NEW YORK, August 10, 2011- International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP announced that 19 partners have been named to the 2011 Euromoney and Institutional Investor’s 8th Edition Guide to the World’s Leading Project Finance Lawyers and 12 partners to the International Who’s Who of Project Finance Lawyers lists. These honors come on the heels of the 2011 Euromoney’s The Best of the Best Guide, which included four Milbank partners (Phillip Fletcher, Jonathan Green, Eric Silverman and Gary Wigmore) in its list of top 25 project finance attorneys worldwide – more than any other law firm.
Euromoney and Institutional Investor’s 8th Edition Guide to the World’s Leading Project Finance Lawyers selects attorneys based on in-depth studies and nominations by other senior practitioners or in-house counsel. The Milbank lawyers featured in the 2011 list include:
- Daniel Bartfeld – New York
- William Bice – New York
- Richard Brach – New York
- John Dewar – London
- Phillip Fletcher – London
- Glenn Gerstell – Washington, DC
- Jonathan Green – New York
- Young Joon Kim – Hong Kong
- Edward Kayukov – Los Angeles
- Jonathan Maizel – Washington, DC
- Allan Marks – Los Angeles
- Cathy Marsh – London
- James Murray – Singapore
- Mark Plenderleith – Tokyo
- Eric Silverman – New York
- Caroline Walther-Meade – New York
- Gary Wigmore – Tokyo and Hong Kong
- Karen Wong – Los Angeles
- David Zemans – Singapore
The International Who’s Who of Project Finance Lawyers recognizes firms and individuals that exemplify exceptional performance. Nominees have been selected based upon comprehensive, independent surveys with both general counsel and private practice lawyers worldwide. Notably, Milbank partner Phillip Fletcher was the most nominated lawyer in the world, the second time a Milbank partner has received that designation. The Milbank lawyers featured in the 2011 list include:
- Daniel Bartfeld – New York
- Richard Brach – New York
- John Dewar – London
- Phillip Fletcher – London
- Glenn Gerstell – Washington, DC
- Jonathan Green – New York
- Jonathan Maizel – Washington, DC
- Allan Marks – Los Angeles
- Cathy Marsh – London
- Eric Silverman – New York
- Gary Wigmore – Tokyo and Hong Kong
- David Zemans – Singapore
“To have so many Milbank lawyers recognized as leading project finance practitioners across our offices the Americas, Asia and Europe demonstrates our depth and breadth and our ability to handle the world’s most complex project financings,” said Eric Silverman, co-chair of Milbank’s Global Project Finance Group.
These designations confirm the prominence of Milbank’s 1st tier rankings in Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Chambers Latin America, Chambers UK, and various of our Asian offices in Chambers Asia in the Project Finance category (with 20 of our lawyers having been recognized as leading experts in their respective regions) and various other legal guides.
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