SINGAPORE, April 13, 2016 – David Zemans, Managing Partner of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP’s Asia practice, was honored with the “Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession” award at the recent Chambers Asia-Pacific awards. The award recognizes lawyers “who have had a significant impact on their market, and who are outstanding lawyers in their own areas of practice,” notes Chambers.
Based in Singapore for nearly 20 years and a member of Milbank’s Executive Committee, Mr. Zemans helped to build Milbank into one of the leading international firms in South-East Asia. A leader in the legal community, he is highly regarded for his deep expertise across numerous disciplines, and regularly works on the most complex and challenging banking and finance, project finance, restructuring, and corporate/M&A transactions in the region.
Milbank has been active in Asia for over 35 years and was the first US law firm to open offices in Hong Kong and Tokyo in 1977. The firm has since opened offices in Singapore, Beijing and Seoul. In 2015, Milbank celebrated the 30th anniversary of the opening of its Singapore office as well as the opening of its new Seoul office. Milbank is consistently at the forefront of market developments in Asia and has played a pioneering role in many of the region’s largest, most complex and innovative transactions.
Accepting the award at a ceremony on April 9, Mr. Zemans noted that the award “reflects a true team effort,” and thanked his colleagues in Asia for their contributions. “Your pride in your work, your commitment to your clients, and to the success and growth of the firm’s reputation, is exceptional,” he said in reference to his Asia colleagues.
Mr. Zemans also acknowledged the efforts of the Milbank partners who laid the groundwork for the firm’s ongoing success in Asia, going back over 35 years: “We set out with the goal to build something we would be very proud of. We did not want to compromise our standards or quality and only wanted to do the very best work with the very best clients. I believe we have succeeded.”
