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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Sullivan & Worcester's Richard L. Jones
Sullivan & Worcester LLP tax partner Richard L. Jones helped clients prevail in key decisions in Massachusetts implicating the technology industry, including Oracle's successful challenge in the state's highest court over sales tax on software, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Tax MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Matthew Wolf
Arnold & Porter partner Matthew Wolf won a major patent victory for Sanofi and Regeneron at the Federal Circuit and defended the assignor estoppel doctrine at the U.S. Supreme Court, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Cravath's Mark I. Greene
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's Mark I. Greene helped guide Mylan NV in its $50 billion combination with Pfizer's Upjohn to form Viatris Inc., which is now one of the largest generic pharmaceuticals companies in the world, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Kirkland's John Pitts
John Pitts of Kirkland & Ellis LLP guided energy deals totaling more than $15.5 billion in the past year, including advising Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners through a $750 million joint venture and guiding Alta Resources through its $2.9 billion sale to EQT, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Energy MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Paul Weiss' Kannon K. Shanmugam
Kannon K. Shanmugam of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP notched three U.S. Supreme Court wins and a handful of circuit court victories last year, including favorable rulings in a landmark climate change case and a $13 billion securities class action against Goldman Sachs, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Appellate MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Latham's Bert Reiser & David Callahan
Bert Reiser and David Callahan of Latham & Watkins LLP led a team of global attorneys that successfully secured a $1.8 billion settlement — the largest ever in a trade secrets case — for LG Energy Solution Ltd. in a bitter dispute with its South Korean rival SK Innovation, earning them a spot among Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Seyfarth Shaw's Gerald L. Maatman
Gerald L. Maatman Jr. of the Seyfarth Shaw LLP employment law practice group secured a settlement that paid workers in gift cards to end a sprawling class action against Jimmy John's that threatened its franchise business model, securing him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Employment MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Pamela Lawrence Endreny
Pamela Lawrence Endreny led a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP tax team representing Merck in a pair of colossal deals, a $2.75 billion acquisition of VelosBio and $9.2 billion sale of Organon & Co., earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Tax MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Frank Bayouth
Frank Bayouth of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's energy practice led a team that helped secure a merger of equals between Devon Energy and WPX Energy, creating a company with an enterprise value of about $12 billion and helping earn him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Energy MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Isaac Nesser
Isaac Nesser helped lead a team of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP litigators in resolving approximately 100 mortgage contract indemnity suits, recouping more than $1.4 billion for the ResCap Liquidating Trust — previously the Residential Funding Co. LLC — and earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Securities MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Cravath's Gary A. Bornstein
Gary A. Bornstein of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP helped Qualcomm get reversed a Federal Trade Commission trial win that could have fundamentally rewritten the chipmaker's business model, making him one of Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Derek L. Shaffer
Derek L. Shaffer of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP successfully challenged a California donor disclosure law before the U.S. Supreme Court, and got Delaware's highest court to reverse an adverse $82 million jury verdict in a suit alleging Express Scripts Inc. committed fraud to close a multimillion-dollar acquisition, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Appellate MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Cahill Gordon's Kimberly C. Petillo-Décossard
Kimberly Petillo-Décossard of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP helped represent 1-800-Flowers for a contested acquisition early in the pandemic and advised pharmaceutical services company ICON for its largest-ever deal, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Latham's Grace Lee
Latham & Watkins LLP's Grace Lee has guided a variety of clients through major transactions over the past year, including advising TurboTax company Intuit on the tax aspects of its deal to acquire Credit Karma, earning her a spot as one of Law360's Tax MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Orrick's Erin Connell
Erin Connell of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's employment law and litigation practice helped computer technology giant Oracle defeat a sweeping $400 million administrative pay bias suit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Employment MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Davis Polk's Damian Schaible
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Damian Schaible's work guiding creditor groups through a fresh wave of energy company bankruptcies, including the case of natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy Corp., has earned him a spot on Law360's 2021 list of Energy MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's David M.J. Rein
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner David M.J. Rein took a securities suit he's defended Goldman Sachs against for more than a decade up to the U.S. Supreme Court, secured dismissals and favorable settlements for his clients and guided his firm's litigation group through the tribulations of the pandemic, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Securities MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Jenner & Block's Alex Hadjis
Jenner & Block LLP partner Alex Hadjis helped Roku beat infringement claims in the first patent jury trial overseen by U.S. District Judge Alan Albright, earning the Washington, D.C.-based attorney a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Wachtell's Andy Nussbaum
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz partner Andy Nussbaum has counseled clients through numerous complex matters over the past 12 months, from a uniquely structured $43 billion spinoff involving AT&T, WarnerMedia and Discovery to the $27.7 billion acquisition of workplace messaging company Slack by Salesforce, landing him among Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Daniel G. Swanson
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Daniel G. Swanson helped lead Apple's trial defense in the high-profile monopolization case over its App Store brought by Epic Games and got a verdict reversed in an antitrust case against tobacco company Swisher International, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Covington's Beth Brinkmann
Beth Brinkmann of Covington & Burling LLP won two injunctions against regulatory actions by the Trump administration and defended one on appeal, earning her a title as one of Law360's 2021 Appellate MVPs.
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August 30, 2021
Law360 MVP Awards Go To 182 Attys From 77 Firms
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2021 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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October 30, 2020
MVP: Paul Weiss' Jordan Yarett
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Jordan Yarett has made a name for himself getting assets securitized and, in the past year, he's led several restaurant franchise deals, helping serve up $875 million for Sonic Corp. and guiding Arby's in mortgaging almost all of its assets, making him one of Law360's 2020 Structured Finance MVPs.
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October 30, 2020
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Marni J. Lerner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Marni J. Lerner led Gardner Denver Holdings in its blockbuster $15 billion merger with a unit of Ingersoll-Rand PLC and is in the midst of steering KKR's transformative proposed acquisition of Global Atlantic Financial Group Ltd., earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Private Equity MVPs.
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October 30, 2020
MVP: Pillsbury's Mona Dajani
Mona Dajani of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's project finance practice helped close a $230 million hotel loan deal in a month during the COVID-19 pandemic and helped CMS Enterprises purchase a majority stake in the Aviator Wind project, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Project Finance MVPs.