Milbank LLP is proud to announce that Chambers USA has recognized 49 Milbank partners and 25 practice areas in its 2021 guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those included in the guide, twelve partners and eight practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1.
Chambers annually conducts research into the world’s top law firms and has continually identified Milbank’s departments and individual attorneys for their legal prowess. The researchers review firms’ legal work and collect the opinions of clients and peers and assign rankings accordingly.
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
- Corporate Crime & Investigations – USA (Highly Regarded)
- Projects: Agency Financing – USA
- Projects: Mining & Metals – USA
- Projects: Power – USA
- Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy – USA
- Transportation: Aviation: Finance – USA
Chambers also awarded the following groups nationally: Banking & Finance; Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt; International Arbitration: Enforcement; International Arbitration; Projects: Oil & Gas; Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional; Projects: PPP; Securities: Litigation; Securities: Regulation: Enforcement; and Tax: Corporate & Finance.
Milbank was also recognized for its legal work regionally. In New York, Chambers honored the firm’s specialties in: Banking & Finance; Corporate/M&A; Intellectual Property: Patent; Litigation: General Commercial; Litigation: Securities; Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations; Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance; and Tax. In California, Chambers ranked the firm in Bankruptcy/Restructuring.
The 49 Milbank attorneys recognized by Chambers are highlighted for their preeminence in 27 different practice areas. 12 of the attorneys named also received Band 1 ranking in one or more practice or geographic areas:
- Marc P. Hanrahan: Banking & Finance (New York)
- Mark Shinderman: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (California)
- Dennis Dunne: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York and USA)
- Linda Dakin-Grimm: Insurance: Reinsurance (California)
- George S. Canellos: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
- Alexander Borisoff: Projects: Agency Financing (USA)
- Daniel D. Bartfeld: Projects (USA)
- Jonathan Green: Projects (USA)
- William B. Bice: Projects (USA)
- Kevin O'Shea: Real Estate: Finance (New York)
- Drew S. Fine: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA)
- Helfried Schwarz: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA)
In addition, the Milbank attorneys below were recognized as leaders in their areas of expertise:
- Fiona A. Schaeffer: Antitrust (New York – Band 2)
- Lauren Hanrahan: Banking & Finance (New York – Band 3)
- Marcus J. Dougherty: Banking & Finance (New York – Band 3)
- Gregory A. Bray: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (California – Band 3)
- Thomas R. Kreller: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (California – Band 2)
- Andrew Leblanc: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (District of Columbia – Band 3)
- Evan Fleck: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York – Band 3; USA – Band 4)
- Gerard Uzzi: 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)
- Rod Miller: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States (USA – Band 3)
- Jay D. Grushkin: Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs (USA – Band 2)
- Sean M. Solis: Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs (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)
- Matthew Ahrens: Environment: Mainly Transactional (New York – Band 3)
- Errol B. Taylor: Intellectual Property: Patent (New York – Band 4)
- David I. Gindler: Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (California – Band 4); Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation (California – Band 2; USA – Band 2)
- Michael D. Nolan: International Arbitration: Counsel (USA – Band 2); International Arbitration: Enforcement (USA – Spotlight Table)
- Scott Edelman: Litigation: General Commercial (New York – Band 2); Litigation: Securities (New York – Band 2); Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York – Band 3)
- Stacey J. Rappaport: Litigation: General Commercial (New York – Band 5)
- Sean M. Murphy: Litigation: Securities (New York – Band 3)
- Antonia Apps: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York – Band 2)
- Alexander Borisoff: Projects (USA – Band 4)
- Roland Estevez: Projects (USA – Band 4)
- Allan T. Marks: Projects (USA – Band 2); Projects: PPP (USA – Band 2)
- Daniel J. Michalchuk: Projects (USA – Band 2)
- Jaime Ramirez: Projects (USA – Band 4)
- Carolina Walther-Meade: Projects (USA – Band 4)
- Jonathan Green: Projects: PPP (USA – Band 2)
- William B. Bice: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA – Band 2)
- Michael Duff: 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)
- George S. Canellos: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA – Star Individuals)
- Russell J. Kestenbaum: Tax (New York – Band 4)
- Andrew R. Walker: Tax (New York – Band 3)
- Nicholas Smith: Technology & Outsourcing (District of Columbia – Band 3)
- Freyda Mechlowicz: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA – Up and Coming)
- James Pascale: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA – Band 3)
