NEW YORK, November 21, 2014 – Milbank was honored with two top awards at the 13th Annual M&A Advisor Awards Gala in New York on November 17. The M&A Advisor Awards honor the leading deal teams, firms and professionals whose activities set the standard for M&A transactions. Milbank provided counsel for the following award winning deals:
- Restructuring of Select Staffing - Restructuring Deal of the Year (Over $100MM to $1 Billion)
- Restructuring - Technology, Media, Telecom Deal of the Year (Over $100MM to $1 Billion)
Milbank also provided counsel on the Restructuring of Genco Shipping & Trading which was a finalist in the following categories:
- Restructuring Deal of the Year (Over $1 Billion)
- Industrial Goods and Basic Resources Deal of the Year
- Industrial Manufacturing/ Distribution Deal of the Year (Over $250MM)
Financial Restructuring partner Mark Shinderman and Corporate partner Brett Goldblatt led the Milbank team representing the steering committee of 1st and 2nd lien lenders owed in excess of $600 million in the restructuring of Select Staffing. Other Milbank team members involved were partners Al Pisa (Alternative Investments) and Joel Krasnow (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits), associates Peter Wang, Michael Nguyen and Soo Hwang (Corporate), David Zolkin (Financial Restructuring), Jennifer Harris (Alternative Investments), James Beebe (Tax), and Aluyah Imoisili (Litigation and Arbitration).
Financial Restructuring partner Mark Shinderman and Corporate partner Neil Wertlieb led the Milbank team representing 1st lien lenders in a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for the Technology, Media, Telecom Deal of the Year. Other Milbank team members involved were associates Brian Stern and Peter Wang (Corporate) and David Zolkin (Financial Restructuring).
The Milbank team representing Genco's secured creditors consists of partners Dennis Dunne (Financial Restructuring), Samuel Khalil (Financial Restructuring), Albert Pisa (Alternative Investments), Alexander Kaye (Corporate), and David Cohen (Litigation); special counsel Brian Kinney (Financial Restructuring), Brian Kelly (Corporate), and Aaron Renenger (Litigation); and associate Michael Price (Financial Restructuring).
