Ilka Reglitz

Associate

Contact
F +44 20.7615.3100

London

100 Liverpool Street

London, UK EC2M 2AT

T +44 20.7615.3176

F +44 20.7615.3100

Ilka is an associate in the London Office of Milbank LLP and is a member of the firm’s Litigation & Arbitration Group. 

Primary Focus & Experience

Ilka has experience of complex and high value regulatory, competition and commercial disputes in the English Courts, as well as regulatory and internal investigations. Ilka has also advised clients in relation to expert determinations, mediations, and arbitrations, under LCIA, ICC and SIAC rules. She has acted for clients from a broad range of industries, with a focus on banking and financial services. 

Recent experience includes:

  • Acting for an international financial sector firm in relation to investigations by regulatory authorities in multiple jurisdictions concerning antitrust/competition law and market conduct issues.
  • Acting for a leading international bank in defending a High Court claim brought by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on behalf of several failed US banks in relation to alleged infringements of competition law and misrepresentations arising out of the setting of USD LIBOR.
  • Acting for financial sector professionals involved in investigations concerning the use of unmonitored communications channels for business purposes.
  • Acting for a leading international bank in connection with a criminal investigation by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority.
  • Acting for a defendant in relation to an international civil fraud matter concerning an alleged asset management fraud in the sum of over US$300m, which was listed by The Lawyer as one of the Top 20 Cases of 2020.
  • Acting for a major international private equity firm in expert determination proceedings of substantial value following a private acquisition.
  • Acting for Visa in multiple sets of proceedings in the High Court in relation to alleged infringements of competition law relating to the setting and implementation of multilateral interchange fees associated with the use of debit and credit cards. The trial of these matters was listed by The Lawyer as one of the Top 20 Trials of 2016.
  • Acting for Rabobank in relation to regulatory investigations into the setting of LIBOR and EURIBOR benchmarks and settlements reached with the UK Financial Conduct Authority, US Department of Justice and US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Dutch Central Bank, the Dutch Public Prosecutor, and the Japan Financial Services Agency.
Additional Details
Education
  • University of Oxford, M.A.
  • BPP University Law School, L.P.C.
Admissions
  • England and Wales