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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Bracewell's Kevin Ewing
In the last year, Bracewell LLP's Kevin Ewing has advised Statoil on its winning bid for a highly competitive federal wind lease and secured a ruling that clarifies the scope of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, landing him among Law360's 2017 Environmental MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Jones Day's Matthew Lampe
Jones Day labor and employment practice co-chair Matthew Lampe had another banner year in 2017, securing judgments ending and narrowing two suits against IBM and helping Verizon beat back a potentially costly wage class action to earn himself a spot among Law360’s 2017 Employment MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Wiley Rein's Timothy Brightbill
Wiley Rein LLP’s Tim Brightbill has often found himself at the forefront of global trade policy issues, and his recent achievements in trade remedy proceedings on behalf of SolarWorld Americas Inc. have landed him a spot among Law360’s 2017 International Trade MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Blank Rome's David Nadler
Blank Rome LLP’s David Nadler and his team of government contract attorneys helped helicopter operator Columbia Helicopters successfully defend against a competitor's bid protests challenging a $1 billion contract to provide helicopters in Afghanistan, landing him among Law360’s 2017 Government Contracts MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Paul Weiss' Scott Barshay
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP’s Scott A. Barshay, leader of the firm's global mergers and acquisitions practice, has helped negotiate more than $200 billion in deals in the past year, and a $143 billion merger for the Kraft Heinz Co. anchored his mega-deal workload, landing him among Law360's 2017 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Latham's Richard Owens
Latham & Watkins LLP’s Richard Owens helped Deutsche Bank negotiate down a huge government settlement that initially threatened the German banking giant’s survival following a probe into the company’s pre-crisis mortgage securitization practices, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Stephen Neuwirth
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP’s Stephen Neuwirth scored major victories for clients in both class and nonclass antitrust matters over the last year, including another settlement for egg purchasers and a win for the Washington Nationals in a dispute with the Baltimore Orioles, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Competition MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Davis Polk's Damian Schaible
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Damian Schaible's work guiding creditor groups through a wide range of energy company bankruptcies, including the cases of coal giant Peabody Energy Corp. and oil field service firms C&J Energy Services and Key Energy Services, has earned him a spot on Law360's 2017 list of Energy MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: King & Spalding's Phyllis Sumner
King & Spalding LLP’s Phyllis Sumner was tapped this fall to head the team steering credit reporting giant Equifax through the legal fallout from a massive data breach that compromised the personal information of more than 145 million Americans and spawned class action lawsuits, congressional hearings and regulatory probes, landing her a spot among Law360's 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Skadden's Jay Kasner
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Jay Kasner's successes for a broad range of clients, from industrial giants and technology businesses to the global financial institutions that underwrite their securities, earned him a spot on this year's list of Law360 Securities MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Haynes And Boone's David Siegal
David Siegal, co-chair of Haynes and Boone LLP's white collar practice, exposed a fatal flaw in Manhattan federal prosecutors' high-profile case against private equity executive Benjamin Wey this year, getting the charges dismissed and earning a spot among Law360's White Collar MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Eric Krautheimer
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Eric Krautheimer shepherded clients through three of the biggest transactions in the past year, including the $108.7 billion AT&T merger with Time Warner, Bayer's $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto and Amazon's $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods, making him one of Law360's 2017 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Craig Cardon
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP’s Craig Cardon nabbed big victories for major retailers like Nordstrom and Columbia Sportswear in recent months, landing among Law360’s Retail MVPs for the third year running by securing game-changing decisions in pricing and false-advertising class actions while helping his clients navigate looming regulatory concerns.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Drew Flowers
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Drew Flowers has been guiding some of the biggest real estate deals on both coasts, including Related Cos.' ongoing role in multibillion-dollar projects at New York's Hudson Yards and San Francisco's Transbay Transit Center terminal, earning him a spot on Law360's 2017 Real Estate MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mark Menting
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Mark J. Menting helped banks and other financial institutions close deals worth more than $8 billion in the last year, including a complex transaction that brought two of the biggest names in stock trading together, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Alfred Ng
From Shearman & Sterling LLP's office in Singapore, counsel Alfred Ng of the firm's project development and finance practice group has found innovative ways to guide clients through a variety of major projects in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Hong Kong, landing him a selection as one of Law360’s 2017 Project Finance MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: King & Spalding's Andrew Bayman
King & Spalding LLP's Andrew Bayman helped limit GlaxoSmithKline's damages to $3 million in a closely watched federal trial over the company's liability for the suicide of a Reed Smith LLP partner who used a generic version of Paxil, landing him among Law360's 2017 Product Liability MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: O'Melveny's Daniel Petrocelli
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Daniel Petrocelli landed a massive win that helped shape the music industry when New York's highest appeals court ruled that radio companies like SiriusXM are not required to pay to broadcast pre-1972 recordings over the air, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2017 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Matthew Hurd
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's longtime partner Matthew Hurd led the Netherlands-based health technology giant Royal Philips in its $2.2 billion acquisition of U.S. medical device company The Spectranetics Corp. over the past year and is currently guiding Bayer AG in its planned $66 billion takeover of Monsanto Co., earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 2017 Life Sciences MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Hughes Hubbard's James Dabney
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP’s James Dabney persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to put limits on where patent lawsuits can be filed, a decision that upended almost 30 years of established practice and has changed the patent litigation map, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2017 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Covington's Mark Plotkin
Covington & Burling LLP partner Mark E. Plotkin spent the past year securing U.S. government approval for a litany of billion-dollar overseas transactions with sensitive security implications, headlined by the $3.2 billion sale of Intersil Corp. to Japan’s Renesas Electronics Corp., earning him a spot among Law360’s 2017 International Trade MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: McKool Smith's Kenneth Frenchman
McKool Smith PC’s Kenneth Frenchman has helped policyholders access hundreds of millions of dollars from contested insurance policies over the past year, including a major win in the Superior Court of New Jersey that unlocked $400 million for the NJ Transit Corp., earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2017 Insurance MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Vinson & Elkins' Craig Margolis
Vinson & Elkins LLP’s Craig Margolis has guided defense contractors through False Claims Act and other fraud litigation in the past year, including helping KBR Inc. beat a former employee’s long-running suit accusing the company of accepting kickbacks, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Government Contracts MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Irell & Manella's David Schwarz
Irell & Manella LLP’s David Schwarz has represented California agricultural growers in complex cases that raised constitutional questions this year, including a win at the Ninth Circuit for two of the largest growers in the nation, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2017 Food & Beverage MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Morgan Lewis' James Dragna
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s James J. Dragna has helped various clients navigate complex environmental proceedings in the past year on issues ranging from a natural gas leak in California to a case involving the allocation of cleanup costs at a San Diego site, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Environmental MVPs.