Milbank LLP Global Leveraged Finance partner Marcus Dougherty has been ranked as a top ten legal advisor in MergerLinks’ Top Financing Lawyers in North America rankings. As the only lender-side lawyer included on the publication’s list, recognized for financings in excess of approximately $59 billion, by value, this placement of forth on the top ten list highlights Mr. Dougherty’s presence as preferred counsel within the lending market.
Based in New York, Mr. Dougherty, Practice Group Leader of Milbank’s US leveraged finance practice and co-head of the firm’s Global Leveraged Finance Group, is recognized throughout the industry for advising the world’s top lending institutions. His practice focuses on representing banks, direct lenders and other financial institutions in complex senior lending and cross-border transactions. With over twenty-eight years of experience, he represents lenders in 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.
Mr. Dougherty’s work is distinguished by the innovative financings that he helps craft to meet clients’ unique challenges. He is regularly seen leading the most prominent and sophisticated deals, contributing to the Global Leveraged Finance team’s recognition as 2021 “Team of the Year: Banking” at Euromoney’s IFLR1000 United States Awards for its involvement in the most significant finance deals across the market. He is also consistently noted as a leading banking and finance lawyer in Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Legal 500 and IFLR1000. Recent highlights of Mr. Dougherty’s work include the take-private preferred equity financing for McAfee Corp., and financings for Medline Industries, LegalShield, Signature Aviation, BMC Software, MagicLab, Inmarsat plc, Grifols, S.A., Nobian and Nouryon (former AkzoNobel specialty chemicals division) and Atotech.
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 based on the total value of their transactions.
