Milbank LLP has been recognized with 14 “Deal of the Year” honors at the IJGlobal Awards 2025 and was named “Legal Adviser of the Year, North America,” underscoring the firm’s leadership across energy transition, digital infrastructure and large-scale project finance transactions globally. The awards, which recognize standout greenfield and refinancing transactions across the energy and infrastructure sector, were presented at IJGlobal’s annual ceremony in New York City on March 5.
"Being recognized across such a wide range of transactions and industries highlights the breadth of Milbank’s platform and the strength of our client relationships,” said Dan Bartfeld, chair of the firm’s Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group. “These awards demonstrate the firm’s continued leadership in the development and financing of the digital, power, energy and infrastructure projects that are driving economic growth in the US and globally.”
“From hyperscale data centers and carbon capture to major transmission infrastructure and renewable energy projects, our team is proud to work alongside clients on some of the most transformative transactions in the market,” said Daniel Michalchuk, practice group leader of Milbank’s Global Project, Energy Infrastructure Finance Group. “We are honored that IJGlobal recognized these deals and the innovation behind them.”
Milbank-advised transactions recognized by IJGlobal include:
North America
- “Carbon Capture Deal of the Year”: High Plains CCS
- “Digital Infrastructure Deal of the Year”: Stargate Santa Teresa Data Centers
- “Energy Transition Deal of the Year”: EVgo Services Green Loan
- “Fibre Deal of the Year”: FiberLight Refinancing
- “Hydrogen Deal of the Year”: Bloom Energy and Brookfield Warehouse Facility
- “Midstream Deal of the Year”: Blackcomb, Traverse and Blackfin Natural Gas Pipelines
- “Power Deal of the Year”: Wolf Summit Gas-Fired Power Plant
- “Refinance of the Year”: Champlain Hudson Power Express Transmission Line Bond Refinancing
- “Renewables Deal of the Year”: Snowflake A Solar PV Plant & BESS
- “Solar Deal of the Year”: Nexamp Additional Facility
- “Sustainability-Linked Loan of the Year”: EdgeConnex AUS02 Austin Data Center
- “BESS Deal of the Year”: Quantum I & II Solar PV Plants & BESS
Latin America
- “PPP Deal of the Year”: Mato Grosso do Sul Water Sanitation Expansion PPP Additional Facility
- “Solar Deal of the Year”: Estepa I & II Solar PV + BESS
The award-winning transactions were led by Global Project, Energy Infrastructure Finance partners Daniel Bartfeld, Daniel Michalchuk, Jaime Ramirez, William Bice, Alec Borisoff, Roland Estevez, Rhys Howard, Jeffrey Leider, Jenna McGrath, Micaela McLean, Sean O’Neill, Timothy Wendling and Kristine Wang, and Corporate Finance and Securities partner Tobias Stirnberg.
These recognitions further demonstrate Milbank’s continued leadership advising sponsors, developers and financial institutions on many of the most complex infrastructure and energy transition transactions across the Americas.
To read more about the IJGlobal Awards 2025, please click here.
