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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 22, 2021
MVP: Covington's Michael Hill
Michael Hill, of Covington & Burling LLP's commercial and corporate transactional practice, quarterbacked the NFL's media distribution agreements with a quintet of major media companies totaling more than $110 billion, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports and Betting MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Davis Polk's Kyoko Takahashi Lin
Kyoko Takahashi Lin of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP worked on the benefits and executive compensation aspects of IHS Markit's merger with S&P Global, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Benefits MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Reed Smith's John Ellison
John Ellison of Reed Smith LLP helped secure more than $750 million in indemnity coverage for MGM's settlement with victims of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Skadden's David Kavanagh QC
David Kavanagh QC, the co-head of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's international litigation and arbitration group, served as lead counsel for a $5.5 billion bilateral investment treaty claim against India that ended up changing the country's tax policies, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 International Arbitration MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Irell's Morgan Chu
Morgan Chu of Irell & Manella LLP has won more than $3 billion in patent trial awards for his clients over the last 14 months, including a $2.2 billion victory in March for a client suing Intel over microchip technology, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Trials MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Jenner & Block's Noah B. Bleicher
Noah Bleicher of Jenner & Block LLP helped General Dynamics and a small veteran-owned business both win and successfully defend significant protests involving multiple and sometimes simultaneous disputes, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Government Contracts MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Proskauer's Jon Oram
Jon Oram of Proskauer Rose LLP played a crucial role in helping the NBA and Major League Soccer safely return to competition months after the COVID-19 pandemic forced all major sports to go on hiatus, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Jennifer Bragg
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Jennifer Bragg was part of the legal team that negotiated Purdue Pharma's guilty plea with the U.S. Department of Justice over its illegal marketing of opioids and helped a testing lab beat a $178 million whistleblower suit, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Life Sciences MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Latham's Jeff Greenberg
Jeff Greenberg of Latham & Watkins LLP advised LS Power Equity Advisors LLC and Bolt Energy FinanceCo on a $300 million financing of multiple battery energy storage expansions in California, including the world's largest battery storage project, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Paul Weiss' John C. Kennedy
John C. Kennedy of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP steered international cruise line Carnival on several financings amid pandemic shutdowns, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Capital Markets MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Ben Shorten
Ben Shorten of Shearman & Sterling helped broker a multifaceted $10.5 billion financial restructuring on a joint venture between Dow Chemical Co. and the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Deborah L. Stein
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Deborah Stein helped notch a host of victories for Travelers in the carrier's pandemic coverage disputes with policyholders and authored the insurer's brief in the first case to be appealed to the Ninth Circuit, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Latham's Jay Metz
Jay Metz of Latham & Watkins LLP's benefits practice helped guide Airbnb through an approximately $3.5 billion initial public offering — widely reported to be 2020's biggest — and acquisitions of Slack and Xilinx each for tens of billions of dollars, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2021 Benefits MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jane M. Love, Ph.D.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Jane Love, Ph.D., helped Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. beat a challenge to its blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya in a Delaware federal court case, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Life Sciences MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Foley Hoag's Clara Brillembourg
Clara Brillembourg of Foley Hoag LLP helped lead a legal team that won a $4 billion victory for Uruguay in a dispute with a foreign investor over the development of the largest mine in the country's history, securing her place among Law360's 2021 International Arbitration MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Maria Boyce & Cristina Rodriguez
Maria Wyckoff Boyce and Cristina Espinosa Rodriguez of Hogan Lovells scored a $152 million verdict after taking a software trade secrets case to trial twice at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, earning them a spot among Law360's 2021 Trial MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Covington's Hunter Bennett
J. Hunter Bennett of Covington & Burling LLP helped clients defend multiple big-ticket awards this past year, including a $536 million classified CIA contract and a $430 million assignment at a U.S. Navy underwater research facility, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Government Contracts MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Davis Polk's Derek Dostal
Derek Dostal of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP helped Delta Air Lines get $9 billion in financing amid the pandemic and assisted the underwriters of a uniquely structured blank-check company sponsored by a former speaker of the House, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Capital Markets MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Orrick's Jeremy Kudon
Jeremy Kudon, founder and chair of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's public policy group, spent the past year convincing states including New York and Arizona to legalize mobile sports betting, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports and Betting MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVPs: Kirkland's Adam Alper And Mike De Vries
Kirkland's Adam Alper and Mike De Vries have won major trade-secrets trials over the past year, even during the pandemic, including one for TriZetto, making them one of Law360's Trials MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler
Jeffrey Kessler, co-chairman of Winston & Strawn LLP's sports law practice, changed the sports industry when he netted a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court victory stripping the NCAA of its long-running amateurism defense and giving college athletes more flexibility to seek compensation, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports and Betting MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVP: Norton Rose's Becky Diffen
Becky Diffen of Norton Rose Fulbright spent the past year working with some of the largest players in the renewable energy space, including representing the competitive division of National Grid PLC through an offshore wind joint venture and guiding the sale of a solar power producer and developer to a BP unit for $220 million, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVPs: Cohen Ziffer's Robin Cohen And Kenneth Frenchman
Robin Cohen and Kenneth Frenchman of Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna notched a win for New Jersey Transit when the New Jersey High Court found that hurricane water damage was not capped by its $400 million insurance policy's $100 million flood sublimit coverage, earning them a spot among Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVP: Bilzin Sumberg's Albert E. Dotson Jr.
Albert Dotson of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP advised public- and private-sector clients on a $700 million monorail that would connect downtown Miami and Miami Beach and led the procurement team behind a $263 million Tampa development, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Government Contracts MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVPs: Zuckerman's D. Brian Hufford And Caroline Reynolds
D. Brian Hufford and Caroline E. Reynolds of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP's benefits practice secured court victories for mental health patients, including in a case that won relief for tens of thousands of individuals, earning them a spot on Law360's list of 2021 Benefits MVPs.