Few law firms were better-positioned to capitalize on the strength of global financial markets in 2021 than Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, which reoriented itself to focus on the transactional needs of clients in 2016 by shrinking its global footprint and focusing on growth that complemented its core practices on Wall Street. The strategy paid massive dividends that year, when the firm jumped from $452.5 million in gross revenue to $608.9 million and boosted profits per equity partner by 71.5%.