Milbank LLP Global Leveraged Finance partner Marcus Dougherty has again been recognized by MergerLinks as a top ten US legal advisor in the publication’s Top Financing Lawyers in North America rankings. Placing sixth on the overall list by value (having placed fourth in respect of 2021), Mr. Dougherty had the second highest deal volume of all financing lawyers for 2023, recognized for over £25.45 billion (approximately $32.46 billion) of eligible deals, which is in addition to various other financings and refinancings that he led throughout the year. This noteworthy recognition reinforces Mr. Dougherty’s continued presence on some of the most innovative and complex deals across a breadth of industries and further solidifies his role as a lead financing lawyer within the US lending market.
As Practice Group Leader of Milbank’s US leveraged finance practice and co-head of the firm’s Global Leveraged Finance Group, Mr. Dougherty is recognized throughout the industry for advising the world’s top lending institutions. His work is distinguished by the blockbuster financings that he helps craft to meet clients’ unique challenges. He is regularly seen leading the most sophisticated deals and he is consistently ranked as a leading banking and finance lawyer in Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Legal 500 and IFLR1000, with Chambers recently noting that he “wins widespread acclaim for his frequent representation of investment banks and other lenders in commercial financings” and clients stating, “Marcus is hyper focused on really making the complex processes as smooth as possible, all clients get the representation they need and want” and, “He can make even the most difficult transaction feel like a breeze.” In 2023, Milbank’s New York team closed 188 transactions for over 40 designating sponsors, representing more than 40 investment banks and 75 direct lenders, many of which Mr. Dougherty led, with more than 30 of these transactions having debt proceeds in excess of $1 billion. With a practice focused on representing banks, direct lenders and other financial institutions in complex senior lending and cross-border transactions, Mr. Dougherty has almost 30 years of experience advising lenders on acquisition financings, including leveraged buyouts, tender offers and other going private transactions, recapitalizations, bridge and mezzanine financings, and DIP and exit facility financings, with broad experience spanning a range of industries in both US and international financing transactions.
MergerLinks is a leading global media and knowledge platform used by the corporate community to make connections for merger and acquisitions, finance, and other material transactions impacting global commerce. Based in the UK, the publication is a financial intelligence source that ranks law firms and lawyers in the M&A space based on the total value of their transactions.
