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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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October 09, 2020
MVP: Wiley Rein's John Prairie
John Prairie of Wiley Rein LLP has helped small businesses and veteran military suppliers defend their reputations and their revenue to the tune of millions and even billions of dollars, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Government Contracts MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Josh Korff
Josh Korff of Kirkland & Ellis LLP's capital markets practice advised Macy's as it looked to obtain $4.4 billion to help it stay afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Capital Markets MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Eli G. Hunt
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Eli G. Hunt played a vital role in sealing a $20.7 billion energy infrastructure deal between Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and a consortium of other industry players, earning him a place among Law360's 2020 Energy MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Shon Morgan
Shon Morgan of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped persuade a federal judge to approve a massive deal to settle suits for Hyundai and Kia over an engine defect, won an arbitration ruling for Ancestry.com, and grappled with new class actions spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic, making him one of Law360's 2020 Class Action MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
MVP: Willkie Farr's Allison Tam
Allison Tam of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP led her firm in advising KKR & Co. on its $4.4 billion acquisition of Global Atlantic Financial Group, one of the largest life insurance M&A deals in 2020, landing her on the list of Law360's 2020 Insurance MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
MVP: Williams & Connolly's Lisa S. Blatt
Lisa S. Blatt of Williams & Connolly LLP's appellate practice brought in favorable rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court this year for clients including Booking.com, Romag Fasteners Inc. and Atlantic Richfield Co., earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Appellate MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
MVP: White & Case's J. Mark Gidley
White & Case LLP's J. Mark Gidley convinced plaintiff's counsel to summarily drop the lion's share of their case against major restaurant chain Tim Hortons USA Inc., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Competition MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: Kirkland's Dale Cendali
Dale Cendali, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, scored a rare 9-0 victory at the U.S. Supreme Court for Lucky Brand in a long-running trademark fight and successfully fought off infringement claims in the growing video game space, landing her a spot among Law360's 2020 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: Pomerantz's Austin Van
Pomerantz LLP's Austin Van is spearheading investor suits against pharmaceutical giant Mylan and the French oil and gas company TechnipFMC that each achieved class certification this year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Securities MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: Seyfarth Shaw's Gerald L. Maatman
Gerald Maatman led a Seyfarth Shaw LLP team that negotiated an unpaid wages class action settlement that took a novel approach to distributing payouts by sending gift cards to franchisee pizza restaurant employees, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: Wachtell's Jodi J. Schwartz
Jodi J. Schwartz led Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's tax team in advising Analog Devices in its $68 billion acquisition of Maxim Integrated Products and Taubman Centers' $9.8 billion merger with Simon Properties, landing her among Law360's 2020 Tax MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Sanford I. Weisburst
Sanford I. Weisburst of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's energy practice helped Total E&P USA Inc. successfully avoid liability for alleged abandonment of offshore oil and gas assets, saving the company from a $17 million damages judgment and earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Energy MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: Steptoe's Sarah Gordon
Victories in insurance coverage suits, such as the first substantive ruling denying coverage for COVID-19-related losses in Social Life Magazine v. Sentinel Insurance, as well as representing AIG in a dispute with Merck & Co. over coverage of a cyberattack, have earned Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Sarah Gordon a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Insurance MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mitchell S. Eitel
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Mitchell Eitel shepherded some of the biggest bank mergers of the past year, including guiding SunTrust in its landmark $66 billion tie-up with BB&T and advising First Horizon on its $3.9 billion merger with IberiaBank, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Banking MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: Fried Frank's James J. McCullough & Michael J. Anstett
James McCullough and Michael Anstett of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's government contracts practice successfully defended IT giant Leidos against bid protests on three deals with a combined value of $19.2 billion, earning them spots among Law360's 2020 Government Contracts MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: Skadden's Steven C. Sunshine
Steven C. Sunshine of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP led the firm's antitrust practice through back-to-back merger trial wins, first for Sprint on its $59 billion tie-up with T-Mobile and then for Sabre on its planned purchase of FareLogix, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Competition MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Eve Howard
Eve Howard of Hogan Lovells steered pivotal bond sales including Parks Hotels & Resorts' $650 million offering amid the coronavirus pandemic and led a team that guided software company Adobe's $3.15 billion offering, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Capital Markets MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: Latham's Melanie Blunschi
Melanie Blunschi of Latham & Watkins LLP helped Facebook avert $6 billion in identity theft claims, steered Apple to preliminary victory against a class action regarding device security updates, and laid to rest allegations that "zombie" cookies were lurking on Verizon mobile devices, making her one of Law360's 2020 Class Action MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: O'Melveny's Jeffrey Fisher
Jeffrey Fisher of O'Melveny & Myers LLP helped scrub a persistent vestige of the Jim Crow era from the books by convincing the U.S. Supreme Court that split-jury convictions are unconstitutional, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Appellate MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Katie Sudol
Kathryn "Katie" Sudol of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP steered BorgWarner's multibillion-dollar acquisition deal with Delphi Technologies while fighting off a case of COVID-19 and is guiding KKR's blockbuster acquisition of Global Atlantic, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Skadden's Todd Freed
Todd Freed of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP had a hand in multiple major deals in the insurance space this past year, including advising the British multinational brokerage Willis Towers Watson on an $80 billion acquisition by Aon PLC, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Insurance MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Dechert's Shari Ross Lahlou
Shari Ross Lahlou of Dechert LLP's antitrust practice halted the Federal Trade Commission's efforts to block a merger between PeroxyChem and Evonik Industries AG in a high-profile trial, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Competition MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Matthew Hurd
Matt Hurd of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's life sciences practice guided several multibillion-dollar deals in the past year, including Bayer's sale of its animal health business and Novartis' merger with biopharmaceutical firm The Medicines Co., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Life Sciences MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's S. Eric Wang
S. Eric Wang of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP guided a BP subsidiary's issuance of perpetual bonds that raised $10 billion and advised Goldman Sachs' $6 billion deal on the sale of its iQ Student Accommodation interest, the U.K.'s largest ever private property deal, cementing his spot as one of Law360's 2020 Tax MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Crowell & Moring's Daniel Forman
Crowell & Moring LLP's Daniel Forman helped lead Amazon Web Services' successful defense against high-profile ethics claims concerning the $10 billion JEDI deal and secure for Perspecta Enterprise Solutions LLC's corrective action in a $7.6 billion cloud contract, making him one of Law360's 2020 Government Contracts MVPs.