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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 14, 2021
MVP: Tycko & Zavareei's Hassan Zavareei
Hassan Zavareei of Tycko & Zavareei LLP helped get a $66 million settlement against Bank of America for illegal fees upheld, defeated an arbitration agreement that shielded Wells Fargo from litigation stemming from its overdraft practices and got a judge to approve a $17 million settlement from Capital One, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.
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September 14, 2021
MVP: Ropes & Gray's Gregg Galardi
Gregg Galardi, as head of Ropes & Gray LLP's business restructuring department, led the successful Chapter 11 reorganization of $1.7 billion in debt held by licensing business Centric Brands, whose portfolio includes Calvin Klein, Kate Spade, Disney and others, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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September 14, 2021
MVP: Paul Weiss' Jessica S. Carey
Jessica S. Carey of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP helped write a massive report for Credit Suisse on the collapse of Archegos Capital Management and convinced the U.S. Department of Justice to close a long-running Foreign Corrupt Practices Act inquiry into Iraqi pharmaceutical contracts, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Fried Frank's Brian T. Mangino
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Brian T. Mangino advised Humana Inc. numerous times throughout the pandemic, including during its purchase of the remaining 60% interest in Kindred at Home, a transaction with an enterprise value of $8.1 billion, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Private Equity MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Williams & Connolly's Sarah M. Harris
Sarah Harris of Williams & Connolly LLP's appellate practice successfully argued two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in the past year, including one involving a 5-4 decision that found former railroad workers have the right to appeal in federal court if the Railroad Retirement Board refuses to reopen their prior benefits claim, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Appellate MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Kirkland's Jonathan Kidwell
Jonathan Kidwell of Kirkland & Ellis LLP had a busy year advising clients through the environmental side of large deals, including private equity shop KKR & Co. LP's more than $4 billion purchase of an airport services provider and the complex restructurings of Murray Energy and Chesapeake Energy, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Nelson Mullins' Sabrina Conyers
Sabrina Conyers of McGuireWoods LLP was the lead corporate and tax counsel in structuring the largest city-based guaranteed income fund pilot in U.S. history, and also led tax representation for an economic development agency in creating an innovative $100 million community investment fund for Black and Latinx business owners, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Tax MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Keller Lenkner's Warren Postman
Warren Postman of Keller Lenkner LLC's arbitration practice won an appellate ruling that said Postmates had to pay more than $10 million to cover filing fees for couriers in a misclassification case, and forced DoorDash Inc. to live up to its agreement to resolve issues with its couriers out of court, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Employment MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Gibbs Law Group's Amy Zeman
Amy Zeman led a Gibbs Law Group LLP team in convincing a California jury that freezer manufacturer Chart Industries Inc. was responsible for a fertility clinic implosion that lost embryos and eggs for their five clients, winning a $15 million verdict and earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Willkie's Todd G. Cosenza
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner Todd G. Cosenza achieved a watershed ruling for underwriter defendants fighting state court securities suits and scored a series of full dismissals and strong settlements for his clients in several litigations concerning initial public offerings, landing him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Securities MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Paul Weiss' Brad S. Karp
Brad S. Karp of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP led an extensive internal investigation for the board of Credit Suisse following the collapse of hedge fund Archegos Capital, which cost Wall Street banks more than $10 billion, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Banking MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Hunton's Ann Marie Mortimer
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP's Ann Marie Mortimer helped Walmart beat a lawsuit claiming that it breached the California Consumer Privacy Act by having lax security practices and worked with Facebook to police fake engagement on its platforms, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Jeffrey Knox
Jeff Knox, co-managing partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Washington, D.C., office, has shaved millions off of potential penalties as he guided energy and banking giants to favorable resolutions of federal investigations, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Erika Morabito
Erika Morabito of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped guide the unsecured creditors committee of retailer Pier 1 through one of the first COVID-19 bankruptcies and brokered a deal that brought $3 million to the unsecured creditors in Shiloh Industries' Chapter 11, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Crystal Nix-Hines
Crystal Nix-Hines of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP successfully represented several universities in tuition class actions connected with the COVID-19 pandemic and earned the dismissal of a proposed class action against General Motors over its car heaters, making her one of Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Mike Ringler
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Mike Ringler guided groundbreaking transactions including Livongo and Teladoc's $18.5 billion digital health care tie-up and Intuit's $7.1 billion purchase of personal finance tech firm Credit Karma, earning him a place among Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: DLA Piper's Tamar Duvdevani
Tamar Duvdevani led a DLA Piper team that helped Dr. Seuss Enterprises score a precedential reversal from the Ninth Circuit, which ruled that a comic book mashup of Dr. Seuss and "Star Trek" was not protected by copyright law's fair use doctrine, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Shearman's Stephen Fishbein
Stephen Fishbein of Shearman & Sterling LLP helped get a major Federal Trade Commission enforcement against 1-800 Contacts overturned, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Sidley Austin's Tara Higgins
Sidley Austin LLP energy practice co-head Tara Higgins led a team of colleagues and local counsel that made global infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital's $961 million acquisition and financing of Atlantic Power Corporation a reality, securing her spot among Law360's 2021 Energy MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Dechert's Sabina Comis
Sabina Comis of Dechert LLP guided Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s $3.3 billion acquisition of French hospital operator Elsan Group through intense public relations scrutiny amid the pandemic to secure France's largest merger in 2020, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Tax MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Michael P. Darden
Michael P. Darden of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP led a successful effort to help Pioneer Natural Resources land two multibillion-dollar oil company acquisitions and expand the application of its market-leading ESG policies, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Energy MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Cahill Gordon's Bradley J. Bondi
Bradley J. Bondi of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP secured a sentence of time served for a former KPMG partner who tipped off accounting firms ahead of regulatory inspections and won a last-minute pardon for a client at high risk of dying in prison from COVID-19, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Kirkland's Paul Clement
Paul Clement of Kirkland & Ellis LLP successfully argued four cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in the past year, scoring wins for Alaska Native corporations, Facebook and TransUnion, which earned him a spot among Law360's 2021 Appellate MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Nicole A. Buffalano
Nicole Buffalano of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped the National Women's Soccer League be the first U.S. professional team sport to take to the field following pandemic shutdowns, guided health care providers through ever-changing COVID-19 protocols, and represented Amazon during the unionization effort at an Alabama facility, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Employment Law MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Paul Weiss' Alice Eaton
Alice Eaton of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP successfully negotiated outsized returns for her creditor clients in a tumultuous bankruptcy environment over the last year, including successful representation of junior noteholders in the Chapter 11 case of retailer Neiman Marcus, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy MVPs.