Rankings: MVPs of the Year

Law360’s MVPs of the Year recognizes the five attorneys who had extraordinary wins and contributed most to their practice area in the past year. The series showcases standout attorneys across the practice areas and industries covered by Law360.
  • October 02, 2023

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Neal Katyal

    Neal Katyal of Hogan Lovells argued nearly 10% of the cases that the U.S. Supreme Court heard last year and won some big ones, including the landmark Moore v. Harper, in which the court declared state courts have the power to review state laws related to federal elections, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Appellate MVPs.

  • October 01, 2023

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To 171 Attys At 76 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2023 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • October 05, 2022

    MVP: Dechert's Andrew J. Levander

    Andrew J. Levander, chair of Dechert LLP, represented a billionaire antiquities collector during an intense investigation that concluded with no criminal charges and negotiated a $200 million settlement between JPMorgan and federal regulators over the bank's failure to track employees' electronic communications, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 White Collar MVPs.

  • October 05, 2022

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Tom Wuchenich

    Tom Wuchenich of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP serves as a leading voice both on major fundraisings — including Hellman & Friedman LLC's recent $24.4 billion fundraise — and at the firm's Los Angeles office, where he serves as managing partner, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • October 05, 2022

    MVP: Vicente Sederberg's Brian Vicente

    A pioneer in the field of cannabis law, Brian Vicente, founding partner of Vicente Sederberg LLP, recently launched a national nonprofit aimed at reshaping cultural discussions around cannabis and the Hispanic community, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Cannabis MVPs.

  • October 05, 2022

    MVP: Jones Day's Rémy Fekete

    Rémy Fekete of Jones Day led the successful effort to secure Ethiopia's first private telecom license, worth $850 million, for a consortium working with the International Finance Corp. in a historic transaction for the country, making him a Law360 2022 Telecom MVP.

  • October 05, 2022

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Jonathan Pickhardt

    Jonathan Pickhardt led a Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP team that earned a favorable settlement for MBIA Insurance Corp. in a $140 million lawsuit featuring accusations of fraud and promissory estoppel. His deft cross-examination of the plaintiff and his ability to identify new critical witnesses and case theories in this long-running litigation landed him a spot as one of Law360s 2022 Structured Finance MVPs.

  • October 05, 2022

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Meredith Dearborn

    Meredith Dearborn of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP helped Apple Inc. win a trial over its App Store policies and secured a favorable settlement for Dolby Laboratories Inc. to end antitrust claims, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Technology MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Bob Zochowski

    Bob Zochowski of Paul Weiss helped introduce music as a new asset class in the structured finance world, representing Guggenheim Securities as the underwriter of Northleaf Capital Partners' $304 million purchase of a music catalog containing the rights and income streams for nearly 53,000 songs from more than 1,300 artists, including Taylor Swift, The Who, Chicago and Tim McGraw, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Structured Finance MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: Fox Rothschild's Sean Coyle

    Sean Coyle of Fox Rothschild LLP spearheaded Trulieve Cannabis Corp.'s $2.1 billion purchase of Harvest Health & Recreation, creating the country's most profitable multistate cannabis operator and earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Cannabis MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: Sidley Austin's Timothy J. Treanor

    Timothy J. Treanor of Sidley Austin LLP helped steer $201 million worth of victim payouts to global soccer organizations in the FIFA corruption probe and negotiated a $90 million foreign bribery settlement for waste management company Stericycle, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 White Collar MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: DLA Piper's Peter Karanjia

    DLA Piper's Peter Karanjia helped a major internet trade association win an injunction against a Florida law regulating social media companies' abilities to ban some political candidates, leading Karanjia to be named one of Law360's 2022 Telecommunications MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: Latham & Watkins' Rachel S.K. Bates

    Rachel S.K. Bates of Latham & Watkins LLP in the last year advised Hyatt on the $2.7 billion acquisition of Apple Leisure Group and also represented the hotel giant in the acquisition and subsequent sale of iconic resort Ventana Big Sur, winning her a place among Law360's 2022 Hospitality MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Camille Orme

    Camille Orme, a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's financial services practice and co-head of the firm's bank regulatory practice, manages the firm's relationship with the Bank Policy Institute and advised Raymond James Financial on an approximately $1.1 billion acquisition, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Compliance MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: Keller Postman's Warren Postman

    Warren Postman, the managing partner of Keller Postman LLC, pursued over 75,000 individual arbitrations against Amazon on behalf of Amazon Alexa users who alleged they were recorded without permission and filed the first class action against the technology giant after the elimination of their arbitration clause, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Technology MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Amran Hussein

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Amran Hussein led a massive fundraise for General Atlantic Investment Partners that resulted in $7.8 billion in commitments and advised on an impressive slate of other complex, big-name funds, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • October 03, 2022

    MVP: Davis Polk's Alan Denenberg

    Alan Denenberg, co-head of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Northern California office, served as lead mergers and acquisitions counsel to Ingram Micro Inc. on its $7.2 billion acquisition by Platinum Equity from Chinese conglomerate HNA Group's HNA Technology Co. Ltd., successfully advising Ingram throughout the deal's life cycle while navigating complex Chinese political and regulatory matters, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Technology MVPs.

  • October 03, 2022

    MVP: Cahill Gordon's Lisa Collier & Jennifer B. Ezring

    Lisa Collier and Jennifer Ezring, partners at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, helped electric car company Lucid Motors enter a new financial market with a $1 billion asset-based facility, earning them a spot among Law360's 2022 Structured Finance MVPs.

  • October 03, 2022

    MVP: Dentons US' Eric Berlin

    Eric Berlin of Dentons US LLP has helped cannabis companies like Verano Holdings grow through acquisitions, and has worked through the tension between state and federal cannabis law to get companies like Weedmaps listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Cannabis MVPs.

  • October 03, 2022

    MVP: Kirkland's Katie St. Peters

    Katie St. Peters of Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised private equity firm Thoma Bravo through three simultaneous multibillion-dollar fundraises, assisted Incline Equity Partners in raising over $900 million in capital commitments, and helped Kirkland launch its digital platform for fund subscriptions, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • October 03, 2022

    MVP: Sidley's Andrew Blake

    Andrew P. Blake of Sidley Austin LLP obtained U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approval for the blockchain-integrated Boston Security Token Exchange and helped blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos apply to the SEC to become a U.S. equities clearinghouse, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Compliance MVPs.

  • October 03, 2022

    MVP: Baker Botts' Jonathan Gordon

    Jonathan Gordon led Baker Botts LLP's telecommunications practice to close three major deals for Liberty Latin America across Panama, Costa Rica and Chile, valued at over $700 million collectively, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Telecommunications MVPs.

  • October 03, 2022

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Andrew Lance

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Andrew Lance has helped secure million-dollar mortgage financing, construction financing and a number of other real estate-related transactions, including the $1.8 billion mortgage financing of a portfolio of nine luxury hotels in the U.S., making him one of Law360's 2022 Hospitality MVPs.

  • September 30, 2022

    MVP: Burns & Levinson's Frank A. Segall

    Frank A. Segall spearheaded Burns & Levinson LLP's entrance into the state-legal marijuana industry and recently helped steer a multiparty cross-border merger that was a step toward creating California's largest vertically integrated cannabis company, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Cannabis MVPs.

  • September 30, 2022

    MVP: Latham & Watkins' Sean Berkowitz

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Sean Berkowitz won two high-profile criminal trials against the U.S. government this year, including defending a former Perkins Coie partner charged with lying to the FBI, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Trials MVPs.

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