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Milbank Offices

55 HUDSON YARDS
NEW YORK, NY 10001
NEW YORK
United States
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David Gelfand

Position
Partner, Litigation & Arbitration Group
Career
Mr. Gelfand’s practice is highly diversified, with a concentration in complex civil litigation. He regularly represents financial institutions and corporations in class actions, securities and bankruptcy litigation cases. He has tried jury and non-jury trials in state and federal courts throughout the country and has extensive experience representing clients in fiduciary and estate litigation. Mr. Gelfand also has extensive experience representing financial institutions in US and international regulatory matters.
Mr. Gelfand has been recognized as one of the leading lawyers in America by Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation, Legal 500 USA and New York Super Lawyers. He has been described by clients as having “a heart for details and immers[ing] himself in the facts important to the matter.’ (Legal 500 USA)
Memberships
Mr. Gelfand served on the Disciplinary Committee of the New York State Supreme Court, First Department, and currently serves on the Character & Fitness Committee. Mr. Gelfand is also a member of the American Bar Association, the DC Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, where he served on the Committee on Judicial Administration. He is a Member of the Dean’s Board of Advisors for Vanderbilt University School of Law, is a member of the Board of Trustees of Friends Academy, and served as President of the Board of Trustees of The Green Vale School.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
A leading firm in the defense of cost of insurance rate litigation, Milbank boasts a successful track record in contractual disputes. Its diverse complex commercial litigation practice sees the New York-based team represent corporations, institutions and individuals. Scott Edelman focuses his practice on the entertainment industry and excels in music-related disputes, while Stacey Rappaport specializes in cases related to financial transactions. Representing clients in federal and state courts, Atara Miller is active in commercial and bankruptcy litigation. David Gelfand also represents financial institutions and corporations in bankruptcy cases, as well as class actions and securities litigation. With a clientele of both companies and individuals, Jed Schwartz‘s practice ranges from shareholder disputes to regulatory investigations.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense