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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 10, 2015
Bankruptcy MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Stephen Hessler
Over the past year, Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Stephen Hessler has been at the forefront of one of the largest and most complex bankruptcy filings in U.S. history, helping to steer the Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings Inc. through a plan to resolve its Texas-sized debt load and earning his spot as one of Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs for 2015.
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December 10, 2015
Employment MVP: Shegerian & Associates' Carney Shegerian
Carney Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates has secured millions of dollars in damages awards for workers fired for age, disabilities and injuries on the job, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs for 2015.
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December 10, 2015
Privacy MVP: Ropes & Gray's Douglas H. Meal
Ropes & Gray LLP's Douglas H. Meal recently helped Wyndham negotiate a favorable settlement of the Federal Trade Commission's landmark suit challenging the hotel chain's data security practices, while continuing to advise Target and other major retailers in data breach litigation, earning him a slot among Law360's 2015 Privacy MVPs.
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December 10, 2015
M&A MVP: Fried Frank's Philip Richter
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Philip Richter spent the past year helping guide a number of high-profile deals, including Aetna Inc.'s $37 billion acquisition of fellow health insurance giant Humana Inc. and Terex Corp.'s $2.5 billion cross-border merger with Finnish crane company Konecranes PLC, landing him on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.
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December 09, 2015
Bankruptcy MVP: Jones Day's Scott Greenberg
Scott Greenberg of Jones Day led embattled telecommunications firm NII Holdings Inc. through a bruising restructuring process, ultimately winning approval of a reorganization plan — over the fierce objections of bondholders — designed to slash $4.35 billion in debt and propel the company out of Chapter 11, earning him a spot on Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 09, 2015
Employment MVP: Sanford Heisler's David Sanford
David Sanford of Sanford Heisler Kimpel LLP secured millions of dollars in settlements for plaintiffs in separate class action employment suits against Daiichi Sankyo Inc. and Ma Laboratories Inc., earning him a spot among Law360's 2015 Employment MVPs.
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December 09, 2015
Privacy MVP: Gibson Dunn's Alexander Southwell
Gibson Dunn partner Alexander Southwell has represented clients in some of this year’s most high-profile privacy matters, such as defending contractor KeyPoint Government Solutions in the wake of the Office of Personnel Management’s data breach, earning him a spot among Law360’s Privacy MVPs.
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December 09, 2015
M&A MVP: Davis Polk's George Bason
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s George R. Bason Jr. has helped corporate titans navigate the increasingly complex antitrust waters of mergers and acquisitions, tackling myriad complex and high-profile deals and earning himself a spot among Law360’s M&A MVPs of 2015.
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December 08, 2015
Bankruptcy MVP: Jones Day's Gregory M. Gordon
Over the past year, Jones Day’s Gregory M. Gordon steered two of the most difficult Chapter 11 cases in the Delaware bankruptcy court, RadioShack and Specialty Products Holding Corp., to successful plan confirmations and merited a spot among Law360’s 2015 bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 08, 2015
Employment MVP: Proskauer Rose's Elise Bloom
Proskauer Rose LLP's Elise Bloom helped Fox Searchlight Pictures escape an employment class action from unpaid interns who worked on the movie "Black Swan," scoring a landmark Second Circuit victory and earning her a spot among Law360's Employment MVPs of 2015 in the process.
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December 08, 2015
Project Finance MVP: Norton Rose Fulbright's Michael Pikiel
Heading Norton Rose Fulbright's infrastructure, mining and commodities practice, Michael E. Pikiel Jr. has represented clients this past year in an $850 million Dallas toll road project and other groundbreaking undertakings, earning himself a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.
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December 08, 2015
M&A MVP: Cravath's Scott Barshay
In the last year, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's Scott A. Barshay has been entrusted with more than $250 billion worth of deals, including Anhueser Busch Inbev's recent $104 billion play for SABMiller, landing the New York partner on Law360's M&A MVPs for 2015.
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December 08, 2015
M&A MVP: Weil Gotshal's Frederick Green
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Frederick Green combined creativity with efficiency to help companies finalize some the biggest headline-grabbing deals of 2015, including DirecTV's $67 billion sale to AT&T, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Mergers and Acquisitions MVPs.
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December 08, 2015
Privacy MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Jeremy Feigelson
Jeremy Feigelson, head of Debevoise & Plimpton’s cybersecurity and data privacy practice, may have saved the viability of the Internet by landing a victory for Viacom in a proposed class action alleging it illegally shared data associated with children’s online video watching activity, securing his place on Law360’s list of Privacy MVPs for 2015.
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December 07, 2015
Privacy MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes
Cooley LLP partner Michael Rhodes has helped major online companies navigate the murky terrain of who bears liability for data breaches, scoring a big win for eBay when he persuaded a federal court to dismiss a proposed class action over millions of users' exposed personal information and landing on Law360’s list of Privacy MVPs for 2015.
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December 07, 2015
M&A MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Joseph Frumkin
Sullivan & Cromwell partner Joseph B. Frumkin has guided deals together valued at over $140 billion in the past year, shepherding one of the most complex transactions of his career in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' pending acquisition of the generic drug business of Allergan PLC and landing him on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.
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December 07, 2015
Project Finance MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Chantal Kordula
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partner Chantal Kordula secured more than $5 billion in financing to advance an international airport and a gas pipeline in the past year, earning her a place among Law360’s Project Finance MVPs for 2015.
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December 07, 2015
Bankruptcy MVP: Jenner & Block's Catherine Steege
Jenner & Block LLP attorney Catherine Steege delivered the winning argument for client Wellness International in one of the most important bankruptcy cases the U.S. Supreme Court heard this year, resolving a question over bankruptcy court jurisdiction and earning her a spot on Law360's 2015 list of Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 07, 2015
Private Equity MVP: Weil Gotshal's Douglas Warner
Douglas Warner of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP used his private equity expertise and his broader transactional know-how to guide 10-figure deals for clients including Irish airline lessor Avolon Holdings Ltd. this year, landing him a place among Law360’s private equity MVPs for 2015.
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December 07, 2015
Employment MVP: Orrick's Lynne Hermle
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Lynne Hermle led the all-woman trial team that brought Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLP to victory in Ellen Pao's closely watched sex bias trial this year, earning her a spot among Law360's Employment MVPs of 2015.
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December 04, 2015
Privacy MVP: BakerHostetler's Paul Karlsgodt
BakerHostetler partner Paul Karlsgodt leveraged his consumer class action savvy in 2015 to help Advocate Health and Hospitals escape claims over a breach of 4 million patients' data and GameStop shake allegations of sharing customer data with Facebook, earning him a place among Law360's Privacy MVPs.
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December 04, 2015
Banking MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert Giuffra Jr.
Last August, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Robert Giuffra Jr. won a crucial victory for the New York State Banker's Association that will help banks nationwide, getting New York's Responsible Banking Act declared unconstitutional and earning a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs.
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December 04, 2015
M&A MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Frank Aquila
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Frank Aquila astutely steered Kraft Foods Group Inc.'s $55 billion merger with H.J. Heinz Co., tying up one of the largest M&A transactions of 2015 in record time and earning a spot among Law360's M&A MVPs.
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December 04, 2015
Bankruptcy MVP: Hughes Hubbard's James Giddens
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP's James Giddens has helped former customers of defunct Lehman Brothers and MF Global recoup their money and secured billions for other creditors of the collapsed brokerage firms, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 04, 2015
Employment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Eugene Scalia
Helping Ford score an en banc victory in the Sixth Circuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Americans with Disabilities Act claims and representing UBS Financial in an important win in a high-stakes case over arbitration agreements earned Gibson Dunn's Eugene Scalia a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs for 2015.