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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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October 14, 2020
MVP: O'Melveny's Chuck Baker
Chuck Baker of O'Melveny & Myers LLP oversaw several major deals in the world of professional soccer, including billionaire David Tepper's purchase of the newest Major League Soccer team, and helped George Soros' son roll out a brand new women's sports league, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Scott Edelman
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Scott Edelman has spent the year notching major court victories for entertainment industry giants, including a sweeping win for AMC in litigation involving producers for the network's hit show "The Walking Dead," landing him a spot among Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: Sidley's David E. Teitelbaum
Sidley Austin LLP's David E. Teitelbaum helped launch the Apple Card, advised crypto-focused prime brokerage platform Tagomi on its acquisition by Coinbase and counseled PayPal on its $4 billion purchase of online coupon finder Honey, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Fintech MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: Latham & Watkins' Eric Volkman & Hui Xu
Eric Volkman and Hui Xu of Latham & Watkins LLP's compliance practice helped secure the delisting of China Cosco Shipping Corp. Ltd from the Office of Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, placing the duo among Law360's 2020 Compliance MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: Keker Van Nest's Robert Van Nest
Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP partner Robert Van Nest led Qualcomm to victory this year in its battle with the Federal Trade Commission over the company's licensing practices, persuading the Ninth Circuit to overturn the agency's landmark trial win and earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Technology MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: Wachtell's Matthew M. Guest
Matthew M. Guest of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's mergers and acquisitions practice guided over the finish line a $66 billion transaction responsible for the creation of Truist Financial Corp., solidifying the close of the largest bank merger in over a decade and earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 M&A MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: Skadden's Erica Schohn
Despite the extraordinary obstacles of the past year, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Erica Schohn successfully steered clients through megamergers, initial public offerings and even a few transactions with the celebrity Kardashian-Jenner family, earning her a place among Law360's 2020 Benefits MVPs.
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October 13, 2020
Securities MVP: Skadden's Scott Musoff
Scott Musoff of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP helped secure Third Circuit affirmation of his trial win on behalf of BlackRock in a $1.5 billion excessive fees suit and knocked down multiple class actions against companies accused of making misleading opinion statements, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Securities MVPs.
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October 13, 2020
MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Barbara A. Jones
Barbara Jones of Greenberg Traurig LLP's capital markets and mergers and acquisitions practices guided VeriBlock Inc.'s launch of a blockchain-based security system and helped Ruon, an app aimed at eradicating poverty, untangle regulatory and licensing obstacles, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Fintech MVPs.
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October 13, 2020
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Kristin Linsley
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Kristin Linsley has represented Facebook in high-stakes litigation attempting to hold the social media platform responsible for global terrorist attacks and defended an Expedia subsidiary from an unprecedented New York City subpoena for consumer information, earning her a spot as a Law360 Technology MVP.
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October 13, 2020
MVP: Disability Rights Advocates' Michelle Caiola
Michelle Caiola, the former managing director of litigation at Disability Rights Advocates, successfully spearheaded class actions forcing New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority to improve access for disabled commuters, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Transportation MVPs.
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October 13, 2020
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Roxane Reardon
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Roxane Reardon recently helped leisure cruise giant Carnival raise over $6.5 billion in stock and note offerings as the COVID-19 pandemic decimated the travel industry, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Capital Markets MVPs.
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October 13, 2020
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Jonathan K. Youngwood
Jonathan Youngwood of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP secured a historic consent decree against a Mississippi sheriff's department in a class action challenging the department's racially biased policing and settled claims that SeaWorld downplayed the financial impacts of the documentary "Blackfish," earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Class Action MVPs.
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October 13, 2020
MVP: Latham's Adam Sullins
Adam Sullins of Latham & Watkins LLP's entertainment, sports and media industry group helped guide the National Football League Players Association in forming a ground-breaking joint venture with the Major League Baseball Players Association and RedBird Capital Partners to commercialize professional athletes' publicity rights, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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October 13, 2020
MVP: Davis Wright's Peter Anderson
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's Peter Anderson was able to help Led Zeppelin convince the Ninth Circuit to reject a high-profile copyright lawsuit accusing the band of stealing the intro to "Stairway to Heaven" from a little-known song, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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October 13, 2020
MVP: Mayer Brown's Nancy Ross
Mayer Brown LLP's Nancy Ross scored wins for George Washington University, Northrop Grumman Corp., AT&T and HSBC in Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits this year while leading the firm's ERISA litigation practice, earning her a place among Law360's 2020 Benefits MVPs.
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October 13, 2020
MVP: King & Spalding's Nikki Reeves
Nikki Reeves, co-chair of King & Spalding LLP's 350-strong life sciences and health care industry group, was retained in April by Amryt Pharmaceuticals to facilitate its acquisition of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals out of bankruptcy, earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Compliance MVPs.
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October 13, 2020
MVP: Weil's Michael Aiello
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Michael Aiello spearheaded a smorgasbord of megadeals over the past 12 months, including the $30 billion merger of insurance giants Willis Towers Watson and Aon and the $21 billion sale of computer component company Maxim Integrated Products to Analog Devices, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 M&A MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
MVP: Weil's Joseph Pari
Joseph Pari, co-chair of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's tax department, led his firm's tax team on large deals, including Willis Towers Watson's pending acquisition by Aon, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Tax MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Julie Jordan
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Julie Jordan garnered two big wins last fall as lead counsel for a subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in suits brought by workers in the wake of a criminal bribery investigation, helping to earn her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Employment MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
MVP: Robbins Geller's Debra J. Wyman
Debra J. Wyman of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP worked more than five years to secure a $1 billion-plus settlement for investors of real estate investment firm Vereit Inc., the largest recovery of damages obtained in any major Private Securities Litigation Reform Act case resolved before trial, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Securities MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Scott D. Miller
Scott D. Miller of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's mergers and acquisitions practice shepherded Fiat Chrysler Automobiles through its pending $50 billion merger with Peugeot SA and guided DraftKings in its $3.3 billion three-way merger and $1.84 billion public equity offering, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 M&A MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Kevin Johnson
Kevin Johnson of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's intellectual property practice group helped CalTech secure a $1.1 billion patent verdict against Apple and Broadcom in a case over Wi-Fi technology, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
MVP: White & Case's Robert Milne
White & Case LLP's Robert Milne led Hospira Inc. to victory in high-stakes litigation over alleged collusion to artificially reduce the supply of IV saline and guided Pfizer out of a bellwether biosimilar antitrust class action, making him one of Law360's 2020 Life Sciences MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
MVP: Wachtell's Richard K. Kim
Richard K. Kim led a Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz team that advised multiple banks on mergers and other programs amid the coronavirus pandemic and represented BB&T in its merger with SunTrust Bank, the largest of its kind in over a decade, making him one of Law360's 2020 Banking MVPs.