Milbank LLP is pleased to announce that Chambers USA has recognized 51 Milbank attorneys and 26 practice areas in its 2023 guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those included in the guide, 13 partners and eight practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1.
Each year, Chambers conducts research into the top law firms across the globe, collecting hundreds of thousands of responses from clients to provide nearly 6,000 rankings tables. Milbank’s departments and individual attorneys have continually been recognized by Chambers.
The following Milbank practice areas received a Band 1 ranking from Chambers:
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring – New York and USA (The Elite, for both)
- Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs – USA
- Capital Markets: Securitization: Whole Business – USA
- Mining & Metals – USA
- Projects: Mining & Metals – USA
- Projects: Power – USA
- Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy – USA
- Transportation: Aviation: Finance – USA
Chambers also recognized the following groups nationally: Banking & Finance; Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt; Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS; Corporate Crime & Investigations (The Elite); Projects: Agency Financing; Projects: Oil & Gas; Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional; Projects: PPP; Securities: Litigation; Securities: Regulation: Enforcement; and Tax: Corporate & Finance.
Milbank was also noted for its legal work regionally. In New York, Chambers recognized the firm’s specialties in: Banking & Finance; Corporate/M&A (Highly Regarded); Intellectual Property: Patent; Litigation: General Commercial (The Elite); Litigation: Securities; Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (The Elite); Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance; and Tax. In California, Chambers ranked the firm in Bankruptcy/Restructuring.
In addition to the Chambers USA recognitions, Milbank's Trusts & Estates group is currently ranked Band 1 in the Chambers HNW guide. Milbank’s Trusts & Estates Group is ranked as Band 1 in Private Wealth Law – New York, and partners Georgiana Slade, David Stoll and Austin Bramwell each received Band 1 rankings for Private Wealth Law in New York with Jessica Soojian also receiving recognition.
The 51 Milbank attorneys recognized by Chambers are highlighted for their expertise in 26 different practice areas. One attorney is named a Star Individual and thirteen of the attorneys named also received Band 1 ranking in one or more geographic areas:
- George S. Canellos: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA – Star Individuals)
- Richard G. Parker: Antitrust: Litigation Specialists (District of Columbia)
- Mark Shinderman: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (California)
- Dennis Dunne: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York and USA)
- Michael Urschel: Capital Markets: Securitization: Whole Business (USA)
- Linda Dakin-Grimm: Insurance: Reinsurance (California)
- George S. Canellos: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
- Daniel D. Bartfeld: Projects (USA)
- Daniel J. Michalchuk: Projects (USA)
- William B. Bice: Projects (USA)
- Alexander Borisoff: Projects: Agency Financing (USA)
- Michael Duff: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA)
- Kevin O'Shea: Real Estate: Finance (New York)
- Drew S. Fine: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA)
In addition, the Milbank attorneys below were recognized as leaders in their practice areas:
- Fiona A. Schaeffer: Antitrust (New York – Band 2)
- Marcus J. Dougherty: Banking & Finance (New York – Band 2)
- Lauren Hanrahan: Banking & Finance (New York – Band 3)
- Evan Fleck: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York – Band 3; USA – Band 4)
- Samuel Khalil: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York – Band 4)
- Tyson M. Lomazow: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York – Band 4)
- Andrew Leblanc: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (District of Columbia – Band 2)
- Rod Miller: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States (USA – Band 3)
- Michael Urschel: Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS (USA – Band 3)
- Jay D. Grushkin: Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs (USA – Band 2)
- Sean M. Solis: Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs (USA – Band 2)
- Kathryn Weiss: Capital Markets: Securitization: Whole Business (USA – Up and Coming)
- Martin Eid: Capital Markets: Securitization: Whole Business (USA – Up and Coming)
- John D. Franchini: Corporate/M&A (New York – Band 5)
- John Williams: Derivatives (USA – Band 2)
- Manan (Mike) Shah: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (New York – Band 3)
- Matthew Ahrens: Environment: Mainly Transactional (New York – Band 2)
- Errol B. Taylor: Intellectual Property: Patent (New York – Band 5)
- Viren Mascarenhas: International Arbitration: Counsel (USA – Band 6)
- John Beahn: International Trade: CFIUS Experts (USA – Band 4)
- Atara Miller: Litigation: General Commercial (New York – Band 6)
- Scott Edelman: Litigation: General Commercial (New York – Band 2); Litigation: Securities (New York – Bank 2); Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York – Band 4)
- Stacey J. Rappaport: Litigation: General Commercial (New York – Band 5)
- Sean M. Murphy: Litigation: Securities (New York – Band 3)
- Alexander Borisoff: Projects (USA – Band 3)
- Allan T. Marks: Projects (USA – Band 3); Projects: PPP (USA – Band 2)
- Carolina Walther-Meade: Projects (USA – Band 4)
- Jaime Ramirez: Projects (USA – Band 4)
- Roland Estevez: Projects (USA – Band 4)
- Jeffrey Leider: Projects (USA – Up and Coming)
- Henry T. Scott: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA – Up and Coming)
- Michael Klaus: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA – Band 4)
- Timothy K. Wendling: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA – Band 4)
- William B. Bice: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA – Band 2)
- Erwin Dweck: Real Estate: Finance (New York – Band 3)
- Yaakov Sheinfeld: Real Estate: Finance (New York – Band 3)
- Andrew R. Walker: Tax (New York – Band 2)
- Russell J. Kestenbaum: Tax (New York – Band 4)
- Nicholas Smith: Technology & Outsourcing (District of Columbia – Band 3)
- James Pascale: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA – Band 2)
- Freyda Mechlowicz: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA – Band 3)
