David Zemans, Managing Partner of Milbank’s Asia Practice and Singapore office and member of the firm’s Global Executive Committee, has been included in The Best Lawyers in Singapore’s ninth edition in the practice areas of Banking Law, Corporate Law, Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Project Finance and Development Practice. Additionally, he has been named Singapore Banking Law “Lawyer of the Year,” in the guide published March 2017.
Only one attorney in each practice areas is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. The attorneys are selected based on exceptional recognition received during the peer-review assessments. Receiving this designation reflects prominence among attorneys practicing in the same areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.
Mr. Zemans has been based in Singapore since 1997 and has advised clients on many of the largest and most complex corporate, restructuring, banking and project finance and capital market transactions to have been successfully completed across Asia, including in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, India and China as well as Australia.
Mr. Zemans is consistently ranked in the top tier by Chambers Asia Pacific for his expertise in Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking & Finance and Restructuring/Insolvency, receiving the “Outstanding Achievement in the Legal Profession Award” at the most recent annual Chambers AsiaPacific Awards. He is also recognized by Legal 500 and IFLR1000 for Projects & Energy/Project Finance, Banking & Finance, Corporate and M&A, Capital Markets and Restructuring. Mr. Zemans was cited in the Leading Lawyers Survey as one of Asia’s leading business lawyers and has been recognized as a leading lawyer in Project Finance, Banking, Capital Markets, Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions by Euromoney in the Banking, Finance and Transactional Expert Guide. He is also listed as one of the World’s Leading Lawyers in IFLR’sBanking, Finance and TransactionalExpert Guide. He has also been named as “Banking & Project Finance Lawyer of the Year – Singapore” by Corporate LiveWire’s recent Innovation and Excellence awards. Mr. Zemans is also named among the world’s leading energy lawyers by Who’s Who Legal: Energy.
