Once again securing its standing within the syndicated loan market, Milbank LLP’s Global Leveraged Finance team ended 2024 as one of the leading legal advisers to lenders, with significant market share, across multiple year-end North America league table rankings published by Debtwire Par, Refinitiv and Bloomberg. Select highlights include:
Debtwire Par
- North America Buyout Institutional Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Value): Milbank was ranked #2 [with a 20.88% market share]
- North America Buyout Institutional Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #1*
- North America Buyout Leveraged Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Value): Milbank was ranked #2 [with a 20.91% market share]
- North America Buyout Leveraged Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #1
- North America M&A Institutional Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Value): Milbank was ranked #2 [with a 19.17% market share]
- North America M&A Institutional Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #2
- 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 #3
- 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
- North America M&A Leveraged Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Value): Milbank was ranked #3
- North America M&A Leveraged Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #3*
*tied ranking
Refinitiv
- US: Lender Legal Advisor: Leveraged Loans (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #3
- US: Lender Legal Advisor: Leveraged Loans (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #4
Bloomberg
- US Loans: Legal Adviser to Lender (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #3
- US Loans: Legal Adviser to Lender (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #4
- US Leveraged Loans: Legal Adviser to Lender (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #3
- 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 placement across the North American league tables, Milbank’s Global Leveraged Finance team was ranked as the #4 legal adviser to lenders for global loans by deal count and by value, with values totaling $251 billion, according to Bloomberg’s global legal adviser year-end league table rankings for syndicated loans. The team was also ranked as the #4 legal adviser to lenders globally, by deal count and by proceeds, with $306 billion in eligible deals according to Refinitiv.
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