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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 19, 2017
MVP: Wilkinson Walsh's Beth Wilkinson
Wilkinson Walsh & Eskovitz PLLC’s Beth Wilkinson only co-founded her firm a year ago, and she and her team have already scored major victories defending Georgia Pacific from a $10 billion antitrust suit and winning the first two trials in the high-stakes Xarelto litigation, securing her a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Trials MVPs.
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December 19, 2017
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Sergio Galvis
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Sergio Galvis spent the past year helping clients work through complex international matters, including facilitating a deal allowing a Colombian company to sell its 50 percent interest in the largest port operator in the country, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Project Finance MVPs.
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December 19, 2017
MVP: Fish & Richardson's Dorothy Whelan
Fish & Richardson PC’s Dorothy Whelan notched a number of inter partes review victories earlier this year that invalidated key patents on AbbVie’s blockbuster autoimmune disease drug Humira, earning her a spot among Law360’s 2017 Life Sciences MVPs.
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December 19, 2017
MVP: Kirkland's Dale Cendali
Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Dale Cendali scored a huge win for British contemporary artist Damien Hirst and his arts-based publishing company this year when a New York federal judge tossed a suit asserting claims of copyright and trade dress infringement and unfair competition, earning her a place among Law360's 2017 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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December 19, 2017
MVP: Reed Smith's John Schryber
This past summer, Reed Smith LLP partner John W. Schryber convinced a Maryland federal court that Travelers must pay $87 million to private equity firm American Capital Ltd. and one of its portfolio companies to cover the costs of underlying suits over tainted blood thinner, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Insurance MVPs.
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December 19, 2017
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Atif Azher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Atif Azher guided standout deals over the past year that included Centerbridge Partners LP’s simultaneous $1.26 billion acquisition of two software providers and Dell's $2.4 billion sale of its software business, landing him among Law360's 2017 Private Equity MVPs.
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December 19, 2017
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Krishna Veeraraghavan
Krishna Veeraraghavan of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has walked companies through multibillion-dollar buyouts and mergers this year, including Amazon’s headline-grabbing acquisition of Whole Foods, landing him among Law360’s 2017 Retail & E-Commerce MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Covington's Ben Razi
Covington & Burling LLP's Ben Razi racked up numerous trial wins across a wide spectrum of legal sectors this year, including a victory against federal attorneys in the Southern District of New York in a rare civil forfeiture case, landing him among Law360's 2017 Trials MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: DLA Piper's Maxine Hicks
DLA Piper's Maxine Hicks has built a reputation as a leader in shepherding massive mixed-use real estate projects from initial planning stages to opening day, including most recently representing two Major League Baseball teams in the development of new stadiums, garnering her a spot on Law360’s 2017 Real Estate MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Dakessian Law's Mardiros Dakessian
Dakessian Law Ltd. founding partner Mardiros “Marty” Dakessian makes his fourth appearance on the Law360 MVP list this year, thanks to a 15-year personal income tax fight that saved a local entrepreneur $3 million, as well as a $15 million win that cut a Fortune 500 food company's tax bill in half.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Latham's Matthew Brill
Latham & Watkins LLP's Matthew Brill spent 2017 hard at work on behalf of the cable industry, fighting off Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuits in court and working to shape federal policy in areas like net neutrality on Capitol Hill, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Telecommunications MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Munger Tolles' Kelly Klaus
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP’s Kelly Klaus landed a massive win this past year on behalf of major Hollywood film studios that sued movie filtering service VidAngel Inc. for infringing their copyrights, earning him a place among Law360's 2017 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Kirkland's Peter Martelli
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Peter Martelli worked countless hours over the past year, through holidays and on tight deadlines, in a tireless effort to score major deals on behalf of his clients, including Blackstone Group LP and Pamplona Capital Management LLP, earning him a spot among Law360's 2017 Private Equity MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Mark Cheffo
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP’s Mark S. Cheffo wiped out multidistrict litigation over Pfizer’s Lipitor this year, winning the dismissal of more than 3,000 claims that the cholesterol drug caused diabetes, securing him a spot among Law360’s 2017 Product Liability MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Bracewell's Robin Miles
Bracewell LLP’s Robin J. Miles secured $800 million in financing from a group of Chinese banks for a sprawling methanol plant in Louisiana this year and helmed a number of other complex and high-dollar financing arrangements, including a $360 million debt refinancing of a Michigan power facility, earning him a spot among Law360's 2017 Project Finance MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Neal Katyal
Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal made legal history this year by breaking Justice Thurgood Marshall’s record for Supreme Court arguments by a minority attorney, but the former acting solicitor general also spent the year in the litigation trenches fighting President Donald Trump’s travel ban, landing him among Law360’s 2017 Appellate MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Jones Day's Heather Lennox
Jones Day’s Heather Lennox led the charge this year to restructure the world’s largest private sector coal company, saving it from liquidation and earning her a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Ari Fitzgerald
Hogan Lovells' Ari Fitzgerald secured a victory at the D.C. Circuit this summer for a service provider with ties to Dish Network Corp. in a dispute over a spectrum license discount, earning a spot on Law360's 2017 list of Technology MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Kirkland's Daniel Wolf
Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Daniel Wolf has spent the last year handling back-to-back billion-dollar deals in a variety of industries, including health care, real estate, private equity and technology, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2017 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Arnold & Porter's James Speyer
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP's James F. Speyer has a knack for landing victories in complex litigation, securing a spot among Law360's 2017 Retail MVPs with wins that included casting doubt on a public prosecutor's pricing claims against a national retailer and nixing two false-advertising actions.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Jones Day's Michael Gray
Jones Day’s labor and employment co-chair Michael Gray led McDonald’s to successful outcomes in multiple high-profile wage and hour class actions, including a case that sought to hold the company jointly liable for violations committed by a franchisee, landing him a place on Law360’s list of Employment MVPs for 2017.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Melissa Sawyer
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Melissa Sawyer steered one of the biggest deals of the year in the food and beverage sector with her representation of Diageo in its acquisition of George Clooney’s Casamigos tequila brand, earning her a place as one of Law360’s Food & Beverage MVPs for 2017.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: White & Case's Farhad Jalinous
White & Case LLP partner Farhad Jalinous racked up an impressive year of convincing anxious regulators to let his foreign corporate clients enter the U.S. market, closing billion-dollar deals for companies like Safran SA and Fortis Inc. and cementing his spot among Law360’s 2017 International Trade MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Vinson & Elkins' Steve Gill
Vinson & Elkins LLP’s Steve Gill has helped clients execute major mergers and acquisitions over the past year, including one that established one of the largest natural gas producers in the country, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Energy MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Fish & Richardson's Juanita Brooks
Fish & Richardson PC’s Juanita Brooks has been called a "titan of the patent bar," an "IP icon” and “a jury whisperer” throughout her career as a patent litigator, and her 90 percent trial success rate, combined with recent wins in two major back-to-back patent trials, earned her a spot among Law360’s 2017 Intellectual Property MVPs.