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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 30, 2021
MVP: Kirkland's Nicole Washington
Nicole Washington of Kirkland & Ellis LLP helmed several billion-dollar secondaries deals for Clearlake Capital, including a $1.25 billion transaction that closed in just 45 days, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Fund Formation MVPs.
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September 29, 2021
MVP: Jones Day's Daniel D. McMillan
Jones Day's Daniel McMillan was part of a team that helped conclude the host of legal disputes over Millennium Tower — San Francisco's leaning skyscraper — this year, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 construction MVPs.
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September 29, 2021
MVP: Jenner & Block's Rebekah P. Goodheart
Rebekah P. Goodheart of Jenner & Block LLP represented civil rights groups pro bono in a successful push for federal rate caps on prison and jail phone calls and helped advance a national broadband plan, making her one of Law360's 2021 Telecommunications MVPs.
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September 29, 2021
MVP: Simpson Thacher's William B. Brentani
William B. Brentani of Simpson Thacher has represented contract research organization Pharmaceutical Product Development in a series of capital markets and M&A transactions totaling more than $23 billion, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Health Care MVPs.
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September 29, 2021
MVP: Ropes & Gray's Marc Biamonte & Lindsey Goldstein
Marc Biamonte and Lindsey Goldstein of Ropes & Gray LLP counseled AlpInvest Partners as it raised $9 billion for AlpInvest Secondaries Program VII's closing in December 2020, which was greater than its $6.5 billion predecessor 2017 fund, earning them a spot among Law360's 2021 Fund Formation MVPs.
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September 29, 2021
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Victoria Maroulis
Victoria Maroulis of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP successfully defended Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. from a suit brought by an Australian technology company seeking to block it from challenging its patents in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Technology MVPs.
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September 29, 2021
MVP: Winston & Strawn's Michael Elkin
Michael Elkin of Winston & Strawn LLP notched a big win for PepsiCo Inc. in a suit alleging it stole the idea for a 2016 Super Bowl commercial and defended online archive Wolfgang's Vault against some of the largest music publishers in the world, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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September 29, 2021
MVP: Mayer Brown's Sydney Mintzer
Sydney Mintzer of Mayer Brown LLP helped win permission from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to allow a tobacco company to continue importing from Malawi and secured low tariff rates for Turkey's largest aluminum sheet producer, making him one of Law360's 2021 International Trade MVPs.
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September 29, 2021
MVP: Fried Frank's Joshua Mermelstein
Colleagues and clients remember Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Joshua Mermelstein, who died in March at age 65, as a meticulous, creative attorney who loved his job and was an inspiration to others. A look at his work over the past year, which included multiple billion-dollar financings, has landed him a spot among Law360's 2021 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Cleary's Liza Lenas
Liza Lenas of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has guided the formation of droves of multibillion-dollar funds, including the $15 billion closing of the world's largest Asia-focused private equity fund, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Fund Formation MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Randy Prebula
Hogan Lovells partner Randy Prebula helped secure regulatory approval for clients including the manufacturer of new rapid at-home COVID-19 tests and the maker of an artificial intelligence system that can detect a leading cause of blindness, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Health Care MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Kasowitz's Jennifer S. Recine
Jennifer S. Recine of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP was part of a legal team that successfully defended New York's Chelsea Hotel from tenant harassment allegations brought by the city during an agency trial and subsequently took the city to court with a more than $100 million suit, landing her a spot among Law360's 2021 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Mattos Filho's Thiago Moreira
Thiago Fernandes Moreira of Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados led his team through the negotiation of Sao Paulo's $4 billion Metro Line 6 project handover, a public-private enterprise that had remained unfinished for years in the aftermath of Brazil's Odebrecht scandal, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Construction MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Lynn Fischer Fox
Arnold & Porter partner Lynn Fischer Fox racked up a number of victories this year, including securing continued access to the U.S. market for Peruvian blueberry farmers and guiding a Canadian renewable energy exporter through a congressionally mandated investigation, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 International Trade MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Weil's Benjamin E. Marks
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Benjamin E. Marks was on the team representing Getty Images that beat back infringement claims from prolific copyright litigator Richard Liebowitz, and he also notched notable wins for Pandora Media and Sirius XM, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Pantelis Michalopoulos
Pantelis Michalopoulos of Steptoe & Johnson LLP opposed former President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on social media companies for moderating content and fought SpaceX to prevent interference with Dish's service, making him one of Law360's 2021 Telecommunications MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Latham's Tad Freese
Tad Freese of Latham & Watkins LLP was at the helm of some of last year's biggest tech deals, including Slack's $27.7 billion sale to Salesforce and a California semiconductor company's $35 billion acquisition of a device manufacturer, making him one of Law360's 2021 Technology MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: Hogan Lovells' David Bonser
David Bonser of Hogan Lovells heads its global real estate investment trust practice and this summer also became global managing partner of the corporate practice, all while leading a team that represented QTS Realty Trust in its $10 billion acquisition by Blackstone, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: White & Case's Jasper Wauters
Jasper Wauters of White & Case LLP represented the United Kingdom in a long-running aircraft subsidies dispute and steered the United Arab Emirates to victory in its first-ever complaint at the World Trade Organization, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 International Trade MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: King & Spalding's Tim Burbury
Tim Burbury of King & Spalding's construction practice is advising a developer on a $500 billion construction project that aims to build out a new city roughly the size of Belgium, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Construction MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: Williams & Connolly's Enu A. Mainigi
Williams & Connolly LLP's Enu A. Mainigi successfully represented CVS Pharmacy Inc. on claims by multiple classes of insured drug buyers that the pharmacy chain overcharged them by more than $121 million for generic drugs, helping earn her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Health Care MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Jonathan Karen
Jonathan Karen of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP steered tech-focused private equity firm Silver Lake to a $20 billion fund closing and Blackstone Group in an $8 billion fund closing, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Fund Formation MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: Ropes & Gray's Paul Scrivano
Paul Scrivano of Ropes & Gray LLP is steering a merger valued at nearly $40 billion between Singapore-based "super app" Grab Holdings Inc. and Altimeter Growth Corp. in a transaction set to be one of the largest ever involving a U.S. blank-check company, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Technology MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: Davis Wright's Ambika Kumar
Ambika Kumar of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP helped TikTok creators win their bid to block the Trump administration's ban on the app, helping earn her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: Latham's Matthew Brill and Matthew Murchison
Known to clients as "the two Matts," Matthew Brill and Matthew Murchison of Latham & Watkins LLP have had a hand in a slew of high-profile telecom matters in the last year, including getting Maine's a la carte cable law invalidated and steering an ongoing challenge to California's net neutrality law, earning them a spot among Law360's 2021 Telecommunications MVPs.