Press Release Archive

April 18, 2007
Bradley Edmister Joins Milbank's Tokyo Office
Expanding Japan Capital Markets Capabilities

November 8, 2006
Milbank Elects Six Attorneys to Partnership
Election of Six New Partners to the Firm's New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC and London Offices Represents a Cross-Section of the Firm's Practices Areas

November 7, 2006
Secondary Buy-out of Wessel-Werk Group
Milbank Advises Acquiror DZ Equity Partner

October 26, 2006
Milbank Advises on US$1 Billion Financing for Hynix-ST Semiconductor Plant in China
Hynix-ST Among First Foreign-owned Semiconductor Chip Manufacturing Plant to be Financed Predominantly by Chinese Banks

October 25, 2006
Milbank Advises on US$150 Million Matahari Bond
Successful Closing Signals Renewed Interest in Indonesia’s High Yield Market

September 25, 2006
Milbank Partners Rank on California's Top 100 Leading Lawyers
Edwin F. Feo and Kenneth J. Baronsky on Daily Journal’s List of California’s Top Attorneys

September 16, 2006
Milbank Opens Beijing Office
Fourth Asian Office Supports Expansion of Established China Practice

September 15, 2006
Judge William H. Webster Swears In New Chairman of Export-Import Bank
Milbank Partner Leads Formal Ceremony Installing James H. Lambright as Chairman and President

September 15, 2006
Nordwind Capital and Value Management Services Take Over Cosmos
Milbank Advises Norwind Capital Entering the Consumer Electronics Market in Australia

September 8, 2006
Regional Court Munich I Rules in Favor of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
Milbank Acting in Appraisal Proceedings

September 5, 2006
Milbank Advises Citigroup and Other Dealers on US$7.5 Billion Global Medium Term Note Program For One of the Largest Banks in Iceland
New York and London Legal Team Structures Program for Landsbanki Islands hf. and Closes on Initial Benchmark Issuances

August 17, 2006
American SI Group Sells Chemtec Leuna GmbH Affiliate to Minafin S.A., France
Milbank Advises American SI Group in Financing

August 7, 2006
Milbank Wins Dismissal of Securities Action in Precedent-Setting Mutual Fund Excessive Fee Suit
On Eve of Trial Plaintiffs Drop Billion Dollar Securities Action Setting the Stage For Numerous Other Cases Plaguing the Mutual Fund Industry

July 27, 2006
Milbank Represents the Lenders in $1.5 Billion Financing for Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG Project
Largest LNG Financing Ever in the United States

July 24, 2006
Milbank Represents Leaders in $500 Million Debt Recapitalization For Brazilian Telecom GVT
Closing Marks Completion of One of this Year’s Largest Latin American Telecom Financings

July 17, 2006
Nationally Prominent Litigator Gregory Evans Joins Milbank
Strategic Lateral Partner Hire Bolsters International Litigation and Arbitration Practice

July 14, 2006
The Qioptiq Group Announces Bid for Optics Manufacturer Linos AG
Milbank Acts as Legal Advisor to Linos Majority Shareholders in Major Industry Transaction

July 12, 2006
NRG Energy to Acquire Padoma Wind Power in United States and Europe
Milbank Represents Padoma in Sale Reflecting Growing Recognition of Alternative Energy Profitability

July 10, 2006
Milbank Completes $407 Million Acqusition Financing of Pocahontas Parkway Toll Road
Deal Underscores Milbank's Leadership In Toll Road Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Financings

July 7, 2006
Milbank Represents INTELSAT In Securing $3.5 Billion Financing for
Acquisition of PANAMSAT

Merger Creates World’s Largest Commercial Fixed Satellite Services Provider

June 29, 2006
Judge William H. Webster Appointed Chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
Milbank Partner Continues Extraordinary Record of Public Service

June 28, 2006
Milbank Partner Named Top Women Litigator by "Los Angeles Daily Journal"
Linda Dakin-Grimm Remains Among California’s Elite Trial Lawyers

June 21, 2006
Consortium by Brookfield Asset Management Acquires 92% of Chile’s Largest Transmission Company in Transaction Valued at U.S. $1.55 Billion
Milbank Represents Lenders to Consortium

June 20, 2006
Milbank Advises Lenders in Connection with Acquisition of
U.S. Water Utility by Macquarie

$450 Million Leveraged Financing

June 15, 2006
The New York County Lawyers' Association Elects Milbank, Tweed Partner to Board of Directors

June 5, 2006
Milbank Partner Recognized as the Nation's Top Outsourcing Lawyer
John K. Halvey Receives Chambers & Partners' USA "Award for Excellence"

May 30, 2006
Milbank Represents URBI, Desarrollos Urbanos, S.A. de C.V. in US$150 Million High Yield Offering
Mexican Homebuilder Taps International Market

May 24, 2006
Telekom Malaysia Acquires 49 Percent Interest in India's Spice Communications
Milbank Represents Telekom Malaysia in US$179 Million Deal Which Represents A Critical Move in Telekom Malaysia’s Regional Strategy

May 24, 2006
Milbank Represents Grupo Famsa S.A. de C.V. in $230 Million Initial International Stock Offering
Mexican Furniture and Household Goods Retailer

May 9, 2006
Milbank Advises On Largest India IPO To Date
Reliance Petroleum IPO to Finance World’s Largest Oil Refinery Complex

May 9, 2006
Milbank Continues to Grow Asia Finance Group as Former Ashurst Attorney Joins Tokyo Office
English Lawyer Mark Plenderleith To Join Milbank’s Acquisition And Project Finance Business In Japan

May 8, 2006
Milbank Launches Diversity Scholarship Program
Financial Assistance To Help Students Traditionally Underrepresented In Large Law Firms

May 3, 2006
Milbank Represents Mexican Cement Company in $271 Million Acquisition of U.S. Concrete Manufacturer
Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua Continues U.S. Expansion,
Closing on Third Acquisition in Recent Years

April 26, 2006
Victory for Poor, Disabled New Yorkers
A Federal Court Ruled That Poor Disabled New Yorkers Have a Right to the Same Access to Subsistence-Level Benefits As Their Non-Disabled Neighbors

April 19, 2006
Milbank Advises Citigroup and Other Dealers on US$10 billion Global Medium Term Note Program for Largest Bank in Iceland
“24/7” International Legal Team Structures Program for Kaupthing Bank hf. and Closes on Initial US$500 Million Issuance

April 17, 2006
Energy Investor Funds Acquires Tenaska Washington Partners 270 MW Power Plant
Milbank Handles Equity Acquisition of Ferndale, Washington Facility EIF Subsidiary United States Power Fund II

April 17, 2006
Energy Investor Funds Acquisition of Burney Forest Products
Reflects Growing Institutional Interest in Alternative Energy Investments

April 10, 2006
Milbank Structures Leveraged Acquisition Financing For Private Equity Group in Connection With $6.1 Billion Private Land Sale
International Paper Company To Sell 5.1 Million Acres of Forestland To Private Timberland Investment Groups

March 14, 2006
Milbank Completes $193 Million Acquisition Financing of Cross Sound Cable Project
Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s First Large-Scale U.S. Project Financing

March 7, 2006
Project Finance Attorney James J. Murray Joins Milbank's Singapore Office
Addition Underscores Ongoing Expansion of Firm's Project Finance Capabilities in Asia

February 27, 2006
Milbank Leads in Satellite Financing
Milbank Recognized as “Law Firm of the Year” By Satellite Finance Magazine for the Second Consecutive Year

February 24, 2006
Milbank Closes Innovative Financing of Salamander Energy’s Acquisition of Upstream Assets in Indonesia
First of Its Kind In Asia – Structure Combines $37 Million Oil & Gas Borrowing Base Financing with Upstream Acquisition Deal

February 17, 2006
Milbank Represents Lenders in €455 Million Financing of Rizziconi Energia Power Plant in Italy
Milbank Acts As Co-Counsel With Grimaldi e Associati to Close Financing

January 31, 2006
Milbank Represents Mexican Homebuilder Homex in $255 Million SEC Registered Stock Offering Offering of Shares and ADRs More than Eleven Times Oversubscribed
Offering of Shares and ADRs More than Eleven Times Oversubscribed

January 23, 2006
Milbank Attorney Secures Asylum For Refugees Subject to Female Genital Mutilation
Attorney Carolyn Walker-Diallo Overcomes Lack of Consistent Regulatory or Legal Precedent For Early Stage Asylum

January 18, 2006
Milbank's Expanding European Practice Demands Larger Footprint
Milbank’s New Office Premises in London, Frankfurt and Munich Reflect Dramatic Growth of European Practice

December 22, 2005
Milbank Represents Controladora Mabe, S.A. de C.V. in its First Eurobond Issuance US$200 Million Bond Placed in the U.S. and European Markets

December 15, 2005
Represents Energy Investors Funds in Acquisition of a Majority Interest in Tierra Energy LLC
Private Equity Firm Invests in Texas-Based Developer of Natural Gas-Fired Generation Facilities and Wind Energy Projects

December 12, 2005
Milbank Represents International Placement Agents in the Global Equity Offering of Promotora Ambiental, S.A. de C.V.
First Initial Public Offering by a Mexican Waste Management Company

December 12, 2005
Providence Equity Partners to Take Sole Ownership of Kabel Deutschland
Milbank acts as advisor to the Sellers Apax Partners and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners

November 23, 2005
Milbank Closes Financing For Landmark $1.1 Billion Petrochemical Project in Qatar
Qatofin Project Involves Simultaneous Closing of Three Projects
and Two Financings in One Deal

August 26, 2005
HT Troplast GmbH sells ITS Dynos Business UNIT to M2 Capital Partners
Milbank’s Munich Office Acts as Advisor to the Seller
and Its Shareholders Carlyle and Advent

August 23, 2005
Milbank Represents Citigroup as Lead Manager in the Global Equity Offering of Empresas ICA, S.A. de C.V.
ICA Issues Ps. 2.4Billion (US$230 Million) of Shares

August 23, 2005
Milbank Closes $1.4 Billion Rule 144A Bond Offering by Skyway Concession Company LLC
Financing Structure Incorporates Innovative Use of Accreting Swaps

August 19, 2005
Milbank Closes Landmark Sale of a Power Generating Asset Owned by a Creditor Group
Milbank Represents Sellers in $580 Million Sale of La Paloma
to Complete Energy Holdings

August 17, 2005
Milbank Represents the Underwriters of a New “Tier I” Offering by a Financial Institution in Brazil
Unibanco Issues US$500 Million of “Tier I” Securities in Brazil

August 9, 2005
Milbank Makes History as the First Major Global Law Firm to Offer Its Legal Resources Pro Bono
Publico for the Analysis of Biotechnology and Its Impact On Women

August 8, 2005
Axel Springer AG Announces Purchase of a Majority Interest in ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG for €2.47 Billion
Milbank Represents ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG in the Acquisition

August 3, 2005
Milbank/CA Director Of Administration Inducted Into College of Law Practice Management
Erica Tamblyn Joins Roster of 191 Fellows

July 26, 2005
Milbank Closes $571 Million Brazilian Electric Utility Restructuring
Complex Cross-Border Restructuring Paves Way for Utility’s Future Financings

July 25, 2005
Milbank Represents Southern Peru Copper Corporation in $800 Million Note Offering
One of Largest Inaugural Debt Offerings by a Latin American
Company In Recent Years

July 22, 2005
Milbank Represents Institutional Investors and Bank Lenders for $602 Million Financing of Neptune RTS™ Project
Financing to Fund Construction of 65 Mile Undersea Transmission Line
Connecting New Jersey Interconnection Site with LIPA’s Grid on
Long Island

June 30, 2005
Milbank Closes Financing For Landmark Water Desalination Project in Algiers
Milbank Represents Hamma Water Desalination Company in the
Largest Desalination Plant in Africa and the First PPP in Algeria

June 14, 2005
Milbank Partner Ed Feo Ranked Number 1 in Four Areas by Chambers USA 2005
Feo Recognized for Leadership in Projects, Energy & Natural
Resources, Renewable Energy and Transport: Road

June 8, 2005
Milbank Represents Underwriter of First Ever “Tier I” Offering by a Financial Institution in Brazil
Banco Bradesco S.A. Completes US$300 Million
First Ever Offering of “Tier I” Securities in Brazil

June 7, 2005
Milbank Closes $1 Billion Utility Deal
SEC Approves PNM Resources’ Acquisition of TNP Enterprises

June 3, 2005
Milbank Represents Scottish Power PLC in $9.4 Billion Sale of PacifiCorp to MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., A Unit of Berkshire Hathaway
Deal is Berkshire Hathaway’s Second Largest Ever and Represents a Move into the Energy Industry

May 31, 2005
Milbank at Forefront of U.S. Project Finance
U.S. Projects Team Ranked #1 by Chambers

May 31, 2005
Milbank/LA Closes Ridgeline Airtricity’s Sale of 64.5 Megawatt Wolverine Creek Windfarm to Invenergy
Entire output from Idaho’s first large-scale wind power project to be purchased by PacifiCorp

May 25, 2005
Milbank Closes 150 MW Shiloh Wind Project
PPM Energy Acquires enXco’s Wind Farm in Northern California

May 18, 2005
Milbank Lawyer Daisy East Receives UK Solicitors Pro Bono Group Paul Nicholls 2005 Award
Lawyer Honored for Her Outstanding Commitment to
Age Concern Lewisham

May 11, 2005
Milbank Represents the Lenders in $278 Million Financing for the Cheyenne Plaines Gas Pipeline Project
Largest Gas Pipeline Non-Recourse Financing in the United States
in Recent Years

April 19, 2005
Shareholders Approve $4.2 Billion Merger of Grupo Mexico S.A.’s Mexican and Peruvian Units
Milbank Represents Grupo Mexico and its Subsidiary Minera Mexico

April 19, 2005
Milbank Represents JBIC and Commercial Bank Lenders in Landmark Financing for Acquisition of CBK Power Project in the Phillipines
Japan’s Export Credit Agency Provides Limited Recourse Financing In First of Its Kind Transaction

April 12, 2005
Milbank/LA Closes $60 Million Acquisition of Seawest by the AES Corporation
Milbank/LA Also Served as Counsel to SeaWest in
Several Regulatory Matters

April 12, 2005
Milbank Asian Team Receives Multiple “Deal of the Year Awards”
Asian Legal Business Awards Recognize Milbank’s Continued
Leadership in Asian Markets

April 11, 2005
Milbank/LA Closes $69.5 Million Financing of 30-MW Kaheawa Wind Power Project in Hawaii
Large-scale wind farm is first in decades for Hawaii

April 7, 2005
Greenfield Online Acquires CIAO AG for US$154 Mill ion
Milbank’s Munich and London Offices Act as Advisors to the
Sellers and Ciao AG

April 5, 2005
Washington, DC - ACORE Announces Sponsors for Finance Conference in New York City Renewable Energy Finance Forum
To Be Held June 23-24, 2005 at the Waldorf-Astoria

April 4, 2005
Milbank Closes $295 Million Sale of Senior Secured Notes by Crockett Co-Generation to BNP Paribas
Transaction Also Establishes $25 Million Credit Facility

April 4, 2005
Honsel Settles Long Lasting Judicial Appraisal Proceedings Relating to its Take- Private in 1999
Milbank’s Munich Office Acts as Advisor to Honsel Leichtmetall GMBH & Co. KG

March 31, 2005
Milbank/LA Closes Financing of 80 MW Caprock Wind Project
Milbank Also Represented Bayerische Landesbank, in its Capacity as a Letter of Credit Issuer

March 31, 2005
Milbank Partner Ed Feo Named “Dealmaker of the Year”
The American Lawyer Honors Prominent Project Finance Attorney for Leadership in Landmark $1.82 Billion Chicago Skyway Privatization

March 24, 2005
Milbank Closes $475 Million Refinancing for KGEN LLC
Leveraging its expertise, Milbank successfully closed the $475 million refinancing of KGen LLC’s senior credit facility

March 22, 2005
Milbank/Los Angeles Closes $71 Million Financing of Top Deer Wind Energy Projects
Financing Encompasses Iowa and Texas Wind Energy Projects – 80 MW Each

March 16, 2005
Tokyo Office Represents JBIC and Commercial Bank Lenders in Limited Recourse Financing for Acquisition of CBK Power Project in the Philippines
First of its Kind Globally for an ECA

March 8, 2005
Milbank Receives 2005 Pro Bono Awards from the Legal Aid Society
Firm Named “Pro Bono Publico and Public Service Law Firm” In Recognition of its Outstanding Pro Bono Services

March 7, 2005
Milbank Awarded Top Leadership Position in Satellite Financing
Milbank Recognized as “Satellite Law Firm of the Year” by Satellite Finance Magazine

March 4, 2005
Landmark US$750 Million Indian Telecoms Financing Closed by Milbank
Reliance Infocomm Limited Loan Provided by the Export-Import
Bank of the U.S. and Export Development Canada

March 4, 2005
Milbank Acts as Lead Counsel in $910,000,000 Financing for Petrobras’ PDET Oil Project
Milbank Represents Mitsubishi and Marubeni in Major Offshore Oil Transport Project in Brazil

March 2, 2005
Milbank LA Closes Financing of 91.5 MW Sweetwater II Wind Project
City of Austin, Texas to Purchase Electricity Generated at Project

July 27, 2004
Milbank Advises on Ground-Breaking Union of MTN and CDO Structures
$1.3 Billion Aria CDO Ushers in New Era of Flexibility

July 21, 2004
Milbank Represents The Lender on The Largest Leveraged Buyout Completed in Singapore
US$130 Million Syndicated Loan to JP Morgan Partners Asia Provides Financing for LBO of Metalform Pte. Ltd

July 2, 2004
Milbank Represents Underwriters In Desarrolladora Homex Offering
$160 Million IPO Is the First SEC Registered Offering Out of Mexico in Five Years

June 10, 2004
Milbank Expands Asian Energy Practice; Senior Attorney Joins Singapore Office
Ashley Wright Becomes a Member of Milbank's Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals Team

May 24, 2004
Milbank Assists Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Milbank Assists Cognis Deutschland GmbH CO. KG and its Financial Sponsors in €1.75 Billion Recapitalization

May 13, 2004
Milbank Represents Urbi, Desarrollos Urbanos, S.A. de C.V. In The First Initial Public Offering Out Of Mexico In Five Years
$175 Million Combined Mexican and U.S. IPO Issued by Mexico's Second Largest Homebuilder

May 12, 2004
Milbank Expands European Global Corporate Private Equity Practice With Three New Partners
Milbank Names Rolf Fueger, Peter Nussbaum and Norbert Rieger As Partners and Opens Office in Munich Germany

April 7, 2004
Milbank Partner Allan Marks To Speak At Liquefied Natural Gas Conference
Prominent Project Finance Attorney to Discuss the Outlook for Terminal Development

March 29, 2004
Milbank Wins Summary Judgment In Gene Machine Patent Case
Court Rules in Favor of Affymetrix, Inc. by Invalidating Applera Corporation's Gene Machine Patents

March 25, 2004
Milbank Names Michael L. Fitzgerald As Partner In New York Office
Appointment Underscores Firm's Expansion In Latin American and European Markets

March 3, 2004
Milbank Closes The US$510 Million Financing in Saudi Arabia
Milbank Closes The US$510 Million Financing Of The First Large Scale Private Sector Power Generation Project in Saudi Arabia

February 26, 2004
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Dominant Law Firm In Indonesia In 2003
2003 Activity Highlighted by Milbank Successfully Closing Indonesian Government's Privatizations of Bank Rakyat Indonesia, PGN and Indocement

February 19, 2004
Milbank Recognized For Its Role In US$1.4 Billion European Aviation Technology Deal
Frankfurt Team Noted for its Role in Award-Winning DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH QTE Transaction

February 11, 2004
Milbank Represents Suez-Tractebel In $475 Million Baymina Power Project
Milbank Represents Suez-Tractebel In $475 Million Baymina Power Project Financing In Turkey Transaction Marks the First Turkish Non-Recourse Power Loan To Reach The Bank Market Since The Middle of 2000

February 4, 2004
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Closes US$215 Million MGTI Financing
Milbank Closes US$215 Million MGTI Financing Largest Syndicated Loan in Indonesia's Telecom Sector Since the Asian Financial Crisis

January 9, 2004
Parker Bagley, Milbank Intellectual Property Partner, Successfully Defends Anheuser-Busch, Inc. In Alcoholic Beverage Industry Trademark Suit
Judge Harold Baer in New York has Issued and Opinion and Order re Star Industries, Inc. v. Bacardi & Company Ltd. and Anheuser-Busch, Inc. 02 Civ 4239, SDNY

January 5, 2004
Milbank Advises On The First Syndicated European CDO
€3.5 Billion Overture CDO is One of the Largest Ever

October 2, 2003
Milbank Partner Joris Hogan To Speak At Leasing Conference
M&A Partner To Lead Workshop for Special Purpose Entities

September 29, 2003
Milbank Partners Ed Feo And Joris Hogan To Speak At Energy Asset Acquisition Conference
M&A Partner Joris Hogan to Chair Conference

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