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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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November 29, 2018
MVP: Mayer Brown's Paul Hughes
Paul Hughes, a Mayer Brown LLP partner in the firm's Supreme Court and appellate practice, has scored a number of intellectual property victories at the Federal Circuit, including one that clarified the standard of divided infringement, landing him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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November 29, 2018
MVP: Latham & Watkins' Robert Buday
Robert Buday of Latham & Watkins LLP is the king of billion-dollar real estate deals, guiding Phillips Edison & Co. on two key acquisitions that transformed the company, as well as major deals involving Bass Pro Shops and Hyatt Hotels Corp. to earn a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Real Estate MVPs.
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November 29, 2018
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Patrick S. Brown
Patrick S. Brown, a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's general practice group, helped Zions Bancorp. become the first bank to ever check out of Dodd-Frank's "Hotel California," and he has guided several other West Coast bank transactions over the past year, earning him a place among Law360's 2018 Banking MVPs.
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November 29, 2018
MVP: Faegre's Andrea Roberts Pierson
Andrea Roberts Pierson of Faegre Baker Daniels scored major defense victories this year for makers of implanted blood filters and knee replacements targeted in large-scale, multidistrict litigation, earning herself a place among Law360's 2018 Product Liability MVPs.
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November 29, 2018
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Grace E. Speights
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Grace E. Speights, who is defending PBS against Tavis Smiley's claim he was wrongfully fired after facing sexual harassment allegations, has emerged as a go-to legal adviser for high-profile employers looking to evaluate their workplaces and navigate issues related to the #MeToo movement, earning her a spot among Law360's Employment MVPs.
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November 29, 2018
MVP: Akin Gump's Ira Dizengoff
Bankruptcy deal-maker Ira Dizengoff of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP reorganized tens of billions of dollars this year, including an arrangement that fended off unemployment for 4,500 people working at bankrupt power plants, efforts that landed him among Law360's 2018 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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November 29, 2018
MVP: Labaton Sucharow's Jordan Thomas
Labaton Sucharow LLP partner Jordan Thomas made history this year when he led Merrill Lynch whistleblowers to win damages of over $83 million — the largest ever award since the beginning of the SEC's Whistleblower program in 2011 — in a landmark enforcement action, landing him a spot among Law360's 2018 Securities MVPs.
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November 29, 2018
MVP: Paul Hastings' Yar Chaikovsky
Yar Chaikovsky, the global co-chair of Paul Hastings LLP's intellectual property practice, scored a patent victory at the Federal Circuit last December for Yahoo and Twitter after a long-running multidistrict litigation battle with an Acacia Research Corp. subsidy, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Appellate MVPs.
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November 29, 2018
MVP: Davis Polk's Will Pearce
Will Pearce of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP steered billion-dollar international deals over the past year, including Comcast's £26 billion ($34 billion) cash offer for Sky PLC, which beat out a competing offer from stakeholder 21st Century Fox, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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November 28, 2018
MVP: Jones Day's Robert C. Lee
Robert C. Lee, co-chair of Jones Day's global real estate practice, helped guide the Greystar Real Estate Partners-led $4.4 billion transaction for a publicly traded real estate investment trust, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Real Estate MVPs.
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November 28, 2018
MVP: Paul Weiss' Susanna M. Buergel
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Susanna M. Buergel helped lead a successful defense to conclusion this year for an unusual shareholder derivative suit against Citigroup officers that could have cost the bank billions of dollars in damages, making her one of Law360's 2018 Banking MVPs.
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November 28, 2018
MVP: Davis Polk's Neil Barr
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Neil Barr scored victories in high-profile cases this year, acting as the lead tax counsel for Comcast as the company offered £25.9 billion for Sky PLC and advising Comcast and NBCUniversal on the sale of the Weather Group, the parent company of the Weather Channel, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Tax MVPs.
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November 28, 2018
MVP: Jenner & Block's Jessica Ring Amunson
Jessica Ring Amunson, co-chair of Jenner & Block LLP's appellate and Supreme Court practice and chair of the firm's election law and redistricting practice, successfully argued in the U.S. Supreme Court case Class v. U.S., persuading the justices to rule that criminal defendants can challenge the constitutionality of laws they already pled guilty to breaking if they didn't explicitly waive the right to do so, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Appellate MVPs.
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November 28, 2018
MVP: O'Melveny's John Rapisardi
O'Melveny & Myers LLP attorney John Rapisardi spent the last year guiding Puerto Rico's government through the island's mind-numbingly complex $120 billion restructuring, and in the process he clarified the Commonwealth's rights in regard to the federally appointed Oversight Board, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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November 28, 2018
MVP: Jones Day's Gregory Castanias
Jones Day's Gregory Castanias has ticked off major wins this year at the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit in cases tackling important issues in patent law, from America Invents Act reviews to privity, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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November 28, 2018
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Mark Perry
Mark Perry of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP achieved what he calls one of the hallmarks of his career this past year with the precedent-setting U.S. Supreme Court win in a case about how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission selects its administrative law judges, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Securities MVPs.
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November 28, 2018
MVP: Davis Polk's Oliver Smith
Oliver Smith, a corporate partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, recently led a team of attorneys advising Aetna Inc. in a $69 billion deal to be sold to CVS Health Corp., landing him a spot among Law360's 2018 Mergers and Acquisitions MVPs.
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November 28, 2018
MVP: Seyfarth's Jerry Maatman
Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner Jerry Maatman helped Jimmy John's escape massive wage-and-hour litigation by proving the company isn't responsible for its individual franchisees and separately got a 70,000-member class arbitration cut down to 250 people, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Employment MVPs.
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November 28, 2018
MVP: Covington's Paul Schmidt
Paul Schmidt of Covington & Burling LLP has had a big year, stamping out thousands of suits against Accutane maker Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. with a major win in the New Jersey Supreme Court and racking up multiple trial wins in other pharmaceutical cases, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Product Liability MVPs.
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November 27, 2018
MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Craig Fields
Craig Fields, co-chair of Morrison & Foerster LLP's tax department and chair of the firm's state and local tax group, has landed a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Tax MVPs, helping Agilent Technologies win a case in the Colorado Court of Appeals with a ruling that said the Colorado Department of Revenue cannot force a holding company that has no property or payroll activities in the U.S. to be included in its parent company's combined corporate income tax return.
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November 27, 2018
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Joanne Franzel
Joanne Franzel, a partner in Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s real estate practice group, counseled real estate investment and management firm Jamestown LP in its $2.4 billion sale of Manhattan’s Chelsea Market to Google earlier this year, a deal that helped her earn a spot among Law360’s 2018 Real Estate MVPs.
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November 27, 2018
MVP: Mayer Brown's Mark Hanchet
Mark Hanchet of Mayer Brown LLP scored several big victories over the past year representing HSBC Bank in actions brought under the Anti-Terrorism Act, shaking off two suits for jurisdictional reasons and landing one dismissal that will define the relatively young statute for decades to come, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Banking MVPs.
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November 27, 2018
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Pamela J. Yates
Pamela J. Yates of Arnold & Porter was the first lead trial attorney to prevail over multidistrict claims that a testosterone replacement causes heart attacks, and she directed the winning science strategy behind several recent defense verdicts for Bayer, landing her among Law360's 2018 Product Liability MVPs.
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November 27, 2018
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Eugene Scalia
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Eugene Scalia beat the U.S. Department of Labor this year, scoring a high-profile victory that vacated the agency's controversial Obama-era fiduciary rule for retirement account advisers, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Appellate MVPs.
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November 27, 2018
MVP: Irell & Manella's Morgan Chu
Morgan Chu of Irell & Manella LLP convinced the full Federal Circuit this year to reject the U.S. Patent Trademark Office's controversial stance that applicants who appeal to a district court must pay the agency's legal bills regardless of whether it wins or loses, earning a place among Law360's 2018 Intellectual Property MVPs.