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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Hunton's Deidre Duncan
Hunton Andrews Kurth's environmental practice leader Deidre Duncan led the firm on several important and high-profile matters over the last year, including winning at the U.S. Supreme Court in an important Clean Water Act permit battle and representing Enbridge Inc. in its ongoing fight to complete a controversial pipeline project, earning her a place among Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Covington's Alexander A. Berengaut
Alex Berengaut led a Covington & Burling LLP team that scored a high-profile win for TikTok Inc. and its parent company when former President Donald Trump's attempt to ban the popular video-sharing network was blocked in federal court, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Melissa Sawyer
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Melissa Sawyer helped steer what the firm touts as the largest ever luxury retail deal, securing an extraordinarily favorable contract for Tiffany in its merger with Louis Vuitton, a feat that has earned her a spot among Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Shearman's Adam Hakki
Shearman & Sterling LLP's Adam Hakki defeated investors' spoofing claims for Bank of America, beat U.S. Treasury auction-rigging claims for BNP Paribas and solidified a victory for JPMorgan and other banks over a suit tied to the 2018 "Volpocalypse," landing him among Law360's 2021 Banking MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Atif Azher
Atif Azher led the Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP team representing Dell Technologies in its spinoff of VMware Inc. and advised on multibillion-dollar special purpose acquisition company deals for serial acquirer True Wind Capital, earning a spot among Law360's 2021 Private Equity MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Wachtell's Nelson Fitts
Nelson Fitts of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz helped clients successfully avoid challenges from the Federal Trade Commission in multibillion-dollar deals in the pharmaceutical and gas retail sectors while also working on what could be the first merger between major U.S. railroads in 20 years, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Susan L. Saltzstein
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Susan Saltzstein successfully defended multiple securities actions and helped stave off a coordinated effort to block a $12.5 billion business combination among Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Owl Rock Capital Partners and certain affiliates, and a special-purpose acquisition company, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Securities MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Covington's Ashley Simonsen
Ashley Simonsen of Covington & Burling LLP helped Facebook fend off a class action accusing the social media giant of charging advertisers for bogus clicks and helped student loan servicer Navient resolve a class action over loan payments, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Keker Van Nest's Robert Van Nest
Robert Van Nest of Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP has secured major victories for high-profile tech clients, including Google in a multibillion-dollar copyright lawsuit brought by Oracle over the Android platform, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Allison Brown
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Allison "Alli" Brown's work this past year defending Johnson & Johnson in cases alleging that its talc products caused cancer has landed her among Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Saxena White's Maya Saxena
Maya Saxena successfully led her firm Saxena White PA in negotiating a $135 million settlement with DaVita Inc. over patient-steering allegations, an amount that ranks among the largest all-cash securities class action recoveries in the Tenth Circuit's history and has earned her a spot among Law360's 2021 Securities MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Cohen Milstein's Joseph M. Sellers
Joseph Sellers of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's employment practice led a class of flight service specialists to a $44 million settlement with the Federal Aviation Administration to end one of the federal government's largest age bias payouts, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Employment MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Ingrid Vandenborre
Ingrid Vandenborre of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP won over the European Commission on commitments that ended a three-year probe into Aspen Pharmacare Holdings, making her one of Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Sullivan & Worcester's Richard L. Jones
Sullivan & Worcester LLP tax partner Richard L. Jones helped clients prevail in key decisions in Massachusetts implicating the technology industry, including Oracle's successful challenge in the state's highest court over sales tax on software, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Tax MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Matthew Wolf
Arnold & Porter partner Matthew Wolf won a major patent victory for Sanofi and Regeneron at the Federal Circuit and defended the assignor estoppel doctrine at the U.S. Supreme Court, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Cravath's Mark I. Greene
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's Mark I. Greene helped guide Mylan NV in its $50 billion combination with Pfizer's Upjohn to form Viatris Inc., which is now one of the largest generic pharmaceuticals companies in the world, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Kirkland's John Pitts
John Pitts of Kirkland & Ellis LLP guided energy deals totaling more than $15.5 billion in the past year, including advising Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners through a $750 million joint venture and guiding Alta Resources through its $2.9 billion sale to EQT, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Energy MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
MVP: Paul Weiss' Kannon K. Shanmugam
Kannon K. Shanmugam of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP notched three U.S. Supreme Court wins and a handful of circuit court victories last year, including favorable rulings in a landmark climate change case and a $13 billion securities class action against Goldman Sachs, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Appellate MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Latham's Bert Reiser & David Callahan
Bert Reiser and David Callahan of Latham & Watkins LLP led a team of global attorneys that successfully secured a $1.8 billion settlement — the largest ever in a trade secrets case — for LG Energy Solution Ltd. in a bitter dispute with its South Korean rival SK Innovation, earning them a spot among Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Seyfarth Shaw's Gerald L. Maatman
Gerald L. Maatman Jr. of the Seyfarth Shaw LLP employment law practice group secured a settlement that paid workers in gift cards to end a sprawling class action against Jimmy John's that threatened its franchise business model, securing him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Employment MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Pamela Lawrence Endreny
Pamela Lawrence Endreny led a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP tax team representing Merck in a pair of colossal deals, a $2.75 billion acquisition of VelosBio and $9.2 billion sale of Organon & Co., earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Tax MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Frank Bayouth
Frank Bayouth of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's energy practice led a team that helped secure a merger of equals between Devon Energy and WPX Energy, creating a company with an enterprise value of about $12 billion and helping earn him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Energy MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Isaac Nesser
Isaac Nesser helped lead a team of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP litigators in resolving approximately 100 mortgage contract indemnity suits, recouping more than $1.4 billion for the ResCap Liquidating Trust — previously the Residential Funding Co. LLC — and earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Securities MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Cravath's Gary A. Bornstein
Gary A. Bornstein of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP helped Qualcomm get reversed a Federal Trade Commission trial win that could have fundamentally rewritten the chipmaker's business model, making him one of Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Derek L. Shaffer
Derek L. Shaffer of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP successfully challenged a California donor disclosure law before the U.S. Supreme Court, and got Delaware's highest court to reverse an adverse $82 million jury verdict in a suit alleging Express Scripts Inc. committed fraud to close a multimillion-dollar acquisition, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Appellate MVPs.