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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 08, 2021
MVP: Cahill Gordon's Kimberly C. Petillo-Décossard
Kimberly Petillo-Décossard of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP helped represent 1-800-Flowers for a contested acquisition early in the pandemic and advised pharmaceutical services company ICON for its largest-ever deal, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Latham's Grace Lee
Latham & Watkins LLP's Grace Lee has guided a variety of clients through major transactions over the past year, including advising TurboTax company Intuit on the tax aspects of its deal to acquire Credit Karma, earning her a spot as one of Law360's Tax MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Orrick's Erin Connell
Erin Connell of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's employment law and litigation practice helped computer technology giant Oracle defeat a sweeping $400 million administrative pay bias suit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Employment MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Davis Polk's Damian Schaible
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Damian Schaible's work guiding creditor groups through a fresh wave of energy company bankruptcies, including the case of natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy Corp., has earned him a spot on Law360's 2021 list of Energy MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's David M.J. Rein
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner David M.J. Rein took a securities suit he's defended Goldman Sachs against for more than a decade up to the U.S. Supreme Court, secured dismissals and favorable settlements for his clients and guided his firm's litigation group through the tribulations of the pandemic, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Securities MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Jenner & Block's Alex Hadjis
Jenner & Block LLP partner Alex Hadjis helped Roku beat infringement claims in the first patent jury trial overseen by U.S. District Judge Alan Albright, earning the Washington, D.C.-based attorney a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Wachtell's Andy Nussbaum
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz partner Andy Nussbaum has counseled clients through numerous complex matters over the past 12 months, from a uniquely structured $43 billion spinoff involving AT&T, WarnerMedia and Discovery to the $27.7 billion acquisition of workplace messaging company Slack by Salesforce, landing him among Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Daniel G. Swanson
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Daniel G. Swanson helped lead Apple's trial defense in the high-profile monopolization case over its App Store brought by Epic Games and got a verdict reversed in an antitrust case against tobacco company Swisher International, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
MVP: Covington's Beth Brinkmann
Beth Brinkmann of Covington & Burling LLP won two injunctions against regulatory actions by the Trump administration and defended one on appeal, earning her a title as one of Law360's 2021 Appellate MVPs.
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August 30, 2021
Law360 MVP Awards Go To 182 Attys From 77 Firms
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2021 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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October 30, 2020
MVP: Paul Weiss' Jordan Yarett
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Jordan Yarett has made a name for himself getting assets securitized and, in the past year, he's led several restaurant franchise deals, helping serve up $875 million for Sonic Corp. and guiding Arby's in mortgaging almost all of its assets, making him one of Law360's 2020 Structured Finance MVPs.
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October 30, 2020
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Marni J. Lerner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Marni J. Lerner led Gardner Denver Holdings in its blockbuster $15 billion merger with a unit of Ingersoll-Rand PLC and is in the midst of steering KKR's transformative proposed acquisition of Global Atlantic Financial Group Ltd., earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Private Equity MVPs.
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October 30, 2020
MVP: Pillsbury's Mona Dajani
Mona Dajani of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's project finance practice helped close a $230 million hotel loan deal in a month during the COVID-19 pandemic and helped CMS Enterprises purchase a majority stake in the Aviator Wind project, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Project Finance MVPs.
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October 30, 2020
MVP: Hughes Hubbard's Daniel H. Weiner
Daniel Weiner, a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, represented the executors of Jeffrey Epstein's U.S. Virgin Islands estate in negotiating a major compensation program for Epstein's accusers, landing him a spot among Law360's 2020 International Arbitration MVPs.
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October 30, 2020
MVP: Willkie Farr's Thomas Henry
Thomas Henry of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP had a hand in multiple major real estate deals this past year, including a $5.9 billion sale for international investment firm Colony Capital and a $722 million acquisition by Paramount Group, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Real Estate MVPs.
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October 30, 2020
MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Brian Heberlig
One of the first lawyers to handle a federal jury trial impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Brian Heberlig was part of a defense team that helped exonerate an Iranian banker in a case marred by allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 White Collar MVPs.
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October 30, 2020
MVP: Skadden's Allison M. Brown
A string of victories defending Johnson & Johnson against allegations that the company's baby powder caused ovarian cancer helped earn Allison M. Brown of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Product Liability MVPs.
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October 29, 2020
MVP: Mayer Brown's Keri Borders
Mayer Brown LLP's Keri Borders clinched a victory for Ghirardelli Chocolate Co. in a proposed nationwide class action alleging that consumers were misled into believing its products were white chocolate when they actually contained none, making her one of Law360's 2020 Product Liability MVPs.
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October 29, 2020
MVP: Paul Hastings' Robert Luskin
Robert Luskin of Paul Hastings LLP steered a first-of-its-kind $4 billion resolution of a multinational bribery probe into Airbus and led a diplomat through a high-stakes congressional hearing, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 White Collar MVPs.
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October 29, 2020
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Rahim Moloo
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Rahim Moloo leads a team that won one of the largest enforcement victories ever against a sovereign debtor, at $1.4 billion, for gold mining company Crystallex International Corp. in its dispute with Venezuela, landing him a spot among Law360's 2020 International Arbitration MVPs.
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October 29, 2020
MVP: Ropes & Gray's Tsuyoshi Imai
Tsuyoshi Imai of Ropes & Gray LLP has helped guide numerous blockbuster transactions from the firm's Tokyo office, including a multibillion-dollar financing for Kioxia and Bain Capital's $1.2 billion take-private deal for Nichiigakkan, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Private Equity MVPs.
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October 29, 2020
MVP: Mayer Brown's Amanda Baker
Amanda Baker of Mayer Brown LLP's structured finance practice helped Square Inc. deliver coronavirus stimulus funds to small businesses and advised Australian lender Resimac Ltd. on a $1.1 billion cross-border securitization, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Structured Finance MVPs.
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October 29, 2020
MVP: Skadden's Vered Rabia & Neil Rock
Vered Rabia and Neil Rock of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP are advising Empire State Development Corp. and Moynihan Station Development Corp. as the entities redevelop a New York City post office into a train station and mixed-use development, earning them a spot among Law360's 2020 Real Estate MVPs.
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October 29, 2020
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Rick Filosa
Rick Filosa of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's project finance, infrastructure and natural resources practice led a team on the $1.6 billion financing of a giant natural gas power plant in Ohio and facilitated the financing for another major power project in Pennsylvania, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Project Finance MVPs.
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October 28, 2020
MVP: Latham & Watkins' Alice Fisher
Alice Fisher of Latham & Watkins LLP secured a $3.5 million settlement for Pacira Pharmaceuticals on claims that the company had engaged in civil and criminal violations related to its Exparel pain management drug, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 White Collar MVPs.