanine lending. He has been

responsible for all of the legal, real estate and securities

aspects of CMBS transactions. He received his B.A. from

Yeshiva University and his J.D., cum laude, from the

University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was appointed

to the Moot Court Board.

— Martin L. Seidel, an attorney in the New York Litigation

Department, focuses his practice on complex business

litigation matters, including corporate control litigation,

securities fraud class actions, corporate governance

litigation, antitrust litigation, government investigations,

internal investigations, and litigation involving contractual

disputes among major commercial entities in the United States

and abroad. Mr. Seidel has been involved in matters involving

complex tender offers, securities fraud, corporate/fiduciary

duty, brokerage industry, antitrust and class action

litigation. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from the

University of Wisconsin and his J.D. from Columbia School of

Law where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Managing

Editor of the Columbia Journal of Transactional Law.

— Matthew J. Williams, an attorney in the London Banking and

Finance Department, focuses his practice on high value UK and

European energy work, including project development and

financing, financial restructuring, mergers and acquisitions,

privatizations and commodity/derivatives trading. He has

extensive experience in power and energy related projects with

particular expertise in energy trading, the development of

green-field independent power projects, power sector

privatizations and energy related joint ventures. He studied

law at New College, Oxford University, graduating with an

Upper Second class (Honours) degree. He attended the College

of Law in London.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, established in 1792, is one of the world’s leading international law firms, with offices in New York, 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, health care, banking, project finance, insurance and reinsurance, tax, and private client matters. More information about Cadwalader can be found at www.cadwalader.com.