Milbank LLP is pleased to announce that Erwin Dweck and Andrew Leblanc have been elected to the firm’s Executive Committee, effective August 8, 2023, joining Chairman Scott A. Edelman and partners Dan Bartfeld, Dennis Dunne, Suhrud Mehta and Atara Miller.
The Executive Committee is charged with the management of the firm, including overseeing firm standards for client service, quality of legal services, civic responsibility, diversity, equity and inclusion, and professional development. The Committee is also responsible for managing change in a rapidly moving business environment and during challenging times, which Milbank has done successfully since its founding.
“With the dedication and efforts of our Executive Committee, lawyers and business services team, I’m proud of the success our firm has achieved,” said Chairman Scott A. Edelman. “Erwin and Andy have built an impressive track record of leadership and possess an unwavering dedication to our clients and the firm. I look forward to working with both Erwin and Andy and the members of the executive committee to lead the firm forward.”
Mr. Dweck is a leading real estate lawyer with over 20 years of experience and Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Real Estate Group. He has been recognized by a number of publications as one of the leading real estate lawyers in the nation, including Chambers USA and Legal 500 USA. In Chambers, in which he’s been ranked since 2012, clients say, “Erwin Dweck has amazing insight of the sector. He is the first person to call for complex and novel matters."
Mr. Leblanc is recognized as one of the country’s leading lawyers for bankruptcy litigation by Chambers and named one of the “Top 10 Bankruptcy Practitioners in America” and as the “Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year” in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 by Benchmark Litigation. Mr. Leblanc’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, financial restructuring and international arbitration, with a particular focus on contested issues arising in bankruptcy cases. He regularly represents official committees, secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, and bidders in bankruptcy cases, as well as financial institutions as defendants in adversary proceedings brought as part of bankruptcy cases. Mr. Leblanc’s practice is trial-focused, and he regularly appears before bankruptcy, district and appellate courts throughout the country.
