NEW YORK, June 13, 2012 –International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has again been recognized in The Legal 500 as a leading law firm for its premier attorneys and foremost practice areas. Published for more than 25 years, the guide provides the most complete global coverage on legal services providers in over 100 countries and is widely regarded as offering the definitive judgment of law firm capabilities.
The Legal 500 ranked Milbank as a top tier firm in four practice areas:
- Asset finance and leasing
- Energy: renewable/alternative
- M&A and buyouts: middle-market ($500m-$999m)
- Project finance: advice to lender
Milbank has also been recommended in the following twelve practice areas:
- Bank lending (including other sources of financing)
- Capital markets: debt offerings –advice to issuers
- Capital markets: debt offerings –advice to managers
- Capital markets: equity offerings –advice to managers
- Capital markets: global offerings –advice to financial institutions
- Capital markets: global offerings –advice to corporates
- Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings –advice to managers
- Corporate restructuring
- Energy: transactions
- Project finance: advice to sponsors
- Securities: shareholder litigation
- Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
The following Milbank attorneys were recognized as elite "Leading Lawyers" in the US for their respective practice areas:
- Drew Fine –Finance –Asset finance and leasing
- John Franchini –Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts –M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m)
- Glenn Gerstell –Media, technology and telecoms –Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Elliot Gewirtz –Finance –Asset finance and leasing
- Marc Hanrahan –Finance –Bank lending (including other sources of financing)
The following 43 Milbank attorneys were recommended in The Legal 500:
- Paul Aronzon – Finance – Corporate restructuring
- Kenneth Baronsky – Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts – M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m)
- Matthew Barr – Finance – Corporate restructuring
- Daniel Bartfeld – Finance – Project finance; Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts – M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m)
- Michael Bellucci – Finance – Bank lending (including other sources of financing)
- James Benedict – Litigation – Securities: shareholder litigation
- Gregory Bray – Finance – Corporate restructuring
- Winthrop Brown – Finance – Bank lending (including other sources of financing)
- Charles Conroy – Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts – M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m)
- Frederick Cristman – Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Dennis Dunne – Finance – Corporate restructuring
- Scott Edelman – Litigation – Securities: shareholder litigation
- Drew Fine – Finance – Asset finance and leasing
- John Franchini – Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts – M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m)
- Glenn Gerstell – Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Elliot Gewirtz – Finance – Asset finance and leasing
- Jonathan Green – Finance – Project finance; Industry focus – Energy: transactions
- Marc Hanrahan – Finance – Bank lending (including other sources of financing)
- Andrew Jánszky – Finance – Capital markets: global offerings
- Alexander Kaye – Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts – M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m)
- Thomas Kreller – Finance – Corporate restructuring
- William Mahoney – Finance – Bank lending (including other sources of financing)
- Mark Mandel – Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts – M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m)
- Allan Marks – Finance – Project finance
- Gavin McKeon – Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Daniel Michalchuk – Finance – Project finance
- Rod Miller – Finance – Capital markets: global offerings
- Jane Morgan – Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts – M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m)
- Marcelo Mottesi – Finance – Capital markets: debt, global and high-yield debt offerings
- Robert Mullen, Jr. – Finance – Capital markets: debt and global offerings
- Peter Nesgos – Finance – Project finance; Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Dara Panahy – Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Arnold Peinado, III – Finance – Capital markets: debt and global offerings
- Elihu Robertson – Finance – Asset finance and leasing
- Helfried Schwarz – Finance – Asset finance and leasing
- Eric Silverman – Finance – Project finance; Industry focus – Energy: transactions
- Douglas Tanner – Finance – Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Neil Wertlieb – Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts – M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m)
- Robert Williams – Finance – Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- David Wolfson – Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts – M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m)
- Karen Wong – Finance – Project finance; Industry focus – Energy: renewable/alternative
- David Zeltner – Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts – M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m)
About Milbank
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP is a leading international law firm providing innovative legal solutions to clients throughout the world for more than 140 years. Milbank is headquartered in New York and has offices in Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, São Paulo, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, DC.
The firm’s lawyers provide a full range of legal services to the world’s leading commercial, financial and industrial enterprises, as well as to institutions, individuals and governments. Milbank’s lawyers meet the needs of our clients by offering a highly integrated and collaborative range of services across key practice groups throughout our global network. Milbank’s integrated practice is underpinned by our attorneys’ acknowledged technical excellence, sectoral expertise and a strong tradition of innovation and client service.