Practice 01
Corporate & M&A
Cross-border transactions, founder-led exits, and complex equity structures executed with the discretion the market expects.
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Established 1962 · New York
Counsel for the moments that
define everything after.
Calder & Vance represents founders, families, and institutions whose decisions carry weight measured in decades. Our work is quiet by design. Our outcomes are not.
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Practice
Six disciplines.
One standard.
Each practice operates with a partner-led team of fewer than nine. Selectivity is not a marketing posture — it is the operating model.
Practice 02
Litigation
Bet-the-company disputes resolved on terms favorable to our clients.
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Practice 03
Regulatory & Investigations
SEC, DOJ, and cross-jurisdictional inquiries handled with quiet authority.
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Practice 04
Tax & Estate
Generational wealth structures across jurisdictions, designed to endure.
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Practice 05
Private Capital
Fund formation, LP relations, and the long arc of institutional growth.
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Practice 06
Strategic Counsel
When the question is whether to act at all — that is when we are most useful.
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Client Voice
What is said in private rooms.
"Strategic, discreet, devastatingly effective. They closed our cross-border merger ahead of schedule."
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Margaret Whitfield
CEO, Whitfield Holdings
"When the SEC inquiry landed, Calder & Vance was the only call I made. Outcome: matter dismissed."
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Daniel Marchetti
Founder, Marchetti Capital
"An extension of our in-house team. They speak the language of our board."
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Priya Ananthakrishnan
GC, Helios Industries
"Eight figures of exposure resolved without litigation. Quiet excellence."
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Jonathan Reyes
Managing Partner, Reyes Equity
"Strategic, discreet, devastatingly effective. They closed our cross-border merger ahead of schedule."
MW
Margaret Whitfield
CEO, Whitfield Holdings
"When the SEC inquiry landed, Calder & Vance was the only call I made. Outcome: matter dismissed."
DM
Daniel Marchetti
Founder, Marchetti Capital
"An extension of our in-house team. They speak the language of our board."
PA
Priya Ananthakrishnan
GC, Helios Industries
"Eight figures of exposure resolved without litigation. Quiet excellence."
JR
Jonathan Reyes
Managing Partner, Reyes Equity
"Estate complexity across three jurisdictions, handled with absolute precision."
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Sarah Lindqvist
Chair, Lindqvist Foundation
"Their counsel saved a deal I had given up on. Worth every retainer dollar."
HT
Hiroshi Tanaka
President, Tanaka Logistics
"Generational wealth structuring done right. We sleep well at night."
EV
Elena Vasquez
Owner, Vasquez Vineyards
"Litigation strategy that anticipated every move opposing counsel made."
RA
Robert Ainsworth
CFO, Northbridge Capital
"Estate complexity across three jurisdictions, handled with absolute precision."
SL
Sarah Lindqvist
Chair, Lindqvist Foundation
"Their counsel saved a deal I had given up on. Worth every retainer dollar."
HT
Hiroshi Tanaka
President, Tanaka Logistics
"Generational wealth structuring done right. We sleep well at night."
EV
Elena Vasquez
Owner, Vasquez Vineyards
"Litigation strategy that anticipated every move opposing counsel made."
RA
Robert Ainsworth
CFO, Northbridge Capital
Engagement
If the matter is consequential,
we should speak.
Initial conversations are confidential, scoped within ten business days, and accepted only when we believe we are the right firm.