Milbank ‘provides excellent service, with good market knowledge and strong advocacy’. The structured credit group is heavily involved in large-scale hedging transactions, bespoke regulatory capital, and equity derivatives matters. The firm is also adept in advising financial institutions on bespoke funding and regulatory capital structures, as well as the transfer of credit risk using synthetic securitisation structures. It also acts for borrowers, lenders and hedge providers in deals with an ESG and natural resources focus. The ’truly top-notch’ James Warbey is ‘super-responsive and solutions-oriented’. The ’very hands-on’ Robert Wyse Jackson continues to make his mark in complex cross-border structured finance and derivatives transactions. He frequently assists hedge counterparties and sponsors on project, leveraged and aviation financings. Alex Martin joined from Latham & Watkins (London) LLP to add more broad structured finance expertise.
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Testimonials
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- 'Lauren Beattie was a standout star on our transaction - she has great knowledge, insight, organisational skills and a strong work ethic - her clients clearly mean a lot to her and she strives to provide a great service. Inevitably there are some negotiations on a transaction but she distilled the points well in a clear and succinct manner allowing us to get to the crux of the problem quickly and with ease. It was a pleasure to work with both James and Lauren on our matter.'
- 'James Warbey is excellent with the right level of knowledge and visibility on the deal. He was also lovely to deal and very helpful in our initial queries. He let the associate on the transaction take the lead, so clearly knew when he should be providing oversight and assistance.'
- 'We have engaged with the derivatives team at Milbank on our recent transaction and our view is that they are very well versed in the matter we instructed them on (ISDA negotiation with 3 banks). The team were very collaborative and clearly know their stuff. I would say that, given this is a very technical area of the law, the advice from Milbank was always clear and concise allowing us to get to the crux of a particular negotiation point quickly. They also needed to understand and work with the financing documents as these had am impact on the ISDAs, and this was done really well.'
- 'Rob Wyse Jackson stands above others as an incredibly commercial, pragmatic counsel to work with. He is exceptional as simplifying what the client needs to know, de-mystifying difficult legal concepts and then is able to take a common sense, commercial approach to negotiated points. Work is always delivered on time and in line with expectations.'
- 'Despite acting on the other side of our deals, I've recommended the Milbank team on multiple occasions due to their commercial approach, and great feedback from clients we work with.'
- ‘James Warbey and his team are truly top-notch. Super responsive, solutions oriented.’
Key clients
- Deutsche Bank, ING Bank, and UniCredit
- Zegona Communications plc
- Together Financial Services Limited (Issuer)
- KKR Credit Advisors (Ireland) Unlimited Company
- Nassau Global Credit (UK) LLP, as Collateral Manager
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
James Warbey
Other key lawyers
Robert Wyse Jackson; Alex Martin; Lauren Beattie