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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Morrison Foerster's Mark S. Edelstein
Mark S. Edelstein led a Morrison Foerster real estate and bankruptcy team that represented JPMorgan Chase in recovering in excess of $75 million in loans after its borrowers' sponsor posthumously was discovered to be a Ponzi schemer and represented Societe Generale in negotiating a $2.1 billion loan for the financing of a 155-property portfolio during one of the firm's busiest years, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Thomas Werlen
Thomas Werlen of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's white collar practice won the first criminal trial against a Swiss bank and helped FIFA recover $201 million in losses stemming from an international corruption scandal, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 White Collar MVPs.
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Akin Gump's Arik Preis
Arik Preis of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has spent the last few years litigating on behalf of personal injury claimants in opioid and sexual abuse mass tort bankruptcies and has secured both monetary and moral victories for his constituents, landing him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Dechert's Brenda Sharton
Dechert LLP partner Brenda Sharton helped Flo Health navigate the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which ramped up pressure on period and fertility tracking apps to protect health and location data from law enforcement access, earning her a place among Law360's 2022 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Cohen Ziffer's Adam Ziffer
Adam Ziffer of Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP secured a win for Towers Watson in an $80 million coverage dispute under a directors and officers policy, one of the many big-money decisions Ziffer's burgeoning firm has notched for its corporate clients, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Insurance MVPs.
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Paul Weiss' Liza Velazquez
Over the past year, Liza Velazquez of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP successfully defended several big clients, including the New York State Unified Court System, from an onslaught of legal challenges to their COVID-19 vaccine policies, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Employment MVPs.
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Latham's Justin T. Stolte
Justin T. Stolte of Latham & Watkins LLP's energy and infrastructure practice guided Quanta Services through its $2.7 billion purchase of renewable energy infrastructure provider Blattner Energy and led Chevron in its $1.2 billion joint venture with agribusiness company Bunge, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Energy MVPs.
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Covington & Burling's Henry Liu
Covington & Burling LLP's Henry Liu helped secure the dismissal of Congolese families' child labor claims against Apple Inc. and the tossing of allegations that JPMorgan Chase & Co. conspired with other big banks to manipulate the $14 trillion U.S. Treasury market, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Class Action MVPs.
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Paul Weiss' Audra Soloway
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Audra Soloway won a number of key dismissals over the past year in investor lawsuits brought against clients like Teladoc Health and the Bank of New York Mellon and participated in a case that netted an important U.S. Supreme Court ruling, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Securities MVPs.
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Fenwick's Ran Ben-Tzur
Fenwick & West LLP partner Ran Ben-Tzur steered several landmark public listings over the past year, from cybersecurity firm SentinelOne Inc.'s $1.2 billion initial public offering to social networking service NextDoor Holding Inc.'s go-public merger, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Capital Markets MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Paul Weiss' Krishna Veeraraghavan
Krishna Veeraraghavan of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's corporate practice has overseen billion-dollar deals in the tech, biotech and life sciences sectors as well as the consumer, media, real estate sectors and more, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Jonathan Stoel
Jonathan Stoel of Hogan Lovells has led the government of Canada and the Canadian solar industry into an agreement with the U.S. government to end safeguards on solar imports, and he represented the Canadian solar industry in a landmark state-to-state dispute settlement in which a panel ruled in Canada's favor, earning him his second spot among Law360's International Trade MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Motley Rice's Gregg S. Levin
Gregg Levin of Motley Rice LLC's securities practice led the firm's efforts to secure an $809.5 million settlement for Twitter shareholders last year, representing one of the 20 largest securities class action settlements in U.S. history and earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Erise's Eric Buresh
Eric Buresh of Erise IP has helped secure numerous victories over the past year, including a complete defense verdict for Sony in a patent infringement lawsuit over its PlayStation consoles, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Stacey McEvoy
Stacey McEvoy of Hogan Lovells LLP co-led Duke Realty, the largest domestic-only industrial property real estate investment trust, in its approximately $26 billion merger with Prologis Inc., earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Kirkland's Doug Bacon
Doug E. Bacon of Kirkland & Ellis LLP's energy practice helped guide the $2.6 billion merger of two Denver-area oil and gas companies, advised TPG Rise Climate on its $500 million equity investment in a renewable energy company and counseled ArcLight Clean Transition Corp. on its merger with a renewable natural gas producer and distributor, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Energy MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Joel Cohen
Joel Cohen of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP defended a real estate developer in a once-sweeping $500 million fraud case that ended in July with the developer accepting a plea deal involving minor accusations and receiving a no-prison sentence, earning Cohen a spot on Law360's White Collar MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Michael Weil
Michael D. Weil of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's employment law group became a go-to litigator for the novel practice of defending employers' COVID-19 vaccine mandates against employee challenges, including for pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Employment MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: King & Spalding's Scott Greer
Scott Greer of King & Spalding LLP's energy and construction transactional practices worked with Cheniere Energy Inc. on a $5.4 billion contract for the procurement and construction of a liquefied natural gas facility, and steered a number of innovative and first-of-their kind projects, including a commercial-scale carbon-capture project and a high-voltage line delivering hydroelectric power to New York City, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Energy MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: Munger Tolles' Jennifer Broder
Jennifer Broder led the Munger Tolles & Olson LLP team that worked on Berkshire Hathaway's "warp speed" $11.6 billion acquisition of insurer Alleghany Corp. and advised Peter Jackson's special effects company Weta Digital in selling its technology assets for $1.6 billion, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: Jones Day's Amanda Sommerfeld
Amanda Sommerfeld, a partner at Jones Day's labor and employment practice, helped corporate giants McDonald's Corp. and SkyWest Airlines Inc. avoid big payouts to employees accusing them of workplace violations, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Employment MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: Dechert's David W. Forti
David W. Forti, the co-chair of Dechert LLP's global finance and real estate practice groups, played leading roles on several innovative deals, including the first large-scale commercial mortgage-backed securities loan secured by data center properties and one of the first CMBS offerings of affordable housings assets, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: Latham's Michele D. Johnson
Michele D. Johnson of Latham & Watkins LLP's litigation and trial practice helped secure a rare jury trial verdict in a $400 million investor suit against NextGen Healthcare, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: Durie Tangri's Daralyn J. Durie
Daralyn Durie served as trial counsel for a Durie Tangri LLP team that secured a $178 million verdict against Novartis for infringing patents on Daiichi Sankyo subsidiary Plexxikon Inc.'s skin cancer treatment drug Zelboraf, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: Covington's Jay Smith
Jay Smith has moved from academic to trade advocate, leading Covington & Burling LLP teams in securing product exclusions and a major Commission for Environmental Cooperation recommendation to protect a species of North Atlantic whales, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 International Trade MVPs.