Daniel D. Bartfeld

Primary Focus & Experience

Mr. Bartfeld’s practice focuses on the representation of financial sponsors/portfolio companies, financial institutions, multinational companies and developers in a wide range of digital (data centers, GPUs, fiber and associated powered land), power (renewable/conventional), transportation infrastructure/logistics, LNG/midstream/shipping and energy-related matters in the US and globally.

Mr. Bartfeld has led the Milbank team in many of the largest and most high-profile energy/infrastructure matters globally.  He has particular expertise in transactions throughout the capital structure, focusing on project development, financing and M&A activities (platforms and specified assets).

His recent representations include:

• a wide variety of digital infrastructure transactions (GPUs, data centers, powered land, towers, fiber, wireless), involving over $100 billion of capital costs since 2024.
• many of the most significant energy transition and power-related transactions (solar, wind, offshore wind, storage, hydro and conventional), as well as “behind-the-meter” powered land transactions around data center assets.
• a wide variety of M&A and acquisition financings in the energy transition, digital infrastructure, renewables, power, LNG/midstream and energy sectors.
• a wide range of LNG-related projects (including LNG-to-Power and associated vessels such as FSRUs and carriers).
• a wide variety of transportation infrastructure/logistics projects (airports, roads, ports, mass transit and water projects).
• a wide variety of “supply chain” focused natural resource/commodity transactions.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Mr. Bartfeld is a featured speaker at numerous industry conferences, and is recognized by a number of publications as one of the world's leading project finance lawyers (including Chambers Latin America (which ranks him in the 1st tier of project lawyers in the world), Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Legal 500, etc.).