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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 26, 2022
MVP: Paul Weiss' Jean McLoughlin
Jean McLoughlin of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's executive compensation practice group guided Nuance through its $19 billion sale to Microsoft and advised General Electric in the $30 billion merger of its jet leasing unit with an Irish company, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Benefits MVPs.
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September 26, 2022
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's David Bilsker And David Perlson
As a pair, David Bilsker and David Perlson of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP spent the last year at the helm of a Chinese biotech giant's legal war over DNA patents against Illumina, earning them a spot among Law360's 2022 Life Science MVPs.
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September 26, 2022
MVP: Paul Weiss' Brad Karp
Brad Karp of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP led the team that represented the NFL in a highly publicized, landmark settlement of hundreds of concussion lawsuits filed by thousands of former players, and the settlement of a racial discrimination class action filed by Black former players denied payments in the concussion settlement, which earned him his place among Law360's 2022 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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September 26, 2022
MVP: Cahill Gordon's Samson 'Sam' Enzer
Samson "Sam" Enzer of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, best-known for his work in the cryptocurrency space as both a federal prosecutor and now a founding member of Cahill Gordon's cryptocurrency enforcement practice, led the defense team of a New York couple accused of laundering nearly $4.5 billion in bitcoin, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Fintech MVPs.
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September 26, 2022
MVP: Covington's Scott Freling
Scott Freling of Covington & Burling LLP is an M&A maven, having guided big deals, including Veritas Capital's $1.65 billion sale of a company he helped the firm acquire, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Government Contracts MVPs.
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September 26, 2022
MVP: Earthjustice's Sara Gersen
Sara Gersen of Earthjustice helped write an attention-grabbing white paper on the use and misuse of hydrogen for clean energy, secured a $10 million fine against a major California gas utility, and reached a favorable deal for New Mexico consumers opting for solar energy, making her one of Law360's 2022 Environmental MVPs.
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September 26, 2022
MVP: Paul Weiss' Susanna Buergel
Susanna Buergel of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP helped notch a $60 million settlement for Morgan Stanley in a consumer data privacy class action, and helped secure the dismissal of another class action alleging various banks manipulated the market for U.S. Treasury Department securities, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Banking MVPs.
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September 23, 2022
MVP: Covington's Amy Toro
Throughout the past year, Amy L. Toro of Covington & Burling LLP led life sciences companies like Sanofi and AstraZeneca through deals worth well into the billions, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Life Sciences MVPs.
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September 23, 2022
MVP: Cadwalader's Lary Stromfeld
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's Lary Stromfeld has provided tireless counsel to banks on their preparations for the move away from Libor and was a key architect of legislative solutions to head off the financial industry's potentially trillion-dollar "tough legacy" transition woes, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Banking MVPs.
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September 23, 2022
MVP: Mayer Brown's Nancy Ross
Mayer Brown LLP's Nancy Ross won summary judgment rulings ending Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits against Northrop Grumman and AT&T, along with dismissals for several employers facing 401(k) challenges, all while leading her firm's ERISA litigation practice, landing her a spot among Law360's 2022 Benefits MVPs.
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September 23, 2022
MVP: Latham's Adam Sullins
Adam Sullins of Latham & Watkins LLP has worked to get Caesars Entertainment the naming rights to the Superdome in New Orleans and helped the U.S. secure its bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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September 23, 2022
MVP: Simpson Thacher's John Terzaken
John Terzaken of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped score dismissals in an antitrust case for Deutsche Bank involving complex financial instruments and for Micron in a price-fixing case over memory chips, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Competition MVPs.
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September 23, 2022
MVP: Bradley Arant's Aron Beezley
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP's Aron Beezley helped a health care distributor win a protest of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' unlawful efforts to transfer a massive medical supply contract to another agency, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Government Contracts MVPs.
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September 23, 2022
MVP: Anchorage Digital's Georgia Quinn
Anchorage Digital's general counsel Georgia Quinn provided clutch legal guidance to the nation's first federally chartered digital asset bank in its quest to embrace regulation and oversight from inside the cryptocurrency industry, landing her a place among Law360's 2022 Fintech MVPs.
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September 23, 2022
MVP: Covington's Kevin Poloncarz
Covington & Burling LLP's environmental and energy practice group co-chair Kevin Poloncarz led the firm on several important and high-profile matters over the last year, including representing large utilities in a huge U.S. Supreme Court Clean Air Act case and helping shape the federal government's efforts to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Environmental MVPs.
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September 23, 2022
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Isaac Wheeler
Isaac Wheeler of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's tax practice led a team guiding AT&T to its $106.5 billion spinoff of WarnerMedia and merger with Discovery. He also advised Standard Industries Holdings on the tax aspects of its $7 billion acquisition of W. R. Grace & Co. and helped Goldman Sachs on the tax aspects of its $2.2 billion acquisition of fintech company GreenSky. These were just a few of the deals he worked on to earn a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Tax MVPs.
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September 22, 2022
MVP: Skadden's Nathan W. Giesselman
Nathan W. Giesselman, tax partner at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, has worked on major deals, including a $30 billion joint venture where he represented Intel, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Tax MVPs.
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September 22, 2022
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Suhana Han
Suhana Han of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's litigation group practice helped craft the argument that led the Second Circuit to affirm the dismissal of securities fraud claims accusing Volkswagen of conspiring with Daimler and BMW to suppress competition, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Transportation MVPs.
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September 22, 2022
MVP: Weil's Edward Reines
Litigating five high-stakes jury trials in 10 months, including netting a major false advertising verdict for medical test company CareDx against rival Natera Inc., earned Edward Reines of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's patent litigation and appellate practice a spot among Law360's 2022 Trials MVPs.
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September 22, 2022
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Elizabeth Cooper
Elizabeth Cooper of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's private equity practice represented Blackstone in a number of headline-grabbing investments, including the $1.2 billion acquisition of womenswear brand Spanx and the purchase of sustainability startup company Sphera, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Private Equity MVPs.
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September 22, 2022
MVP: White & Case's Hansel Pham
White & Case LLP's Hansel Pham worked with a team to overturn the enforcement of a nearly $18 billion arbitration against the state-owned Saudi Aramco in a fight over allegations of unpaid rent for oil fields, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 International Arbitration MVPs.
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September 22, 2022
MVP: Williams & Connolly's Thomas Hentoff
Thomas Hentoff is Williams & Connolly LLP's co-chairman of its First Amendment and media and copyright practice groups, and his work representing Lynn Goldsmith in a copyright infringement case over a 1980s photo she took of Prince, which will hear argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in October, is only one representative case he's worked on that makes him one of Law360's 2022 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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September 22, 2022
MVP: Paul Weiss' William Isaacson
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner William Isaacson helped beat the first government antitrust case against Amazon.com Inc., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Competition MVPs.
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September 21, 2022
MVP: Sidley's Mehdi Khodadad
Mehdi Khodadad of Sidley Austin LLP has helped steer many blockbuster deals for Clearlake Capital Group, including the private equity firm's involvement in the $3.1 billion purchase of London's Chelsea Football Club, its $5.4 billion acquisition of Quest Software and its $5.2 billion buy of Cornerstone OnDemand, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Private Equity MVPs.
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September 21, 2022
MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Mathew S. Rosengart
Greenberg Traurig's Mathew Rosengart helped free Britney Spears from a conservatorship led by her father — deemed an "abusive" arrangement by the pop icon — that controlled her life for 13 years, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Media & Entertainment MVPs.