Milbank LLP is pleased to announce that Chambers USA has recognized 36 Milbank practices and 66 of the firm's attorneys in its 2026 guide to the nation's leading law firms. Eleven practices and 16 partners received the Chambers top ranking, Band 1.
Milbank received Band 1 rankings in the following categories:
Banking & Finance – New York and USA
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite – New York and USA
Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs – USA
Projects: Mining & Metals – USA
Projects: Oil & Gas – USA
Projects: Power – USA
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy – USA
Space – USA
Transportation: Aviation: Finance – USA
Chambers also recognized Milbank in the following national rankings: Antitrust; Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt; Corporate Crime & Investigations (The Elite); Derivatives; Energy: Electricity (Transactional); Litigation: General Commercial (Highly Regarded); Mining & Metals; Private Credit; Projects: Agency Financing; Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional; Real Estate; 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; Bankruptcy/Restructuring (The Elite); 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, Bankruptcy/Restructuring and Environment: Mainly Transactional.
In addition to the Chambers USA recognition, Milbank's Trusts, Estates and Exempt Organizations 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 3 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 Up and Coming – New York.
Among the 66 Milbank attorneys featured in Chambers USA, the following received Band 1 rankings:
Daniel D. Bartfeld: 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 J. Dougherty: Banking & Finance (New York)
Michael Duff: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA)
Dennis Dunne: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York and USA)
Scott A. Edelman: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
Drew S. Fine: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA)
Thomas Goslin: Environment: Mainly Transactional (District of Columbia)
Neal Katyal: Appellate Law (USA)
Andrew Leblanc: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (District of Columbia)
Daniel J. Michalchuk: Projects (USA)
Dara A. Panahy: Space (USA)
Richard G. Parker: Antitrust: Litigation Specialists (District of Columbia)
Fiona A. Schaeffer: Antitrust (New York)
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 2)
Grant Bermann: Antitrust (District of Columbia – Band 5)
Alexander Borisoff: Projects (USA – Band 2)
Matthew Brod: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York – Up and Coming)
Patrick S. Campbell: Space (USA – Band 2)
George S. Canellos: Accountant and Auditor Liability (USA – Band 3)
Olivia Choe: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA – Band 5)
Adam Di Vincenzo: Antitrust (District of Columbia – Band 5)
Marcus J. Dougherty: Private Credit (USA – Band 2)
Erwin Dweck: Real Estate: Finance (New York – Band 2)
Scott A. Edelman: Litigation: Securities (New York – Band 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 2)
John D. Franchini: Corporate/M&A (New York – Band 5); Energy: Electricity (Transactional) (USA – Band 2)
Christopher Gaspar: Intellectual Property: Patent (New York – Band 5)
Gurbir Grewal: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York – Band 5); Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA – Band 3)
Lauren Hanrahan: Banking & Finance (New York – Band 2); Private Credit (USA – Band 3)
Nola Heller: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York – Band 2)
Jonathon Jackson: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States (USA – Band 5)
Alexandra Johnson: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA – Band 2)
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 – Band 5)
Lisa Laukitis: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York – Band 3)
Jeffrey Leider: Projects (USA – Band 3)
Tyson M. Lomazow: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York – Band 4)
Jenna McGrath: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA – Band 5)
Freyda Mechlowicz: Transportation: Aviation: Finance (USA – Band 2)
Atara Miller: Litigation: General Commercial (New York – Band 4)
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 4)
Jaime Ramirez: Projects (USA – Band 3)
Tawfiq Rangwala: Accountant and Auditor Liability (USA – Band 3); 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 5)
Jed M. Schwartz: Litigation: Securities (New York – Band 4)
Henry T. Scott: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA – Band 3)
Manan (Mike) Shah: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (New York – Band 3)
Yaakov Sheinfeld: Real Estate: Finance (New York – Band 2)
Joshua Sterling: Derivatives (USA – Band 3)
Charles Stern: Banking & Finance (New York – Band 5)
Aaron Stine: Energy: Electricity (Transactional) (USA – Band 3)
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.
