Edward Holmes Bio

Edward Holmes is a partner in Cadwalader’s Finance Group and based in London. His practice focuses on leveraged loan and capital markets transactions, with an emphasis on representing underwriters and arrangers in high-yield debt offerings, acquisition financing, syndicated lending, restructurings and liability management. Ed draws from a wide array of experience on a variety of capital structures and instruments, both debt and equity, representing issuer and underwriter clients, as well as private credit investors. Since 2023, Ed has been ranked in “Capital Markets: High-Yield Products” by Chambers UK, in which client feedback notes “. . . he is incredibly knowledgeable, and we lean into him for technical questions around the high-yield market.” In 2025, The Legal 500 UK named Ed a “Next Generation Partner” in the “Capital Markets: High-Yield” category, commenting that “. . . up-and-coming talent Edward Holmes ... is particularly active in the sponsor and acquisition financing space.” Prior to joining Cadwalader in 2025, Ed was a partner in the global finance practice of another major law firm in London. Ed received his J.D. from Columbia Law School and his B.A. from Bowdoin College. He is a member of the bar of the State of New York and admitted as a registered foreign lawyer in England and Wales.