Stuart Harray, a partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy since 2007, serves as the head of Milbank’s London Corporate practice. Prior to joining Milbank Stuart was a corporate partner at a major London-based “Magic Circle” international law firm (where he had various senior level client-facing and firm functions, including as a corporate department Managing Partner and on the Global Corporate Board).
Primary Focus & Experience
Stuart's practice focuses on a broad range of corporate and securities work. He advises on international and domestic mergers & acquisitions (public and private), private equity, equity capital markets, major projects, restructurings, corporate governance and general corporate law matters. He has advised on transactions globally, and across a wide range of sectors.
His more recent transactional representations include advising:
- a consortium of European financial institutions on the purchase of one of the UK's three major rolling stock lessors
- a seller of various African mining and upstream oil & gas interests
- an Asian public telecommunications company on the purchase of a German-based IT company
- new equity providers in the context of the restructuring and recapitalisation of a European financial institution
- a LSE-listed energy company in the context of the Indian upstream oil & gas sector
- an Indian corporation on the acquisition and subsequent re-financing of European hospitality assets, and the acquisition of an interest in a Formula One motor racing team
- an Asian consortium in the bid for UK offshore renewables assets
- buyers and sellers of energy, infrastructure and natural resources assets internationally
- the lenders in the context of several recent UK public-to-private transactions
-
investors in various European distressed situations (public & private)
Recognition & Accomplishments
Stuart is recognised as a leading corporate lawyer and ranked in legal directories such as Chambers, Legal 500 and Legal Experts (Corporate, M&A). He has been described by Chambers & Partners as “an exceptional lawyer, who is always available for his clients” and “an extremely effective leader of people with excellent project management skills”.