Meet the team

Global Leveraged Finance

Milbank

New York, United States
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Marcus Dougherty-Partner; Leads the leveraged finance practice in the US; Co-head of the firm’s Global Leveraged Finance Group

Marcus Dougherty

Partner; Leads the leveraged finance practice in the US; Co-head of the firm’s Global Leveraged Finance Group

phone number

+1 212.530.5323

emailmdougherty@milbank.com
Lauren Hanrahan-Partner; Global Leveraged Finance

Lauren Hanrahan

Partner; Global Leveraged Finance

phone number

+1 212.530.5339

emaillhanrahan@milbank.com
Charles Stern-Partner; Global Leveraged Finance

Charles Stern

Partner; Global Leveraged Finance

phone number

+1 212.530.5248

emailcstern@milbank.com
Helfried Schwarz-Position held

Helfried Schwarz

Position held

phone number

(405) 000-00-00

emailsome@mail.com
Helfried Schwarz-Position held

Helfried Schwarz

Position held

phone number

(405) 000-00-00

emailsome@mail.com
Helfried Schwarz-Position held

Helfried Schwarz

Position held

phone number

(405) 000-00-00

emailsome@mail.com
Helfried Schwarz-Position held

Helfried Schwarz

Position held

phone number

(405) 000-00-00

emailsome@mail.com
Helfried Schwarz-Position held

Helfried Schwarz

Position held

phone number

(405) 000-00-00

emailsome@mail.com
Helfried Schwarz-Position held

Helfried Schwarz

Position held

phone number

(405) 000-00-00

emailsome@mail.com
Marcus Dougherty-Position held

Marcus Dougherty

Position held

phone number

(405) 000-00-00

emailsome@mail.com
Marcus Dougherty-Position held

Marcus Dougherty

Position held

phone number

(405) 000-00-00

emailsome@mail.com
Marcus Dougherty-Partner; Leads the leveraged finance practice in the US; Co-head of the firm’s Global Leveraged Finance Group

Marcus Dougherty

Partner; Leads the leveraged finance practice in the US; Co-head of the firm’s Global Leveraged Finance Group

phone number

+1 212.530.5323

emailmdougherty@milbank.com

Team Services

The highly rated banking and leveraged finance practice of Milbank LLP continues to be involved in the most significant finance deals across industries, advising traditional investment banking and direct lender clients, as well as receiving designations as lenders counsel from top private equity firms.

Milbank represents underwriters, lenders, private equity sponsors, strategic investors, issuers and borrowers on a broad array of financings, including: first and second lien loans, asset-based lending, bridge loans, secured and unsecured high yield bonds, mezzanine financing and preferred stock issuances, leveraged buyouts, going private transactions and other acquisition financings and leveraged recapitalizations, as well as working capital and letter of credit facilities, debtor-in-possession financings and exit financings.

In 2023, Milbank’s US leveraged finance team closed a remarkable 188 deals and in 2022, the team advised on over 153 transactions, including financings for LBO transactions in addition to other large-scale deals.

Awards and Recognition

Private Equity Deal of the Year

Milbank’s role on the McAfee’s take-private was recognized as “Private Equity Deal of the Year” at the IFLR Americas Awards 2023

Team of the Year: Loans (Shortlisted)

IFLR Americas Awards 2024

Team of the Year: Banking

IFLR100 United States and Canada Awards 2021

Loans Law Firm of the Year

IFLR Americas Awards 2019

Asia-Pacific Loan Deal of the Year

International Financing Review’s 2023 IFR Awards. US team advised on a $1.88 billion cross-border financing for the $6.5 billion merger of BPEA EQT’s firms Vistra and Tricor.

Team of the Year: Loan, Debt and Equity-linked and High Yield (Shortlisted); US Law Firm of the Year (Shortlisted); International Law Firm of the Year (Shortlisted)

IFLR Awards 2022

Syndicated Deal of the Year

APLMA’s Asia Pacific Syndicated Loan Market Awards in 2024. US team advised on a $1.88 billion cross-border financing for the $6.5 billion merger of BPEA EQT’s firms Vistra and Tricor.

Transatlantic Law Firm of the Year

Legal Week, The American Lawyer, and AmLaw’s Transatlantic Legal Awards in 2019

Deal of the Year

Financing of Brookfield’s acquisition of Modulaire Group for approximately $5 billion, one of the largest European leveraged buyouts of 2021 was recognized as Deal of the Year at the IFLR Awards 2022

Deal of the Year: Loans

The cross-border AkzoNobel deal was recognized as Deal of the Year in the Loans category at the IFLR Americas Awards 2019

Loans Team of the Year

IFLR Americas Awards 2017