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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Erika Morabito
Erika Morabito of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped guide the unsecured creditors committee of retailer Pier 1 through one of the first COVID-19 bankruptcies and brokered a deal that brought $3 million to the unsecured creditors in Shiloh Industries' Chapter 11, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Crystal Nix-Hines
Crystal Nix-Hines of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP successfully represented several universities in tuition class actions connected with the COVID-19 pandemic and earned the dismissal of a proposed class action against General Motors over its car heaters, making her one of Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Mike Ringler
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Mike Ringler guided groundbreaking transactions including Livongo and Teladoc's $18.5 billion digital health care tie-up and Intuit's $7.1 billion purchase of personal finance tech firm Credit Karma, earning him a place among Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: DLA Piper's Tamar Duvdevani
Tamar Duvdevani led a DLA Piper team that helped Dr. Seuss Enterprises score a precedential reversal from the Ninth Circuit, which ruled that a comic book mashup of Dr. Seuss and "Star Trek" was not protected by copyright law's fair use doctrine, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Shearman's Stephen Fishbein
Stephen Fishbein of Shearman & Sterling LLP helped get a major Federal Trade Commission enforcement against 1-800 Contacts overturned, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Sidley Austin's Tara Higgins
Sidley Austin LLP energy practice co-head Tara Higgins led a team of colleagues and local counsel that made global infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital's $961 million acquisition and financing of Atlantic Power Corporation a reality, securing her spot among Law360's 2021 Energy MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Dechert's Sabina Comis
Sabina Comis of Dechert LLP guided Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s $3.3 billion acquisition of French hospital operator Elsan Group through intense public relations scrutiny amid the pandemic to secure France's largest merger in 2020, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Tax MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Michael P. Darden
Michael P. Darden of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP led a successful effort to help Pioneer Natural Resources land two multibillion-dollar oil company acquisitions and expand the application of its market-leading ESG policies, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Energy MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Cahill Gordon's Bradley J. Bondi
Bradley J. Bondi of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP secured a sentence of time served for a former KPMG partner who tipped off accounting firms ahead of regulatory inspections and won a last-minute pardon for a client at high risk of dying in prison from COVID-19, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Kirkland's Paul Clement
Paul Clement of Kirkland & Ellis LLP successfully argued four cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in the past year, scoring wins for Alaska Native corporations, Facebook and TransUnion, which earned him a spot among Law360's 2021 Appellate MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Nicole A. Buffalano
Nicole Buffalano of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped the National Women's Soccer League be the first U.S. professional team sport to take to the field following pandemic shutdowns, guided health care providers through ever-changing COVID-19 protocols, and represented Amazon during the unionization effort at an Alabama facility, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Employment Law MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Paul Weiss' Alice Eaton
Alice Eaton of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP successfully negotiated outsized returns for her creditor clients in a tumultuous bankruptcy environment over the last year, including successful representation of junior noteholders in the Chapter 11 case of retailer Neiman Marcus, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Hunton's Deidre Duncan
Hunton Andrews Kurth's environmental practice leader Deidre Duncan led the firm on several important and high-profile matters over the last year, including winning at the U.S. Supreme Court in an important Clean Water Act permit battle and representing Enbridge Inc. in its ongoing fight to complete a controversial pipeline project, earning her a place among Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Covington's Alexander A. Berengaut
Alex Berengaut led a Covington & Burling LLP team that scored a high-profile win for TikTok Inc. and its parent company when former President Donald Trump's attempt to ban the popular video-sharing network was blocked in federal court, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Melissa Sawyer
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Melissa Sawyer helped steer what the firm touts as the largest ever luxury retail deal, securing an extraordinarily favorable contract for Tiffany in its merger with Louis Vuitton, a feat that has earned her a spot among Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Shearman's Adam Hakki
Shearman & Sterling LLP's Adam Hakki defeated investors' spoofing claims for Bank of America, beat U.S. Treasury auction-rigging claims for BNP Paribas and solidified a victory for JPMorgan and other banks over a suit tied to the 2018 "Volpocalypse," landing him among Law360's 2021 Banking MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Atif Azher
Atif Azher led the Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP team representing Dell Technologies in its spinoff of VMware Inc. and advised on multibillion-dollar special purpose acquisition company deals for serial acquirer True Wind Capital, earning a spot among Law360's 2021 Private Equity MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Wachtell's Nelson Fitts
Nelson Fitts of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz helped clients successfully avoid challenges from the Federal Trade Commission in multibillion-dollar deals in the pharmaceutical and gas retail sectors while also working on what could be the first merger between major U.S. railroads in 20 years, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Susan L. Saltzstein
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Susan Saltzstein successfully defended multiple securities actions and helped stave off a coordinated effort to block a $12.5 billion business combination among Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Owl Rock Capital Partners and certain affiliates, and a special-purpose acquisition company, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Securities MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Covington's Ashley Simonsen
Ashley Simonsen of Covington & Burling LLP helped Facebook fend off a class action accusing the social media giant of charging advertisers for bogus clicks and helped student loan servicer Navient resolve a class action over loan payments, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Keker Van Nest's Robert Van Nest
Robert Van Nest of Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP has secured major victories for high-profile tech clients, including Google in a multibillion-dollar copyright lawsuit brought by Oracle over the Android platform, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Allison Brown
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Allison "Alli" Brown's work this past year defending Johnson & Johnson in cases alleging that its talc products caused cancer has landed her among Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Saxena White's Maya Saxena
Maya Saxena successfully led her firm Saxena White PA in negotiating a $135 million settlement with DaVita Inc. over patient-steering allegations, an amount that ranks among the largest all-cash securities class action recoveries in the Tenth Circuit's history and has earned her a spot among Law360's 2021 Securities MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Cohen Milstein's Joseph M. Sellers
Joseph Sellers of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's employment practice led a class of flight service specialists to a $44 million settlement with the Federal Aviation Administration to end one of the federal government's largest age bias payouts, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Employment MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Ingrid Vandenborre
Ingrid Vandenborre of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP won over the European Commission on commitments that ended a three-year probe into Aspen Pharmacare Holdings, making her one of Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.