Milbank Lawyers and Practices Increase Rankings in UK Legal Directories

The law firm rankings recently published by the leading UK legal directories Chambers & Partners, IFLR 1000 and Legal 500 once again highlight Milbank’s strength and depth in the London market.

Milbank has an extraordinary level of talent in London. Impressively, 100% of the firm’s London partners are ranked as leading lawyers. The firm increased its number of leading lawyer recommendations to 55 in 2017, for partners Nick Angel, Neil Caddy, James Cameron, Tom Canning, John Dewar, Charles Evans, John Goldfinch, Matthew Hagopian, Stuart Harray, Joel Harrison, Manzer Ijaz, Laurence Jacobs, Russell Jacobs, Sean Keaton, Suhrud Mehta, Peter Newman, Tim Peterson, Clive Ransome, Julian Stait, Mark Stamp, Nick Swinburne and James Warbey. In addition, Milbank earned five recommendations for senior associates Seyda Duman, Alexandra Grant, Oliver Irwin, Chris Taufatofua and Richard Walton and one up-and-coming individual recommendation for special counsel Matthew Mortimer.

Of the “Leading Lawyer” recommendations, a third of London partners are top-ranked for their particular practices, including James Cameron, John Dewar, Charles Evans, Laurence Jacobs, Sean Keaton, Suhrud Mehta and Nick Swinburne.

In addition, all of Milbank’s London practice areas are ranked, highlighting the firm’s ability to deliver comprehensive, high-quality legal services to clients from its London office. Practice rankings include the following:

• Acquisition Finance
• Asset Finance: Aviation Finance
• Banking & Finance
• Banking Litigation
• Capital Markets: High Yield
• Capital Markets: Structured Finance & Derivatives
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
• Corporate: Private Equity
• Emerging Markets
• Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
• Energy & Natural Resources: Power
• Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory
• Financial Services: Non-Contentious Regulatory
• Information Technology & Telecoms
• Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
• International Arbitration
• Islamic Finance
• Outsourcing
• Projects (UK-wide)
• Restructuring & Insolvency
• Tax