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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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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.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jane Love
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Jane Love found herself dealing with Japanese law in a U.S. court this year, but that didn't stop her and her team from successfully defending a Novartis multiple sclerosis treatment from a multi-front attack by challengers seeking to invalidate the company's patent, earning her a spot among Law360's 2017 Life Sciences MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Davis Polk's Charles Duggan
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s Charles Duggan has put to bed a slew of cases over the past year in favor of his clients from an all-star roster that has included such Wall Street heavyweights as Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and S&P Global Inc., securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Securities MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Jane Byrne
Among her many wins this year, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Jane Byrne secured notable victories for client Infrassure in an arbitration-location fight in the Second Circuit and a case over $100 million worth of fire-related damage at a refinery, making her one of Law360's 2017 Insurance MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Willkie's Todd Cosenza
As vice chair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s securities litigation team, Todd Cosenza has had another year of successes representing high-profile financial institutions, including foiling a multibillion-dollar case against Barclays at New York’s highest court, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's William Burck
From helping Brazilian industrial giant Odebrecht SA survive a multinational corruption investigation to representing top White House personnel in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election, William Burck of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has been in demand, landing a spot on Law360's list of White Collar MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Crowell & Moring's Amy Laderberg O'Sullivan
Crowell & Moring LLP’s Amy Laderberg O’Sullivan had a busy year in bid protests, including helping to defend a $17 billion defense health contract award and successfully representing Experian in an unexpectedly high-profile dispute over an IRS identity verification deal, landing her among Law360's 2017 Government Contracts MVPs.
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December 18, 2017
MVP: Blank Rome's Robert Scott
Blank Rome LLP’s Robert Scott had a hand in a number of important environmental matters this year, including leading the defense of Eastman Chemical Co. in a West Virginia coal-processing chemical spill class action and helping secure the development of a $6 billion ethane gas complex in western Pennsylvania for a Royal Dutch Shell PLC unit, earning him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Environmental MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Dechert's Andrew Levander
Dechert LLP’s Andrew J. Levander steered Takata to a $1 billion settlement in a criminal case over potentially fatal air bag inflators and represented Fox News in sexual harassment litigation over the past year, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2017 White Collar MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Proskauer's Martin Bienenstock
Proskauer Rose LLP’s Martin J. Bienenstock has handled several high-profile corporate bankruptcies this year, including the $25 billion Caesars Entertainment case, but he’s also breaking new ground for the bankruptcy bar by representing the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico in the island’s $125 billion restructuring, earning him a spot among Law360's 2017 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Paul Weiss' Jay Cohen
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Jay Cohen spent the last year steering key court cases that shaped the landscape of the broadcast and cable industries, landing him a spot as one of Law360's 2017 Telecommunications MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Skadden's Kenton King
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Kenton King has brokered record-breaking deals on behalf of Silicon Valley firms in the past year, including a more than $15 billion acquisition for Intel Corp. and the largest-ever semiconductor deal, securing him a place as one of Law360's 2017 Technology MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Covington's Jeremy Spector
Jeremy Spector, whose tax practice at Covington & Burling LLP singularly and uniquely focuses on representing the sports industry, landed a spot among the five Law360 Tax MVPs of 2017 after he won a precedent-setting case for the Boston Bruins, advised the Mexican Football Federation in its joint bid with U.S. and Canadian soccer federations to host the World Cup, and emerged victorious in a string of IRS audits.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Sidley Austin's David Teitelbaum
This year, Sidley Austin LLP's David Teitelbaum worked with Apple to bring Apple Pay to consumers and with PayPal to establish a credit service, playing a big role in the world of financial technology and earning a place as one ofLaw360's 2017 Retail and E-Commerce MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Jenner & Block's Adam Unikowsky
Jenner & Block LLP's Adam Unikowsky won three unanimous Supreme Court rulings in the past year, including one that could alter how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other government agencies seek disgorgement in enforcement actions, earning him a spot among Law360's Securities MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Paul Weiss' Harris Freidus
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Harris Freidus has handled several major matters over the past year for developer CIM Group, and thanks to that work as well as other large deals across the health care and hospitality spaces, he's been named one of Law360's Real Estate MVPs for 2017.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Skadden's P. Anthony Sammi
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's P. Anthony Sammi took on Facebook Inc. and its subsidiary Oculus VR LLC to win a $500 million jury verdict for his clients, video game makers ZeniMax Media and id Software, earning him a spot among Law360's 2017 Trials MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
MVP: Archer & Greiner's John Connell
John Connell of Archer & Greiner PC persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the federal government’s ban on offensive trademark registrations as unconstitutional in a landmark decision this year, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Intellectual Property MVPs.