Tawfiq S. Rangwala is a partner in the New York office of Milbank LLP and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Arbitration Group. Mr. Rangwala also spent two years resident in Milbank’s London office. Mr. Rangwala specializes in white-collar matters including defense of US and international regulatory and criminal enforcement proceedings, as well as internal investigations relating to business activities and sensitive workplace and cultural topics. Mr. Rangwala also has extensive experience handling federal and state court litigation of complex commercial cases involving securities and corporate law, contract disputes and financial restructuring.
Mr. Rangwala serves as Chair of the firm’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Legal Services NYC.
In recognition of his significant work on pro bono matters addressing systemic discrimination and injustices in criminal cases, he was awarded the Federal Bar Council’s Thurgood Marshall Award and Chambers & Partners named Mr. Rangwala Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year for North America in 2021.
Mr. Rangwala is the author of a #1 best-selling non-fiction book regarding a major political scandal in Canada commonly known as the WE Charity Scandal. Released in May 2022, the book is called What We Lost: Inside the Attack on Canada's Largest Children's Charity. The foreword to the book is written by former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell and the audio book is narrated civil rights activist Martin Luther King III.