Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & Mc Cloy - Rankings and Recognition

Rankings and Recognition

Milbank placed 11th on the American Lawyer's 2007 Gold List, recognizing its success in the areas of profitability, diversity, and pro bono work. This year, the firm placed 24th on the Vault law firm prestige rankings, moving up from its 2006 ranking of 28th. Additionally, the firm is top ranked in both Chambers Europe and Chambers USA in a number of its practices.

Lawdragon, a guide to the nation's best and brightest trial attorneys, included Milbank's own James Benedict and Scott Edelman in its list of leading Litigators in America. Additionally, the Best Lawyers in America 2007 included 28 Milbank attorneys in its survey, including practitioners specializing in banking, bankruptcy, commercial litigation, corporate governance, corporate/M&A, employee benefits, energy, equipment finance, information technology, project finance, securities, tax, trust and estates, white collar criminal defence, and international arbitration.

Milbank is ranked Number 1 in Technology and IT Outsourcing by Chambers USA 2006 and partners Robert Finkel and Debra Alligood White are identified as leading attorneys and up-and-coming individuals respectively. Milbank associate Janet Parkhurst is named as an "associate-to-watch" in this sector. Chambers USA 2006 also designated Milbank as having the Top Rated Aviation Finance Practice in the United States. Chambers guide stated that Milbank "dominates" this sector. The guide identified Elliot Gewirtz as a "true leader in his field" and partner Drew Fine’s knowledge and expertise is "unparalleled." Milbank partners Hugh Robertson, Helfried Schwarz and Alvin Leong were also included as leading attorneys in the aircraft finance sector.

Los Angeles-based partners Ed Feo and Ken Baronsky were both identified as two of the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2006 by the Los Angeles Daily Journal and San Francisco Daily Journal.

Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Law Firms (2003 edition) lists Milbank as the "Most Recommended Project Finance Law Firm", and Infrastructure Journal (2002 edition) designates Milbank as "No. 1 Global Legal Advisor", "No. 1 Power Legal Advisor", "No. 1 North America Legal Advisor", "No. 1 Telecoms Legal Advisor" and "No. 1 Latin America Legal Advisor". Additionally, Euromoney’s Project Finance Book of Lists awarded Milbank the "No. 1 in the Overall Global" ranking, as well as "No. 1 in Petrochemical" and "No. 1 in Latin America". Milbank has been cited by Privatisation International three times as the "Most Active Law Firm in the World" engaged in the project financing of major infrastructure projects. Additionally, The American Lawyer recognized Milbank as the "No. 1 in Global Project Finance Law Firm" in three of the past four years.

awards include:

• Legal Adviser to Arrangers in 2006 by number of renewable energy transactions (New Energy Finance)
• Legal Adviser to Arrangers in 2006 by total value of renewable energy transactions (New Energy Finance)
• Renewable Energy Global Top 10 Legal Advisers 2006 (# 1 in project value, number of deals and market share percentage) (Dealogic)
• Renewable Energy U.S. Top 10 Legal Adviser 2006 (# 1 in project value, number of deals and market share percentage) (Dealogic)
• Global Projects and Energy Law Firm of the Year (Chambers, 2006)
• Equity Deal of the Year and Project Finance Deal of the Year, 2006 International Financial Law Review Americas Awards
• Euromoney’s Project Finance magazine for Milbank's role in ten "Deals of the Year" for deals closed in 2006, with an aggregate capital cost of $16 billion
• North American Project Finance Law Firm of the Year (Chambers, 2005)
• Satellite Law Firm of the Year for the total volume of deals (9) and the total volume of bond and loan deals totaling $5.4 billion (Satellite Finance, 2005)
• European Project Finance Team of the Year, International Financial Law Review, 2006
• Project Finance Deal of the Year, International Financial Law Review, 2006
• Debt & Equity Deal of the Year – Mandra Forestry, International Financial Law Review, 2006
• Power Deal of the Year 2005, Project Finance International Yearbook 2006
• Power Deal of the Year 2005, Project Finance magazine
• Law Firm of the Year, Global Water Intelligence (2006)
• Latin American Mining Deal of the Year 2005 and 2006, Project Finance magazine
• North American Renewables Deal of the Year 2006, Project Finance magazine
• North American Project Bond Deal of the Year 2005, Project Finance magazine
• North American Refinancing Deal of the Year 2005 and 2006, Project Finance magazine
• North American Oil & Gas Deal of the Year 2005, Project Finance magazine
• North American Infrastructure Deal of the Year 2005, Project Finance magazine
• North American Single Asset Power Deal of the Year 2005, Project Finance magazine
• North American Merchant Power Deal of the Year 2005, Project Finance magazine
• Asia-Pacific Deal of the Year 2005, Project Finance magazine
• Finance Asia Achievement Awards for 2005: Best Non-Investment Grade Bond Deal; Best Equity Deal; Best Privatization Deal; Best IPO Deal; Best China Deal; Deal of the Year
• Asian Counsel Awards: Deal of the Year 2005
• Asian Legal Business Awards 2005: Debt Market Deal of the Year; Equity Market Deal of the Year; M&A Market Deal of the Year; China Deal of the Year
• 2008 ALB SE Asia Law Awards: Deal of the Year; Project Finance Deal of the Year
• 2008 ALB Hong Kong Law Awards: Deal of the Year; M&A Deal of the Year