Milbank launches Digital Infrastructure Practice for AI ecosystem

Milbank LLP has announced the creation of a multidisciplinary Digital Infrastructure Practice Group to support clients across the AI value chain, led by partners Dan Bartfeld, Erwin Dweck and Jaime Ramirez.

• Practice launch & focus: The new group is a formal, cross-disciplinary practice combining energy, infrastructure, finance and real estate expertise to serve the full digital ecosystem (GPUs/compute accelerators, data centers, fiber, towers, powered land and power solutions). The team led over $125 billion of digital-related transactions in 2025 and will span Milbank offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia.
• Background & recent deals: Milbank’s cross-practice team recently advised on a $27 billion Meta data-center financing (advising Morgan Stanley), Brookfield’s up to $5 billion strategic partnership with Bloom Energy, the consortium acquisition of Aligned Data Centers (Wren House), Nscale’s $1.1 billion Series B, and financings totaling over $9.5 billion for Switch. These are presented as representative, verifiable transactions the group has worked on.