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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 10, 2019
MVP: Kirkland's Paul Tanaka
Paul Tanaka of Kirkland & Ellis LLP led a team of attorneys managing the Rowan Co. PLC's $12 billion combination with Ensco PLC, a deal that created one of the largest and most geographically diverse offshore drillers in the world, along with several other multibillion-dollar deals, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Environmental MVPs.
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December 10, 2019
MVP: Wachtell's Ronald Chen
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's Ronald Chen worked to facilitate several notable transactions involving technology companies, including helping close reportedly the largest private medical device deal ever, landing him a spot among Law360's 2019 Technology MVPs.
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December 10, 2019
MVP: Dechert's Mark Cheffo
Mark Cheffo, Dechert LLP's product liability and mass torts co-chair, guided Purdue in its move to settle thousands of claims in nationwide opioid litigation brought over the drugmaker's Oxycontin painkiller, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Product Liability MVPs.
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December 10, 2019
MVP: Fried Frank's Jonathan L. Mechanic
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Jonathan Mechanic led some of New York City's biggest real estate deals of the past year, including Maefield Development's $1.5 billion purchase of 20 Times Square, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Real Estate MVPs.
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December 10, 2019
MVP: Paul Weiss' Lorin L. Reisner
Lorin Reisner of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's white collar practice successfully navigated federal criminal and regulatory investigations for a real estate investment trust executive and The Blackstone Group Inc., leading them away from criminal charges and toward favorable settlements and earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 White Collar MVPs.
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December 09, 2019
MVP: Ropes & Gray's Joan McPhee
As a founder of Ropes & Gray LLP's government enforcement practice, Joan McPhee has been spearheading white collar defense and government investigation matters for nearly 30 years. Her work on a 10-month investigation into decades of sexual abuses by former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar recently earned her honors from the Women's White Collar Defense Association, along with a spot among Law360's 2019 White Collar MVPs.
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December 09, 2019
MVP: Paul Weiss' Harris Freidus
Harris Freidus, a partner at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, advised sprawling urban real estate fund manager CIM Group on almost every aspect of buying, developing and financing, as well as dirt work and infrastructure for developments in high-density neighborhoods, making him one of Law360's 2019 Real Estate MVPs.
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December 09, 2019
MVP: Best Best & Krieger's Eric Garner
Eric Garner of Best Best & Krieger LLP wrote the book on California water law and has used his decades of experience in the sector to help clients navigate long-running and complex water rights disputes in the state, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Environmental MVPs.
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December 09, 2019
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Andrew T. Frankel
Andrew T. Frankel of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped defeat asbestos claims against Travelers Property Casualty Co., and he represents it in coverage disputes stemming from lawsuits over Johnson & Johnson's baby powder, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Insurance MVPs.
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December 09, 2019
MVP: Fenwick & West's Douglas N. Cogen
Douglas N. Cogen of Fenwick & West LLP helped guide Symantec through the $10.7 billion sale of its enterprise security business this summer, landing him on the list of Law360's 2019 Technology MVPs.
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December 09, 2019
MVP: Skadden's John H. Beisner
Victories while defending against allegations that Johnson & Johnson's talc products cause cancer and that roofing company Tamko Building Products LLC made defective materials are among the accomplishments that earned John H. Beisner of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Product Liability MVPs.
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December 06, 2019
MVP: Goodwin's Anthony McCusker
Over the past year, Goodwin Procter LLP's Anthony McCusker steered Qualtrics to the doorstep of its anticipated IPO before rapidly switching gears and negotiating the software provider's eleventh-hour, $8 billion sale to SAP, making him one of Law360's 2019 Technology MVPs.
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December 06, 2019
MVP: Sidley's Amanda Todd
Sidley Austin LLP's Amanda Todd recently helped Lincoln Financial Group in its transfer of $7.7 billion in annuity risks to a reinsurer and has steered other insurance companies and financial institutions in a wide variety of complex transactions, making her one of Law360's 2019 Insurance MVPs.
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December 06, 2019
MVP: Motley Rice's Fidelma Fitzpatrick
Motley Rice LLP's Fidelma Fitzpatrick won a $6 million verdict on behalf of three Wisconsin men who were exposed to lead paint as children, and is leading the massive litigation against Bayer over its Essure birth control device, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 Product Liability MVPs.
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December 06, 2019
MVP: Cahill Gordon's Bradley J. Bondi
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's Bradley J. Bondi represented Tesla in a fast-moving enforcement matter over an errant Elon Musk tweet, and helped Bausch Health avoid a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission penalty altogether, making him one of Law360's 2019 White Collar MVPs.
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December 06, 2019
MVP: Skadden's Audrey Sokoloff
Audrey Sokoloff of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has recently guided large real estate matters for Google, WeWork, Las Vegas Sands and Twenty-First Century Fox, and thanks to her work for those and other companies, she has been named one of Law360's Real Estate MVPs.
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December 06, 2019
MVP: King & Spalding's Carol Wood
Carol Wood of King & Spalding LLP helped convince an international tribunal that a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron for environmental damage in Ecuador was based on fraud, and she's defending ConocoPhillips against a series of groundbreaking climate change lawsuits, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 Environmental MVPs.
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December 05, 2019
MVP: Zuckerman Spaeder's William Schultz
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP partner William Schultz has fought to improve access to health care for patients and hold the government accountable, including helping to stop nearly 30% in cuts to Medicare drug reimbursement rates, making him one of Law360's 2019 Health Care MVPs.
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December 05, 2019
MVP: King & Spalding's Scott Greer
Scott Greer of King & Spalding helped finalize the development of a $20 billion liquefied natural gas terminal this year, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Project Finance MVPs.
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December 05, 2019
MVP: Paul Weiss' Taurie Zeitzer
Taurie Zeitzer of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has spent the last year shepherding transactions across industries, including guiding multiple deals for private equity giant Apollo Global, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Private Equity MVPs.
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December 05, 2019
MVP: Greenberg Traurig's William Garner
Greenberg Traurig LLP's William Garner has spent the past year working on innovative projects in the energy sector, including a first-of-its-kind carbon neutral ammonia plant in Indiana, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Energy MVPs.
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December 05, 2019
MVP: Skadden's Regina Olshan
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Regina Olshan guided some of the world's biggest companies through the benefits side of multibillion-dollar transactions over the past year, including 21st Century Fox in its $71.3 billion acquisition by Walt Disney, and Express Scripts in its $67 billion purchase by Cigna, landing her among Law360's 2019 Benefits MVPs.
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December 05, 2019
MVP: Cleary's Sean O'Neal
Sean O'Neal of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's restructuring practice helped push through ESL Investment's $5.2 billion purchase of iconic retailer Sears and shepherd leading retail broker Crossmark Holdings through a $400 million restructuring, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 04, 2019
MVP: Akin Gump's Stephanie Webster
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Stephanie Webster led Allina Health Services to a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in a challenge to a Medicare payment policy and secured a preliminary injunction that blocked a Medicare billing code denial, earning her a place among Law360's 2019 Health Care MVPs.
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December 04, 2019
MVP: Cohen Milstein's Karen L. Handorf
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll LLP partner Karen Handorf succeeded in getting a U.S. Supreme Court petition accepted and negotiating a $100 million settlement with a hospital in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action this year, landing her a spot among Law360's 2019 Benefits MVPs.