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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 04, 2019
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Robert Langdon
Robert Langdon, a partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Silicon Valley office, ushered a plethora of major private equity transactions across the finish line over the past year, including a complicated $14.3 billion acquisition of communications infrastructure company Zayo by EQT and Digital Colony, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2019 Private Equity MVPs.
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December 04, 2019
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Michael P. Darden
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Michael P. Darden helped sew up a $1.5 billion Permian Basin joint development venture between Occidental Petroleum Corp. and Ecopetrol, earning him a place among Law360's Energy MVPs for the second straight year.
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December 04, 2019
MVP: Kirkland's Roald Nashi
Roald Nashi of Kirkland & Ellis LLP led the charge on KKR's $900 million investment in a portfolio of NextEra renewable energy projects, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Project Finance MVPs.
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December 04, 2019
MVP: Paul Weiss' Paul Basta
Paul Basta of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP spent the past year working toward creative resolutions in complex Chapter 11 cases involving the likes of Sears Holdings Corp. and LBI Media, reaching deals that have benefited his clients and earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 03, 2019
MVP: O'Melveny's Nancy Mitchell
Over the past year, O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Nancy Mitchell has helped Puerto Rico's power utility strike an $8 billion restructuring plan and has served on the "strike force" that California Gov. Gavin Newsom created to shape the path of PG&E's $35 billion bankruptcy, securing her spot as one of Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 03, 2019
MVP: Bracewell's Oliver Irwin
Oliver Irwin, partner at Bracewell LLP, pioneered a cutting-edge financing concept in the upstream oil and gas sector — paying for mega-projects with hybrid project financing and reserve-base lending — to help get a $2.4 billion offshore development in the Falkland Islands off the ground, landing the London-based attorney a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Project Finance MVPs.
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December 03, 2019
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Kirstin E. Gibbs
Kirstin E. Gibbs of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP represented Caithness Energy in securing $1.6 billion in financing for a project that is expected to be the largest natural gas-fired electric power plant east of the Mississippi, landing her on the list of Law360's 2019 Energy MVP's.
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December 03, 2019
MVP: Goodwin's James Fleckner
Goodwin Procter LLP's James Fleckner has helped companies fight off Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits, including securing a trial win for asset manager American Century in litigation over the management of its 401(k) plan, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Benefits MVPs.
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December 03, 2019
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Richard Birns
Richard Birns of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped steer a consortium of businesses and investors in the $3.5 billion acquisition of a majority stake in the YES Network as well as two take-private deals for Evergreen Coast Capital, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Private Equity MVPs.
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December 03, 2019
MVP: King & Spalding's Mark Polston
King & Spalding LLP's Mark Polston secured wins for some of the biggest names in medicine over the past year, including a federal appeals court victory for the American Clinical Laboratory Association, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Health Care MVPs.
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December 02, 2019
MVP: Paul Hastings' Dana Kromm
Paul Hastings LLP's Dana Kromm has distinguished herself as a premiere adviser in the private equity space, leading tech-focused Francisco Partners' in its sale of ClickSoftware that was valued at $1.4 billion and earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Private Equity MVPs.
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December 02, 2019
MVP: Pillsbury's Jay Silberg
Jay Silberg of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP successfully helped a client fight opposition to a planned interim spent nuclear fuel facility and has logged decades of work on nuclear issues, providing him a unique understanding of the field's long-running policy issues and making him one of Law360's 2019 Energy MVPs.
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December 02, 2019
MVP: Proskauer's Martin J. Bienenstock
Martin Bienenstock, chair of Proskauer Rose LLP's bankruptcy practice, led the team that has produced a restructuring plan for Puerto Rico's government debt, and defended one of the United States' largest bankruptcy consultants against conflict of interest claims, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 02, 2019
MVP: Williams & Connolly's Enu A. Mainigi
Williams & Connolly LLP's Enu Mainigi helped defeat a major billing fraud case brought against CVS by the state of Texas, and she is spearheading Cardinal Health Inc.'s defense in multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Health Care MVPs.
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December 02, 2019
MVP: Zuckerman Spaeder's D. Brian Hufford
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP partner D. Brian Hufford successfully challenged insurance companies this year after they denied coverage for mental health and substance abuse claims, landing him a spot among Law360's 2019 Benefits MVPs.
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December 02, 2019
MVP: O'Melveny & Myers' Elizabeth Dubeck
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Elizabeth Dubeck helped several companies secure financing to rebuild terminals at some of the country's largest airports, and assisted the Port of Oakland on part of its project financing, landing her a spot among Law360's 2019 Project Finance MVPs.
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November 27, 2019
MVP: Latham's Daniel Meron
Latham & Watkins LLP's Daniel Meron secured a win for UnitedHealth Group in a challenge to a Medicare overpayment rule and is representing Merck & Co., Eli Lilly and Amgen in their challenge to a federal regulation mandating the disclosure of wholesale drug prices in television advertisements, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Health Care MVPs.
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November 27, 2019
MVP: Skadden's Allison Schneirov
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Allison Schneirov spent the past year guiding clients like Permira and Silver Lake Partners in major domestic and international transactions, including a particularly busy summer in which she steered four deals simultaneously, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 Private Equity MVPs.
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November 27, 2019
MVP: Mayer Brown's Brian Netter
Mayer Brown LLP partner Brian Netter succeeded in winning dismissals of class action lawsuits against Georgetown University, George Washington University, Long Island University and the University of Rochester this year, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Benefits MVPs.
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November 27, 2019
MVP: V&E's Doug McWilliams
Vinson & Elkins LLP's Doug McWilliams helped guide a $2.2 billion deal involving Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and several other multibillion-dollar oil and gas transactions over the past year, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Energy MVPs.
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November 27, 2019
MVP: Willkie Farr's Archie Fallon
Archie Fallon of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's corporate and financial services practice has helped facilitate deals for a novel liquefied natural gas terminal that aims to fuel ships and worked on a significant energy storage project in Utah, landing him a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.
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November 27, 2019
MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Joshua Sussberg
Joshua A. Sussberg of Kirkland & Ellis' restructuring practice has worked tirelessly over the past year to execute restructuring plans for Forever 21, Toys R Us and Barneys as the "Amazon effect" has wreaked havoc on the retail industry, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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November 26, 2019
MVP: O'Melveny & Myers' Molly Lens
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Molly Lens spent the past year shutting down a major copyright infringement suit over the hit TV show "Empire," chopping $128 million off of an arbitration award tied to "Bones," and deftly parrying cross-claims asserted by Netflix in a poaching lawsuit brought by Fox, making her one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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November 26, 2019
MVP: Stueve Siegel's Norman Siegel
Norman Siegel of Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP has helped consumers secure significant settlements in precedent-setting data breach disputes, including ones involving Equifax and the National Board of Examiners in Optometry, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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November 26, 2019
MVP: Wiley Rein's Scott M. McCaleb
Scott McCaleb of Wiley Rein LLP successfully defended Boeing in an Eighth Circuit appeal over wrongful termination and stopped the government from intervening in False Claims Act suits involving his clients, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Government Contracts MVPs.