Milbank LLP’s Space Business, Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure practices have been recognized with the top ranking in Legal 500’s USA 2024 guide and six partners received individual recognition.
In the publication’s Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactions category, Milbank was ranked as a “Tier 1” firm, one of only four firms nationwide. The following partners were ranked as top advisors for telecoms and broadcast:
- Dara Panahy: Leading Lawyer (Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactions)
- Patrick Campbell: Leading Lawyer (Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactions)
- Bijan Ganji: Recommended Lawyer (Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactions)
- Daniel Bartfeld: Recommended Lawyer (Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactions)
- Jaime Ramirez: Recommended Lawyer (Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactions)
- Roland Estevez: Recommended Lawyer (Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactions)
Legal 500 notes, “Milbank‘s multi-disciplinary TMT team remains at the forefront of the telecoms finance and the space and satellite industries.” The publication highlights Milbank’s “expertise in digital infrastructure” noting that the team “fields a strong connectivity practice, advising developers and sponsors of telecoms networks, from terrestrial to satellite. Advising an extensive roster of clients across the full lifecycle of projects, the team handles financings, the purchase and sale of telecoms infrastructure and project development, alongside procurement agreements, capacity contracts, spectrum leasing and securitization, and tower leasing arrangements.”
As one of the top international law firms focusing on telecommunications infrastructure, advising on many first-of-their-kind projects and cutting-edge transactions, the Milbank team has extensive knowledge of the telecoms business and dedicated domestic and international capabilities in telecom corporate transactions, financings, mergers and acquisitions, regulation, licensing, national security, foreign ownership and export controls. The team advises international clients in every facet of telecommunications transactions, ranging from towers, fixed-line, wireless, cable TV, space and satellite and submarine and terrestrial fiber optic cables, as well as commercial, contractual, intellectual property and regulatory issues arising in those transactions.
Mr. Panahy, who heads the firm’s Space Business practice and leads the Transportation and Space team in the Washington, DC office, was commended as “a leading lawyer for his diverse clientele of satellite and space infrastructure operators, aerospace manufacturers, and communications, earth observation and data companies, as well as service providers and investors in the sector.” Patrick Campbell was lauded for his “extensive experience in contract negotiation regarding the construction of undersea and underground fiber optic telecoms systems, the procurement of satellite systems and the leasing of satellite capacity.” Bijan Ganji, who focuses on global risk and national security, was highlighted for being “well-versed in the aerospace and communications industries, as well as bringing in-depth knowledge of national security to the team.” Head of the firm’s global project, energy and infrastructure finance group Daniel Bartfeld, along with partners Jaime Ramirez and Roland Estevez were notably featured for their focus on digital infrastructure financings.
