Milbank LLP is pleased to announce that Chambers USA has recognized 31 Milbank practices and 60 of the firm’s attorneys in its 2025 guide to the nation’s leading law firms. Eight practices and 14 partners received the Chambers top ranking, Band 1.
Milbank received Band 1 rankings in the following categories:
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring - New York and USA (The Elite for both)
- Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs - USA
- Projects: Mining & Metals - USA
- Projects: Power - USA
- Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy - USA
- Transportation: Aviation: Finance - USA
- Space Law - USA
Chambers also recognized Milbank in the following national rankings: Banking & Finance; Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt; Corporate Crime & Investigations (The Elite); Mining & Metals; Offshore Energy; Private Credit; Projects: Agency Financing; Projects: Oil & Gas; Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional; Projects: PPP; Securities: Litigation; Securities: Regulation: Enforcement; and Tax: Corporate & Finance.
Milbank is noted for its legal work regionally as well. In New York, Chambers recognized the firm in Antitrust; Banking & Finance; Corporate/M&A (Highly Regarded); Litigation: General Commercial (The Elite); Litigation: Securities; Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (The Elite); Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance; and Tax. In California, Chambers ranked the firm in Bankruptcy/Restructuring. In the District of Columbia, Milbank is ranked in Antitrust.
In addition to the Chambers USA recognitions, Milbank's Trusts & Estates practice is currently ranked Band 1 in Private Wealth Law - New York in the Chambers HNW guide. Individually, partner Austin Bramwell is ranked Band 1 in Private Wealth Law, both in New York and in the Eastern Region; partner Jessica Soojian is ranked Band 4 in Private Wealth Law - New York; special counsel Marceline Tempesta is ranked Band 5 in Private Wealth Law - New York; and special counsel Sean Imfeld is noted as an Associate to Watch.
Among the 60 Milbank attorneys featured in Chambers USA, the following received Band 1 rankings in one or more areas:
- Daniel D. Bartfeld: Projects (USA)
- William B. Bice: Projects (USA)
- Alexander Borisoff: Mining & Metals (USA); Projects: Agency Financing (USA)
- George S. Canellos: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York); Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA - Star Individual)
- Marcus Dougherty: Banking & Finance (New York)
- Michael Duff: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA)
- Dennis Dunne: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York and USA)
- Drew S. Fine: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA)
- Neal Katyal: Appellate Law (USA)
- Andrew Leblanc: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (District of Columbia)
- Daniel J. Michalchuk: Projects (USA)
- Dara Panahy: Space Law (USA)
- Richard G. Parker: Antitrust: Litigation Specialists (District of Columbia)
- Sean M. Solis: Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs (USA)
The following Milbank attorneys also are ranked among the leaders in their categories:
- Matthew Ahrens: Environment: Mainly Transactional (New York - Band 2)
- John Beahn: International Trade: CFIUS Experts (USA - Band 3)
- Grant Bermann: Antitrust (District of Columbia - Up and Coming)
- William B. Bice: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA - Band 2)
- Alexander Borisoff: Projects (USA - Band 2)
- Patrick S. Campbell: Space Law (USA - Band 2)
- Marcus J. Dougherty: Private Credit (USA - Band 2)
- Erwin Dweck: Real Estate: Finance (New York - Band 2)
- Scott A. Edelman: Litigation: General Commercial (New York - Band 2); Litigation: Securities (New York - Bank 2); Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York - Band 5)
- Roland Estevez: Projects (USA - Band 4)
- Evan Fleck: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York - Band 2; USA - Band 3)
- John D. Franchini: Corporate/M&A (New York - Band 5); Energy: Electricity (Transactional) (USA - Band 3)
- Thomas Goslin: Environment: Mainly Transactional (District of Columbia - Band 2)
- Lauren Hanrahan: Banking & Finance (New York - Band 2)
- Nola Heller: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York - Band 3)
- Alexandra Johnson: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA - Band 3)
- Jonathan Karl: Real Estate: Finance (New York - Up and Coming)
- Russell J. Kestenbaum: Tax (New York - Band 4)
- Samuel Khalil: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York - Band 4)
- Michael Klaus: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA - Band 4)
- Matthew Laroche: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York - Up and Coming)
- Jeffrey Leider: Projects (USA - Band 4)
- Tyson M. Lomazow: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York - Band 4)
- Viren Mascarenhas: International Arbitration: Counsel (USA - Band 5)
- Jenna McGrath: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA - Band 5)
- Freyda Mechlowicz: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA - Band 3)
- Atara Miller: Litigation: General Commercial (New York - Band 6)
- Rod Miller: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States (USA - Band 3)
- Sean M. Murphy: Litigation: Securities (New York - Band 3)
- Sean O’Neill: Projects (USA - Up and Coming)
- Kevin O’Shea: Real Estate: Finance (New York - Senior Statesperson)
- James Pascale: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA - Band 2)
- Daniel Perry: Real Estate: Litigation (New York - Band 3)
- Eschi Rahimi-Laridjani: Tax (New York - Band 5)
- Jaime Ramirez: Projects (USA - Band 3)
- Tawfiq Rangwala: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York - Band 5)
- Stacey J. Rappaport: Litigation: General Commercial (New York - Band 5)
- Benjamin Sayagh: Banking & Finance (New York - Band 6)
- Fiona A. Schaeffer: Antitrust (New York - Band 2)
- Jed Schwartz: Litigation: Securities (New York - Band 5)
- Henry T. Scott: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA - Band 4)
- Manan (Mike) Shah: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (New York - Band 3)
- Yaakov Sheinfeld: Real Estate: Finance (New York - Band 3)
- Joshua Sterling: Derivatives (USA - Band 4)
- Charles Stern: Banking & Finance (New York - Band 5)
- Andrew R. Walker: Tax (New York - Band 2)
- Carolina Walther-Meade: Projects (USA - Band 4)
- Timothy K. Wendling: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA - Band 3)
- John Williams: Derivatives (USA - Band 2)
Chambers conducts research into the top law firms across the globe, collecting hundreds of thousands of responses from clients to provide nearly 6,000 rankings tables.
