Milbank LLP is pleased to announce that Chambers USA has recognized 51 Milbank attorneys and 26 practice areas in its 2022 guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those included in the guide, ten partners and seven 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
- Projects: Agency Financing – 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; Corporate Crime & Investigations (The Elite); Projects: Oil & Gas; Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional; Projects: PPP; Securities: Litigation; Securities: Regulation: Enforcement; and Tax: Corporate & Finance.
In addition to the Chambers USA recognitions, Milbank's Trusts & Estates group received Band 1 rankings in the Chambers HNW guide released on July 14. 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.
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.
The 51 Milbank attorneys recognized by Chambers are highlighted for their expertise in 28 different practice areas. Ten of the attorneys named also received Band 1 ranking in one or more geographic areas:
- 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)
- Jonathan Green (retired): 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)
- Lauren Hanrahan: Banking & Finance (New York – Band 3)
- Marcus J. Dougherty: Banking & Finance (New York – Band 2)
- Gregory A. Bray: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (California – Band 3)
- Thomas R. Kreller: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (California – Band 2)
- Evan Fleck: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York – Band 3; USA – Band 4)
- Gerard Uzzi: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York – Band 4; 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 3)
- 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)
- Linda Dakin-Grimm: Insurance: Reinsurance (California – Spotlight Table)
- Errol B. Taylor: Intellectual Property: Patent (New York – Band 5)
- David I. Gindler: Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (California – Band 4); Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation (California – Band 2; USA – Band 2)
- 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); Media & Entertainment: Litigation (New York – Band 4).
- 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)
- Allan T. Marks: Projects (USA – Band 2); PPP (USA – Band 2)
- Carolina Walther-Meade: Projects (USA – Band 4)
- Daniel J. Michalchuk: Projects (USA – Band 2)
- Jaime Ramirez: Projects (USA – Band 4)
- Roland Estevez: Projects (USA – Band 4)
- Jonathan Green (retired): Projects: PPP (USA – Band 2)
- Henry T. Scott: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA – Up and Coming)
- Michael Klaus: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA – Up and Coming)
- 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)
- George S. Canellos: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA – Star Individuals)
- Andrew R. Walker: Tax (New York – Band 3)
- Russell J. Kestenbaum: Tax (New York – Band 4)
- Nicholas Smith: Technology & Outsourcing (District of Columbia – Band 3)
- James Pascale: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA – Band 3)
- Freyda Mechlowicz: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA – Up and Coming)
