Milbank is noted for its high levels of activity in the financial services sector, where the team is leading on a number of complex competition law disputes and investigations. The firm’s trial experience ranges from appeals in the Supreme Court to class action litigation. Julian Stait is noted for his continued role in high-profile interchange fee and LIBOR manipulation litigation. Clients regularly call upon Andrea Hamilton to appeal CMA and European Commission decisions, while Emma Hogwood is adept in matters involving concerning evidential and procedural requirements.
Testimonials
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- ‘I am an economist instructed by Milbank. The team is very pleasant to work with. They are professional but also have a nice personal touch and you can clearly see that they collaborative and have a great internal dynamic.’
‘Mark Padley is an outstanding lawyer with a very strategic outlook and maturity.’
‘I have worked closely, and for some years, with Julian Stait's litigation team at Milbank (in particular, Julian himself, Mark Padley and Emily Norton). They are consistently excellent. Their attention to detail and strategic thinking regarding the development of litigation is flawless. They are always alive to the relevant issues in a case, no matter how complex. And they are friendly and a pleasure to work with.'
‘The Milbank team is incredibly strong, bringing their skills from commercial litigation to bear in the competition sphere as well. The team works like a well-oiled machine: the associates are brilliant and can be counted on to work very hard, proactively and independently, to deliver what needs to be done. And the partner delivers excellent strategic direction and supervision.’
‘Julian Stait is one of the wisest and most insightful partners I have ever worked with in commercial or competition litigation. He has extremely reliable good judgement - he is one of the few people you can always count on to make a case-winning point. What really separates him from the crowd is his ability to step back from the minutiae of the litigation and find a commercial solution to a difficult legal problem.
- 'I have worked with Mark Padley for many years now, since he was a junior associate, and he has always impressed me. He is a real star in the making and can be relied on to shepherd a crucial part of a case through to fruition.’
‘Good sector coverage and experience across multiple categories of litigation, including financial, public, and competition.'
‘Julian Stait is super experienced and strategic, very smart. Mark Padley is very good too.’
Key clients
- Visa Europe
- Coöperatieve Rabobank
- Brugg Kabel
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Julian Stait