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Rankings: MVPs of the Year

Law360’s MVPs of the Year recognizes the five attorneys who had extraordinary wins and contributed most to their practice area in the past year. The series showcases standout attorneys across the practice areas and industries covered by Law360.
  • December 12, 2016

    Private Equity MVP: Sidley Austin's Dan Clivner

    Sidley Austin LLP’s Dan Clivner, who serves as co-leader of the firm’s private equity practice as well as co-managing partner of its Los Angeles office, has enjoyed a banner year working on PE transactions and mergers and acquisitions, highlighted by a notable deal where he advised a large client on an unusual topping offer, winning him a place on Law 360's 2016 list of private equity MVPs.

  • December 12, 2016

    Hospitality MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Larry Eppley

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP partner Larry Eppley has nabbed a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of Hospitality MVPs thanks to his work in acquisitions, real estate finance, joint ventures, and other public and private transactions in the industry, particularly for two standout clients.

  • December 12, 2016

    Competition MVP: Cravath's Evan Chesler

    For his work obtaining a seminal Second Circuit reversal for American Express in a suit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice over the company’s contract provisions barring merchants from steering customers toward other credit card brands, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP's Evan R. Chesler has earned a place among Law360’s Competition MVPs.

  • December 12, 2016

    Gov't Contracts MVP: Covington & Burling's Jay Carey

    Packing a wealth of experience Covington & Burling LLP's Jay Carey has become a go-to lawyer for major bid protests by federal contractors from a variety of industries, including UnitedHealth’s challenges to $58 billion in Tricare contracts, and earned a spot on Law360’s list of Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 12, 2016

    Life Sciences MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Jay Lefkowitz

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Jay Lefkowitz’s numerous 2016 courtroom appearances were of great consequence and concerned a wide-ranging set of issues and major generic and brand-name pharmaceutical companies, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2016 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 12, 2016

    Transportation MVP: Gibson Dunn's Thomas Dupree Jr.

    Gibson Dunn’s trial and appellate ace Thomas Dupree Jr. scored a major victory in getting the D.C. Circuit to strike down as unconstitutional a federal law that gave Amtrak regulatory power over freight railroads, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of Transportation MVPs.

  • December 12, 2016

    Bankruptcy MVP: Ropes & Gray's Gregg Galardi

    The Gawker Media bankruptcy saga dominated the news this year, putting lead Gawker counsel Gregg Galardi of Ropes & Gray LLP in the center of the action and among Law360's 2016 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 12, 2016

    Privacy MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes

    Cooley LLP's Michael Rhodes landed a major victory for Facebook when the social media giant defeated class certification in a high-stakes privacy dispute, continuing his success streak of expertly defending market-disrupting technology companies and earning him a spot among Law360's 2016 Privacy MVPs.

  • December 12, 2016

    International Arbitration MVP: Steptoe's Matthew Coleman

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Matthew Coleman helped convince a World Bank tribunal that Zimbabwe must either pay $320 million to investors whose land was seized by the government during its "land reform" program or return the land to them, earning him a spot among Law360's 2016 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • December 12, 2016

    International Trade MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Paul Brinkman

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Paul Brinkman’s creative claims before the International Trade Commission this year secured his his second-time spot on Law360’s list of International Trade MVPs.

  • December 09, 2016

    Securities MVP: Davis Polk's James Rouhandeh

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner James P. Rouhandeh raked in major securities wins this year, including Morgan Stanley’s Second Circuit triumph that paved the way to its other victories in mortgage-backed securities cases, making him one of Law360's five Securities MVPs for 2016.

  • December 09, 2016

    Life Sciences MVP: White & Case's J. Mark Gidley

    In the constantly evolving sector of pharmaceutical antitrust law, White & Case LLP partner J. Mark Gidley has kept up by bringing a well-rounded, creative and determined legal mind to every case, skills that have earned him a spot among Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs for 2016.

  • December 09, 2016

    Privacy MVP: Ropes & Gray's Doug Meal

    Only Wyndham and LabMD have chosen to fight rather than immediately settle inadequate data security claims lodged by the Federal Trade Commission, and both have turned for assistance to Doug Meal, a Ropes & Gray LLP partner with a reputation for helping Target, Supervalu and a slew of others navigate the aftermath of high-profile data breaches, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2016 Privacy MVPs.

  • December 09, 2016

    Transpo MVP: Atkinson Andelson's Joseph Akrotirianakis

    Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo partner Joseph N. Akrotirianakis strengthened his reputation this year as a top attorney for shipping companies and marine terminal operators by winning several dismissals in suits against his clients, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Transportation MVPs.

  • December 09, 2016

    Employment MVP: Morgan Lewis' Sarah Bouchard

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Sarah E. Bouchard guided Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. to a win over an ousted executive's claims that she was fired for cooperating in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act probe, one of numerous wins she scored for employers in whistleblower cases that earned her a spot among Law360's 2015 Employment MVPs.

  • December 09, 2016

    Environmental MVP: Weil's Annemargaret Connolly

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP environmental practice head Annemargaret Connolly spent the past year helping steer $250 billion in mergers and acquisitions transactions through rigorous environmental reviews, including The Dow Chemical Co.'s $130 billion pending merger with DuPont, earning her a spot on Law360's list of environmental MVPs.

  • December 09, 2016

    Private Equity MVP: Latham & Watkins' David I. Brown

    Latham & Watkins LLP attorney David I. Brown spent the past year guiding a plethora of private equity transactions, together worth nearly $6 billion, for clients including the Carlyle Group and Platinum Equity, landing him on Law360’s list of 2016 Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 09, 2016

    Competition MVP: White & Case's Peter Carney

    White & Case LLP's Peter Carney helped Warner Chilcott knock out so-called product-hopping claims that it stifled competition for acne medication Doryx in a Third Circuit battle, earning him a spot on Law360's 2016 MVP list.

  • December 09, 2016

    International Trade MVP: Covington's Shara Aranoff

    Covington & Burling LLP’s decision to hire former U.S. International Trade Commission Chairman Shara M. Aranoff paid considerable dividends over the past year as she played a crucial role in warding off the imposition of hefty tariffs for clients in sectors ranging from shipping to metals, landing her a spot among Law360's International Trade MVPs.

  • December 09, 2016

    Real Estate MVP: Simpson's Gregory Ressa

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has had a long-standing relationship with The Blackstone Group, and as the firm continues to pour billions of dollars into U.S. real estate, it repeatedly calls upon Simpson’s Gregory J. Ressa, one of Law360’s 2016 Real Estate MVPs, for help.

  • December 09, 2016

    International Arbitration MVP: Dechert's Arif Ali

    Dechert LLP partner Arif Ali has continued distinguishing himself this year as the go-to counsel in commercial and investment arbitrations spanning a variety of areas, including internet governance, energy, mining and hospitality, earning him a spot on Law360's 2016 MVP list.

  • December 09, 2016

    Hospitality MVP: Latham & Watkins' Gary Axelrod

    As co-chair of Latham & Watkins LLP’s hospitality, gaming and leisure group, Gary Axelrod spent 2016 representing clients in major transactions from Starwood’s $1.5 billion sale of its timeshare group to a $180 million sale-leaseback on a Boston property, landing him on Law360’s 2016 MVP list.

  • December 08, 2016

    Securities MVP: Weil Gotshal's Jonathan Polkes

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Jonathan Polkes won a major jury verdict for Morgan Stanley in a rare trial — the bank’s first in a decade — over a Russian oligarch’s insider trading suit and crafted a novel argument in a Second Circuit case over companies’ right to fire uncooperative employees, making him one of Law360’s 2016 Securities MVPs.

  • December 08, 2016

    Class Action MVP: Grant & Eisenhofer's Stuart Grant

    After helping Dole Food Co. Inc. shareholders take a $148 million bite out of company executives for engaging in fraud to depress Dole’s value ahead of a go-private deal and also scoring a boosted stock price appraisal for Dell Inc. investors, Stuart Grant of Grant & Eisenhofer PA has earned a spot among Law360’s 2016 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 08, 2016

    Project Finance MVP: Sullivan's Stewart M. Robertson

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Stewart M. Robertson cemented his spot among Law360’s 2016 Project Finance MVPs by guiding Tengizchevroil LLP through its $16 billion project financing to back the $42.5 billion expansion and modification of upstream operations at a super giant oilfield in Kazakhstan — the second largest project financing ever.

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