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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 01, 2015
Competition MVP: Skadden's Steven Sunshine
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Steven C. Sunshine handled multibillion-dollar mergers for Nokia and others, as well as complex antitrust litigation against Allergan, landing him a spot on Law360’s Competition MVPs for 2015.
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December 01, 2015
Banking MVP: Arnold & Porter's Howard Cayne
Arnold & Porter's Howard Cayne has won a string of federal appellate rulings finding that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac aren't liable for state and local real estate transfer taxes, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs for 2015.
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November 30, 2015
Sports MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler
Leading the National Football League Players Association and superstar quarterback Tom Brady to victory in the closely watched Deflategate case, Winston & Strawn LLP's Jeffrey Kessler convinced a federal court judge that Brady's four-game suspension violated the NFL's collective bargaining agreement, making him one of Law360's Sports MVPs for 2015.
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November 30, 2015
Real Estate MVP: Willkie Farr's David Drewes
David C. Drewes of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP tackled a string of high-profile real estate deals this year, including a massive $690 million sale of apartment buildings and a €1.3 billion mortgage financing agreement, landing him on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.
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November 30, 2015
Appellate MVP: Shapiro Arato's Alexandra Shapiro
Shapiro Arato’s Alexandra Shapiro flexed her steely appellate savvy to overturn convictions for clients accused of insider trading, operating an alleged pyramid scheme and committing tax shelter fraud, making her one of Law360’s 2015 Appellate MVPs.
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November 30, 2015
White Collar MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Reid Weingarten
Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Reid H. Weingarten's streak of high-profile courtroom victories continued this year when he helped convinced a New Orleans jury to exonerate the highest-ranking BP PLC executive criminally charged over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, a win that made him one of Law360's White Collar MVPs of 2015.
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November 30, 2015
Technology MVP: Skadden's Kenton J. King
As partner-in-charge of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Palo Alto, California, office, Kenton J. King has been a constant presence in this year’s top technology deals, including Broadcom Corp.'s $37 billion sale to Avago Technologies Ltd., landing him a place on Law360’s 2015 list of Technology MVPs.
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November 30, 2015
Life Sciences MVP: Sterne Kessler's Eldora Ellison
Eldora Ellison's time in the laboratory has helped her score victories for biotechs and their cutting-edge treatments, making the Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC director a go-to patent litigator and earning her a spot on Law360's list of 2015 Life Sciences MVPs.
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November 30, 2015
Competition MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Dan Brockett
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Dan Brockett negotiated one of the largest antitrust class action settlements in history, in which many major banks agreed to pay $1.86 billion to settle claims that they rigged the credit default swaps market, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2015 list of Competition MVPs.
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November 29, 2015
Real Estate MVP: Willkie Farr's Thomas J. Henry
With a year that included client Hudson’s Bay Company’s $1.8 billion acquisition of 41 U.S. stores in a venture with Simon Property Group, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s Thomas J. Henry landed once again on Law360’s List of Real Estate MVPs.
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November 25, 2015
Appellate MVP: Ropes & Gray's Doug Hallward-Driemeier
Ropes & Gray LLP partner Douglas Hallward-Driemeier will forever be linked with the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision defining same-sex marriage as a constitutional right, but that case is part of a thick portfolio of top-flight legal work that has earned him a place among Law360's Appellate MVPs for 2015.
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November 25, 2015
Competition MVP: Perkins Coie's David Burman
David Burman of Perkins Coie LLP has been a strong defender of Costco in its battles against international pricing conspiracies, most recently winning $75 million from global LCD manufacturers that a jury deemed were involved in a pervasive price-fixing scheme, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Competition MVPs for 2015.
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November 25, 2015
The MVPs Of IP Law
The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes litigation earned them a spot in the Intellectual Property category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.
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November 25, 2015
The MVPs Of Securities Law
The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes litigation and complex global matters earned them a spot in the Securities category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.
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November 25, 2015
The MVPs Of Energy Law
The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes litigation and complex global matters earned them a spot in the Securities category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.
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November 25, 2015
The MVPs Of Capital Markets Law
The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes deals and complex litigation earned them a spot in the Capital Markets category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.
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November 25, 2015
The MVPs Of Health Law
The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes deals and complex litigation earned them a spot in the Health Law category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.
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November 25, 2015
The MVPs Of Insurance Law
The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes deals and complex litigation earned them a spot in the Insurance Law category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.
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November 25, 2015
The MVPs Of Tax Law
The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes deals and complex litigation earned them a spot in the Tax Law category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.
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November 25, 2015
White Collar MVP: Sidley Austin's Mark Hopson
Mark D. Hopson’s work on behalf Bayer this year helped vanquish a suit brought by the Federal Trade Commission accusing the chemical and pharmaceutical company of making false claims about its line of probiotics, earning the Sidley Austin LLP partner a spot on Law360’s White Collar MVPs for 2015.
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November 25, 2015
Product Liability MVP: Motley Rice's Joseph Rice
Motley Rice LLC co-founder Joseph Rice's long reputation for creative approaches to complex settlements at the negotiating table, including his roles in reaching historic settlements with BP over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, landed him a spot on Law360's list of Product Liability MVPs for 2015.
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November 25, 2015
Sports MVP: Skadden's Jeffrey Mishkin
Between representing the NBA in its ouster of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the league and the NCAA in its continued quest to block players from turning the world of intercollegiate sports on its head, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Jeffrey Mishkin has spent the past year working on the highest profile of cases, landing him on Law360's list of Sports MVPs.
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November 25, 2015
Life Sciences MVP: Paul Weiss' Nicholas Groombridge
Nicholas P. Groombridge of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP argued a monumental biosimilars case at the Federal Circuit and secured a historic victory for Amgen and the entire industry of brand-name biologics, placing him among Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs of 2015.
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November 24, 2015
International Trade MVP: Wiley Rein's Alan Price
Wiley Rein LLP’s Alan Price has helped level the global playing field for clients such as steel titan Nucor by fighting unfair trade practices and leading the way as a trade policy advocate, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2015 International Trade MVPs.
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November 24, 2015
Life Sciences MVP: Latham & Watkins' Charles Ruck
In the past year, Charles Ruck of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised $178 billion worth of deals in the life sciences market, not including his work on the recent $160 billion merger of Allergan and Pfizer, a resume that places him among Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs for 2015.