Press Release
Milbank Partner Edwin F. Feo Ranked Among 5 Most Influential People in Renewable Energy
LOS ANGELES, October 15, 2008 – Edwin F. Feo, co-chair of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy’s Global Power, Energy & Utilities Group, ranked among the 5 Most Influential People in Renewable Energy as reported by Institutional Investor News. The five individuals were selected based on their significant impact on and influence over the direction of the renewable energy field. Mr. Feo, the only attorney on the list, has lead the world’s leading renewable energy law practice, which has closed more than $1.5 billion in energy transactions so far this year, and continues to garner a consistent stream of global accolades, including:
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Euromoney and Ernst & Young Renewable Energy Awards, 2008: Milbank won “Legal Advisor of the Year.”
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Chambers and Partners 2008: Milbank was ranked #1 in Energy: Renewables & Alternative Energy – Nationwide, as well as first in Projects & Energy: Transactional – California. Chambers also named Milbank the “Global Projects and Energy Law Firm of the Year” for the second consecutive year.
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Dealogic: Milbank was ranked the No. 1 Global and North American Power Legal Advisor for 2007 and the No. 1 North American Renewable Energy Legal Adviser for 2007.
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Euromoney’s Project Finance magazine: Milbank was recognized for its role in ten “Deals of the Year” in 2007, with an aggregate capital cost of $50 billion.
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Infrastructure Journal: For 2007, Milbank was ranked “Number 1 Renewables Legal Adviser,” “Number 1 Wind Legal Adviser,” and “Number 1 Power Legal Advisor.”
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New Energy Finance magazine: Milbank was ranked as the “Top Clean Energy Legal Advisor to Arrangers” for 2007, acknowledging the Firm’s role in 21 clean energy project financings with an aggregate capital cost of nearly $4.9 billion.
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP is a pre-eminent global law firm that for more than 140 years has provided innovative legal solutions in many of the world’s largest, most complex, “first-ever” corporate transactions and litigation. Our transactional expertise includes capital markets, corporate finance, project finance, acquisition finance, and other major fields of law practice. Milbank litigation teams resolve disputes involving mergers and acquisitions, proxy battles, financings and securities offerings, intellectual property, white collar crime, and corporate restructurings, among others. Our clients range from prominent multinational financial, industrial and commercial enterprises to governments, institutions and individuals. The Firm is headquartered in New York with offices in Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington, DC.