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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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November 02, 2023
MVP: Skadden's Ken D. Kumayama
Ken Kumayama of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has worked on numerous large technology transactions, including Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard's multibillion-dollar buy by Microsoft, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Technology MVPs.
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November 02, 2023
MVP: Moore & Van Allen's John A. Fagg Jr.
John Fagg Jr. of Moore & Van Allen PLLC achieved an acquittal at the end of a historic third federal trial for a retired Pilgrim's Pride CEO accused of conspiring to fix chicken prices and then quickly pivoted to help Bank of America resolve a U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission matter, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 White Collar MVPs.
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November 01, 2023
MVP: O'Melveny's Mark Robertson
Mark Robertson of O'Melveny & Myers LLP's transportation practice aided American Airlines in getting a nationwide discrimination class action dismissed and led the company to a victory in a biometric privacy case out of Illinois, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Transportation MVPs.
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November 01, 2023
MVP: Kramer Levin's Barry Berke
Barry Berke of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP successfully defended a former New York lieutenant governor against bribery charges and secured a win in a seven-year-old insider trading suit, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 White Collar MVPs.
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November 01, 2023
MVP: Irell's Jason Sheasby And Lisa S. Glasser
Jason Sheasby and Lisa S. Glasser of Irell & Manella LLP's trials practice racked up major litigation victories with hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts while representing major companies such as USAA and a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, earning them a spot on Law360's list of 2023 Trials MVPs.
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November 01, 2023
MVP: Paul Weiss' Karen Dunn
Karen Dunn of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP helped Oracle Corp. win a copyright infringement trial and is defending Google in the Justice Department's digital advertising monopoly case, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Technology MVPs.
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October 31, 2023
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Lisa Ellman
Lisa Ellman of Hogan Lovells led companies through an uncharted regulatory landscape for commercial drones to secure groundbreaking federal approvals to allow these emerging technologies to scale their operations for the first time, landing her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Transportation MVPs.
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October 31, 2023
MVP: Jones Day's Bethany Biesenthal
Bethany Biesenthal of Jones Day's white collar practice secured a full acquittal for a client who was accused of spoofing and market manipulation while working at a large Wall Street bank, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 White Collar MVPs.
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October 31, 2023
MVP: Orrick's John Bautista
John Bautista led a team of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP attorneys through a nearly $6.5 billion Series I funding round for payment processing client Stripe Inc., earning him a place among Law360's 2023 Technology MVPs.
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October 31, 2023
MVP: Desmarais' John Desmarais
John Desmarais of Desmarais LLP secured a full defense verdict for Cisco that found the tech giant had not infringed software company Egenera's patents, then, just two weeks later, traveled to Texas and flipped to the plaintiff side to win Ravgen the third-largest patent verdict of 2022, earning him a place among Law360's 2023 Trial MVPs.
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October 30, 2023
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Joshua S. Lipshutz
Joshua S. Lipshutz of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's technology group helped Facebook skirt a major privacy suit related to the Cambridge Analytica data scandal and is representing DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub in their suit challenging New York City's 20% cap on the fees food-delivery apps can charge restaurants, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Technology MVPs.
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October 30, 2023
MVP: Shearman's Adam Hakki
Adam Hakki, a senior partner of Shearman & Sterling LLP, led Paramount Global to a total victory this year in a multibillion-dollar securities class action in New York state court that arose from the collapse of family office Archegos Capital Management, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Securities MVPs.
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October 30, 2023
MVP: Covington & Burling's Steve Fagell
This is the second time in three years that Steve Fagell of Covington & Burling LLP has earned a spot among Law360's White Collar MVPs — and for good reason: He continues to negotiate impressive, relatively painless resolutions for prominent corporate clients grappling with high-stakes regulatory investigations and enforcement matters.
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October 30, 2023
MVP: Weil's Evan Levy
Thanks to his work on multiple transactions north of the $20 billion mark, including a $100 billion semiconductor facility deal, Evan Levy of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has been named among Law360's 2023 Real Estate MVPs.
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October 30, 2023
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Davis Wang
Through work on notable transactions including Amgen's purchase of Horizon Therapeutics and Pfizer's acquisition of Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Davis J. Wang, co-head of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's tax group, has been recognized as one of Law360's 2023 Tax MVPs.
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October 27, 2023
MVP: Willkie's Jared Bartie
Jared Bartie of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's sports transactions practice led an NBA team in an unprecedented naming-rights deal, represented minority investors in the sale of another NBA team, and brokered a groundbreaking league streaming rights agreement, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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October 27, 2023
MVP: Proskauer's Amanda Nussbaum
Amanda Nussbaum of Proskauer Rose LLP served as lead tax counsel for the owners of the Denver Broncos in their $4.65 billion sale of the NFL franchise last year, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Tax MVPs.
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October 27, 2023
MVP: Willkie's Archie Fallon
Archie Fallon of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's project finance practice shepherded Haddington Ventures in the complex formation of Haddington ESP I LP to finance what will be the largest green hydrogen platform in the world, advised PBF Energy in its joint venture of a renewable diesel biorefinery, and represented Tokyo-based Mitsui in its strategic alliance to develop an underground carbon capture facility, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Project Finance MVPs.
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October 27, 2023
MVP: Pomerantz's Emma Gilmore
Over the last year, Emma Gilmore of Pomerantz LLP secured a $26.3 million settlement with Deutsche Bank that ended claims it mishandled bad actors like Jeffrey Epstein. She also brokered a $74 million settlement with Arconic Inc. resolving allegations it concealed certain product information. These accomplishments have earned her a spot among Law360's 2023 Securities MVPs.
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October 27, 2023
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Marni J. Lerner
Marni Lerner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's private equity practice shepherded KKR in its $975 million acquisition of S&P Global Inc.'s engineering solutions business and its $4 billion acquisition of security and data protection company Barracuda Networks, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Private Equity MVPs.
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October 27, 2023
MVP: Skadden's Nancy Olson
Nancy M. Olson, the leader of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Chicago real estate group, steered several major deals for Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC this year, including guiding it in a $15 billion joint take-private acquisition of real estate investment trust Store Capital and a $4.3 billion bet on a Canadian REIT, making Olson one of Law360's 2023 Real Estate MVPs.
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October 27, 2023
MVP: Wachtell's Jake Kling
Jacob Kling led the Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz team that represented software company Adobe Inc. in its $20 billion acquisition of interface design application Figma, as well as Global Payments' $4 billion buy of EVO Payments and divestiture of its Netspend consumer and gaming business, earning him a place among Law360's 2023 M&A MVPs.
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October 26, 2023
MVP: Squire Patton's Alethia N. Nancoo
Alethia N. Nancoo of Squire Patton Boggs LLP acted as issuer's counsel to the New York Transportation Development Corp. in connection with the construction of a new airport terminal and advised on several other major public-private partnership deals, landing her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Project Finance MVPs.
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October 26, 2023
MVP: Paul Weiss' Audra Soloway
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Audra Soloway played a key role last year in securing a ruling that could set the tone for the future of state court shareholder lawsuits and played a part in establishing a successful defense against class actions, earning her a spot on Law360's 2023 Securities MVPs.
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October 26, 2023
MVP: Sidley's Irwin P. Raij
Irwin P. Raij, co-chair of Sidley Austin LLP's entertainment, sports and media group, was planted squarely at the center of some of the year's biggest team and facility transactions, including the most lucrative team sale in major North American sports history and major stadium deals in the NFL, MLS and MLB, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Sports & Betting MVPs.