Milbank vs. Akin Forum

[Anonymous User]

Both in NY. Interested in corporate (not necessarily finance/funds). Want to go in-house someday.

[Tenzen]

Besides standing out as an international powerhouse (victories for off-shore drilling companies, consistently recognized for its M&A work), Milbank move$ market$.

[Anonymous User]

Milbank but there understand the risk that you get sucked into finance or some bankruptcy-adjacent group. Just be proactive about your practice preferences going in.

[Anonymous User]

Milbank but there understand the risk that you get sucked into finance or some bankruptcy-adjacent group. Just be proactive about your practice preferences going in.

Not just that risk. The reality is that even if you’re in corporate you’ll be supporting the bankruptcy team (e.g. M&A transactions as part of a BK, corporate restructuring, backstops, etc.). I wouldn’t say the pure corporate group there is particularly strong and you definitely get sucked in to a lot of support roles to the point it feels like you’re a specialist and not a full fledged corporate attorney that runs their own deals.

That’s not to say they don’t have regular M&A and whatnot. They do. But they’re also second fiddle to the Bk group.

[Anonymous User]

Milbank but there understand the risk that you get sucked into finance or some bankruptcy-adjacent group. Just be proactive about your practice preferences going in.

Not just that risk. The reality is that even if you’re in corporate you’ll be supporting the bankruptcy team (e.g. M&A transactions as part of a BK, corporate restructuring, backstops, etc.). I wouldn’t say the pure corporate group there is particularly strong and you definitely get sucked in to a lot of support roles to the point it feels like you’re a specialist and not a full fledged corporate attorney that runs their own deals.

That’s not to say they don’t have regular M&A and whatnot. They do. But they’re also second fiddle to the Bk group.

Does anyone else have insight on this?

[Anonymous User]

A good friend of mine is a Milbank BK midlevel. He says that corporate there primarily does BK support and they have trouble keeping juniors because of it.