Milbank LLP is pleased to announce that Chambers USA has recognized 56 Milbank attorneys and 29 practices in its 2024 guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those included in the guide, 11 partners and eight practices were awarded the Chambers top ranking, Band 1.
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 practices and individual attorneys have continually been recognized by Chambers.
Milbank received a Band 1 ranking in the following categories:
- 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: Power - USA
- Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy - USA
- Transportation: Aviation: Finance - USA
Chambers also recognized Milbank in the following national rankings: Banking & Finance; Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt; Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS; Corporate Crime & Investigations (The Elite); Offshore Energy; Projects: Agency Financing; Projects: Oil & Gas; Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional; Projects: PPP; Securities: Litigation; Securities: Regulation: Enforcement; and Tax: Corporate & Finance.
Milbank was noted for its legal work regionally as well. In New York, Chambers recognized the firm in: Antitrust; Banking & Finance; Corporate/M&A (Highly Regarded); 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 Private Wealth Law - New York in the Chambers HNW guide. Individually, partner Austin Bramwell is ranked Band 1 in Private Wealth Law - New York and Band 2 - Eastern Region; partner Jessica Soojian is ranked as Up and Coming in Private Wealth Law - New York; special counsel Marceline Tempesta is ranked Band 5 in Private Wealth Law - New York; and Sean Imfeld, now special counsel, is noted as an Associate to Watch.
Chambers USA highlighted 57 Milbank attorneys; one was named a Star Individual and 11 received a Band 1 ranking in one or more geographic areas:
- George S. Canellos: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA - Star Individual)
- Richard G. Parker: Antitrust: Litigation Specialists (District of Columbia)
- Mark Shinderman: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (California)
- Dennis Dunne: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York and USA)
- 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 following Milbank attorneys were recognized among the leaders in their categories:
- 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)
- Charles Stern: Banking & Finance (New York - Band 5)
- 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)
- Sean M. Solis: Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs (USA - Band 2)
- Martin Eid: Capital Markets: Securitization: Whole Business (USA - Band 2)
- Kathryn Weiss: Capital Markets: Securitization: Whole Business (USA – Band 2)
- 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)
- Jenna McGrath: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA - Up and Coming)
- Matthew Ahrens: Environment: Mainly Transactional (New York - Band 2)
- Thomas Goslin: Environment: Mainly Transactional (District of Columbia - Band 2)
- Viren Mascarenhas: International Arbitration: Counsel (USA - Band 6)
- John Beahn: International Trade: CFIUS Experts (USA - Band 3)
- Scott Edelman: Litigation: General Commercial (New York - Band 2); Litigation: Securities (New York - Bank 2); Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York - Band 5)
- Stacey J. Rappaport: Litigation: General Commercial (New York - Band 5)
- Atara Miller: Litigation: General Commercial (New York - Band 6)
- Sean M. Murphy: Litigation: Securities (New York - Band 3)
- Jed Schwartz: Litigation: Securities (New York - Band 5)
- Nola Heller: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York - Band 4)
- Alexander Borisoff: Mining & Metals (USA - Band 2); Projects (USA – Band 3)
- Allan T. Marks: Projects (USA - Band 3); Projects: PPP (USA - Band 2)
- Roland Estevez: Projects (USA - Band 4)
- Jaime Ramirez: Projects (USA - Band 4)
- Carolina Walther-Meade: Projects (USA - Band 4)
- Jeffrey Leider: Projects (USA - Up and Coming)
- Sean O’Neill: Projects (USA – Up and Coming)
- William B. Bice: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA - Band 2)
- Michael Klaus: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA - Band 4)
- Henry T. Scott: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA - Band 4)
- Timothy K. Wendling: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA - Band 4)
- Richard Hillman: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA - Up and Coming)
- Erwin Dweck: Real Estate: Finance (New York - Band 2)
- Yaakov Sheinfeld: Real Estate: Finance (New York - Band 3)
- Jonathan Karl: Real Estate: Finance (New York - Up and Coming)
- Daniel Perry: Real Estate: Litigation (New York - Band 3)
- Andrew R. Walker: Tax (New York - Band 2)
- Russell J. Kestenbaum: Tax (New York - Band 4)
- James Pascale: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA - Band 2)
- Alexandra Johnson: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA - Band 3)
- Freyda Mechlowicz: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA - Band 3)
