Milbank LLP’s Global Leveraged Finance team once again started the year off being recognized as one of the leading legal advisers to lenders across the Q1 2024 North America league table rankings published by Bloomberg, Debtwire Par and Refinitiv, garnering a significant market share in multiple categories. Select highlights include:
Bloomberg (based on rankings as of March 31, 2024)
- US Loans – Lender (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #2 (with $46.9 billion in syndicated deals)
- US Loans – Lender (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #2 (with 47 syndicated deals)
- US Leveraged Loans – Legal Adviser to Lender (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #2
- US Leveraged Loans – Legal Adviser to Lender (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #3
- US Leveraged Finance – Legal Adviser to Manager/Lender (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #3
- US Leveraged Finance – Legal Adviser to Manager/Lender (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #3
Debtwire Par
- North America Institutional Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #2
- North America Buyout Institutional Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #3
- North America Leveraged Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel(by Volume): Milbank was ranked #3
- North America Buyout Leveraged Loans – Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #3
Refinitiv
- US: Lender Legal Adviser – Leveraged Loans (by Volume): Milbank was ranked #3 (with 14.4% market share)
- US: Lender Legal Adviser – Leveraged Loans (by Deal Count): Milbank was ranked #3
In addition to its showing on the US league tables, Milbank’s Global Leveraged Finance team was also ranked as the #2 legal adviser to lenders for global loans by deal count (with 50 deals) and by volume (with deal values totaling $51.59 billion), according to Bloomberg’s global league table rankings as of March 31, 2024.
