Milbank - Playbook 2025

Want to stand out in your Milbank Vacation Scheme application? Here’s a new Playbook to help you impress them.

This Playbook covers
🧠 Milbank’s strategy for growth
👥 Insights from recent hires
🌍 Office expansion insights
📊 Must know financial data
💼 Key clients and deals

🧠 Practice Area Strategy

In short: Milbank is prioritising high end finance and tech driven transactions. The firm’s recent moves show a laser focus on leveraged finance private equity and infrastructure especially where London and New York deal markets intersect.

Finance (Leveraged and Complex Finance): In early 2025 Milbank made headlines by launching a first of its kind leveraged finance training contract in London. This exclusive LevFin Track channels new trainees straight into the firm’s renowned leveraged finance team which is a clear sign that Milbank is doubling down on its strength in debt finance and capital markets. The firm explicitly said this aligns with its New York London focus on the most complex cross border finance deals. In practice it means Milbank wants lawyers who can handle transatlantic leveraged buyouts high yield bond issuances and sophisticated lending for private equity clients. It is a direct response to client demand in booming leveraged finance and a way to grow home grown specialists in that arena.