Tom Canning > Milbank > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Milbank is noted for its expertise in technology-related disputes, applying its knowledge of the IT industry. Practice leader Julian Stait specialises in the resolution of high-stakes business and regulatory disputes, in addition to representing clients in investigations, with extensive experience of litigation before the English Courts. Tom Canning,  who is well-versed in the field of IT litigation and arbitration, is another key contact in the group.

‘Massively experienced in international arbitration‘, Milbank‘s London group is routinely mandated by corporations, financial institutions, and state and federal governments for highly complex arbitration proceedings. International arbitration leader Tom Canning acts in arbitrations under all the major arbitral rules, while Julian Stait specialises in the resolution of large business disputes. Within the firm’s associate pool, Peter Edworthy focuses on cases involving energy, construction, infrastructure and telecoms projects-related disputes, and Vasiliki Katsarou is ‘an excellent, hardworking and talented lawyer‘.

Milbank boasts a team that ‘leverages its unique abilities and insights’ to lead on high-profile and complex competition law disputes and investigations, with particular expertise in loan and bond-related transactional disputes. Julian Stait leads the team, notably representing Visa and Rabobank in relation to interchange litigation and Libor manipulation matters. ‘Superb banking specialist’ Mona Vaswani is integral to the team, and is a ‘formidable and determined opponent’. Also highly active in the practice are Tom Canning, who provides ‘excellent, practical advice’ for clients, and Peter Edworthy.