Milbank LLP partner Andrew Leblanc was named East Coast “Bankruptcy Litigator of the Year” at the 10th Annual Benchmark Litigation Awards event, held on March 24 in New York City. Benchmark Litigation honors the country’s most distinguished firms and litigators each year based on their impressive performance and influence on the legal landscape.
Mr. Leblanc has been recognized as the East Coast’s top bankruptcy litigator for five of the past six years. In addition, Milbank was shortlisted in the “Bankruptcy Litigation Firm of the Year” category for the fifth consecutive year.
As managing partner of Milbank’s Washington, DC, office and a member of the firm’s Financial Restructuring and Litigation & Arbitration groups, Mr. Leblanc focuses on complex commercial litigation, financial restructuring and international arbitration, with a particular focus on contested issues arising in bankruptcy cases. He regularly represents official committees, secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, and bidders in bankruptcy cases, as well as financial institutions as defendants in adversary proceedings brought as part of bankruptcy cases.
With the combined resources of the firm’s Litigation and Financial Restructuring offerings, Milbank is recognized globally for advising on prominent corporate restructurings and groundbreaking chapter 11 cases. Milbank lawyers have represented debtors, senior creditors, official and ad hoc committees of creditors and equity holders, and other parties in several of the largest and most complex bankruptcy cases in US history.
Benchmark Litigation award winners are selected based on a rigorous research process that includes interviews with peers and a review of recent casework.
View the 2022 Benchmark Litigation Award winners.
March 28, 2022
