Milbank makes up 17 in latest partner promotions round

New York stalwart promotes heavily in hometown and across alternative investments and energy

New London partners Tristram Gargent, Seyda Duman and Rachel Croft Credit: Milbank

Milbank has made up 17 lawyers to partner in its latest promotions round. 

The round is a step up from last year’s 12-strong cohort and marks one of Milbank’s largest partner classes to date, the firm said. Six of those getting the nod are women – 35% of the total.

The firm’s global project, energy and infrastructure finance group saw the most promotions, with five, followed by its alternative investments practice, which welcomed four new partners. Corporate/M&A had two promotions, with the rest split across executive compensation, leveraged finance, financial restructuring, antitrust, litigation and trusts and estates. 

Ten of the promotions were in the firm’s 400-lawyer New York headquarters, among them all of those promoted in the alternative investments practice – Martin Brennan, Elizabeth Martinez, Eugene Park and Brett Stone. The firm also boosted its New York partner bench last year with the hire of Gurbir Grewal into its litigation practice from the SEC, where he had been director of the enforcement division. 

Elewhere in the US the firm promoted renewable energy specialists Miguel Duran and Kristine Wang in Los Angeles in its global project group and Thomas Goslin, who focuses on environmental and social concerns in M&A and other transactions, in the corporate/M&A group in Washington DC. 

Outside of the US there were three promotions in London: Rachel Croft and Seyda Duman were made up in the global project group while Tristram Gargent got the nod in the European leveraged finance and capital markets group. 

The London promotions follow Milbank hiring a group of six finance lawyers in the City in August from Latham & Watkins to boost its alternative investments offering. Going the other way, the firm saw a five-lawyer structured finance team led by John Goldfinch leave to join legacy Allen & Overy earlier in the year. 

The final promotion went to Munich-based Moritz Lichtenegger, who specialises in German and European antitrust law and got the nod in the European antitrust and competition practice. 

“We are thrilled to welcome this talented group of lawyers to the partnership,” said Milbank chairman Scott Edelman. “They each have proven track records of success providing the highest level of client service and we look forward to their continued contributions to clients and the firm.”

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