Securing its place as a top legal adviser to lenders, Milbank LLP’s Global Leveraged Finance team appears among the top law firms advising lenders on syndicated loans, according to the half year 2024 North America league table rankings published by Debtwire Par, Refinitiv and Bloomberg, garnering a significant market share across categories. Select highlights include:
Debtwire Par
- North America Leveraged Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Value): Milbank was ranked #3
- North America Leveraged Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #2
- North America Institutional Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Value): Milbank was ranked #3
- North America Institutional Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #2
Refinitiv
- US: Lender Legal Adviser Leveraged Loans (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #3 (with 12.9% market share)
- US: Lender Legal Adviser Leveraged Loans (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #3
- US: Overall Legal Adviser Leveraged Loans (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #4
- US: Overall Legal Adviser Leveraged Loans (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #4
- US: Lender Legal Adviser Total Issuance (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #3
Bloomberg
- US Loans – Lender (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #4 (with $85.5 billion in syndicated deals)
- US Loans – Lender (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #4 (with 87 syndicated deals)
- US Leveraged Loans – Legal Adviser to Lender (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #4
- US Leveraged Loans – Legal Adviser to Lender (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #4
- US Leveraged Finance – Legal Adviser to Manager/Lender (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #4
- US Leveraged Finance – Legal Adviser to Manager/Lender (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #4
In addition to its showing on the US league tables, Milbank’s Global Leveraged Finance team was ranked #2 legal adviser to lenders globally by deal count (with 117 deals) with a volume of $139.26 billion, according to Refinitiv’s 1H 2024 global legal syndicated loans league table rankings. Milbank was also ranked as the #3 legal adviser to lenders for global loans by deal count (with 98 deals) with values totaling $102.5 billion, according to Bloomberg’s 1H 2024 global legal adviser league table rankings.
ABOUT MILBANK
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