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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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November 24, 2015
White Collar MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Stephen Fishbein
With victories that include securing the Second Circuit reversal of Todd Newman’s insider trading conviction that sent a shock through the industry, recently cemented when the U.S. Supreme Court wouldn’t hear a challenge, Shearman & Sterling LLP’s Stephen Fishbein has carved a berth among Law360’s 2015 White Collar MVPs.
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November 24, 2015
Competition MVP: Gibson Dunn's M. Sean Royall
Powerhouse antitrust attorney M. Sean Royall of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP had a busy year securing a dismissal for Sanofi-Aventis SA in a novel False Claims Act case over the drug Lovenox, and defending AT&T Inc.'s $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of competition MVPs.
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November 24, 2015
Real Estate MVP: Stroock's Jeffrey Keitelman
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP real estate practice co-chairman Jeffrey R. Keitelman advised on a number of high-profile deals over the past year, including a complex sale and leaseback for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of real estate MVPs.
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November 24, 2015
Appellate MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Kathleen Sullivan
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Kathleen M. Sullivan had proven herself a trailblazer as the first female dean of any Stanford University school, and showed 2015 was no exception by scoring a Federal Circuit reversal of the then-largest patent judgment in U.S. history, earning herself a spot among Law360’s Appellate MVPs.
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November 24, 2015
Product Liability MVP: Jones Day's Stephanie Parker
Under Jones Day attorney Stephanie Parker’s guidance, R.J. Reynolds this year closed out nearly every remaining federal Engle progeny case in Florida and obtained a crucial win at the Eleventh Circuit, accomplishments that land its defense leader among Law360’s Product Liability MVPs for the fourth straight year.
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November 24, 2015
Technology MVP: Davis Polk's Alan Denenberg
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Alan Denenberg's work over the last year has included acting as lead counsel to Intel Corp. on its June $16.7 billion acquisition of Altera Corp. and lead underwriters' counsel on the $520 million initial public offering of GoDaddy Inc. in April, landing him a spot on Law360's list of Technology MVPs for 2015.
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November 24, 2015
Health MVP: Zuckerman Spaeder's D. Brian Hufford
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP partner D. Brian Hufford’s commitment to holding insurance companies accountable in health care disputes saw several major wins this year including a September ruling that health care providers can exercise ERISA rights assigned by their patients, landing him among Law360’s Health MVPs for 2015.
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November 24, 2015
Sports MVP: Proskauer Rose's Bradley Ruskin
Thanks to his work representing the gamut of professional sports leagues on a host of complex litigation matters in various courts, Proskauer Rose LLP's Bradley I. Ruskin has been named one of Law360's sports MVPs for 2015.
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November 23, 2015
Telecom MVP: Wiley Rein's Scott Delacourt
TracFone's $40 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over data plans was one of several instances where Wiley Rein LLP’s Scott Delacourt advised a major telecom player in a brush-up with regulators, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2015 list of Telecom MVPs.
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November 23, 2015
Competition MVP: Davis Polk's Christopher Hockett
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Christopher Hockett helped to defeat allegations that client T-Mobile and others fixed prices on pay-per-use text messages in a massive class action of more than 100 million U.S. customers seeking nearly $3 billion in damages, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Competition MVPs.
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November 23, 2015
Product Liability MVP: Faegre Baker Daniels' Joe Price
Faegre Baker Daniels’ Joe Price is a veteran of mass torts litigation that took wing in the 1970s and his recent key victories for device maker Zimmer Inc. in the first bellwether trials over its allegedly defective Durom Cup hip replacement device have put him among Law360’s Product Liability MVPs.
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November 23, 2015
White Collar MVP: Quinn Emanuel's William Burck
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner William Burck dismantled the government's prosecution of former Petro Tiger Ltd. Chief Executive Joseph Sigelman in a high-profile foreign bribery case and is also lead U.S. counsel for FIFA in a global bribery investigation at the world soccer governing body, earning him recognition on Law360's 2015 list of white collar MVPs.
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November 23, 2015
Real Estate MVP: Simpson Thacher's Sas Mehrara
Closing complex, billion-dollar deals for private equity's biggest real estate players, such as Blackstone's $23 billion acquisition with Wells Fargo of GE Capital Real Estate's near-entire portfolio, has earned Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Sasan “Sas” Mehrara a place on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.
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November 23, 2015
Sports MVP: Latham & Watkins' Christopher Brearton
Latham & Watkins LLP's Christopher D. Brearton rode a winding path from college athlete to being one of the go-to legal advisers for sports organizations and their content providers, but the experience has ultimately placed him at the forefront of some of the industry's biggest deals and landed him among Law360’s Sports MVPs for 2015.
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November 23, 2015
Appellate MVP: Morgan Lewis' Allyson N. Ho
Allyson N. Ho of Morgan Lewis & Bockius had just scored a U.S. Supreme Court victory addressing the duration of retiree benefits last year when she faced the justices yet again in a case spotlighting deference to agency decisions, marking an ambitious schedule that carved her a spot among Law360’s Appellate MVPs for 2015.
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November 23, 2015
Life Sciences MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Jay Lefkowitz
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Jay P. Lefkowitz maintained his place among Law360’s Life Science MVPs this year by scoring wins for Teva and other pharmaceutical giants in pay for delay, failure to warn and False Claims Act cases across the country.
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November 23, 2015
International Trade MVP: Skadden Arps' Ivan Schlager
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s Ivan Schlager secured a spot on Law360’s list of 2015 International Trade MVPs after he ushered in telecommunication deals that are impressive in both scope and size, such as Broadcom’s $37 billion semiconductor transaction and Nokia’s $16.6 billion acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent.
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November 20, 2015
Product Liability MVP: Covington's Phyllis Jones
Covington & Burling LLP partner Phyllis Jones achieved an impressive hat trick earlier this year by snagging victories in three separate trials held during the course of one month in sprawling litigation over Eli Lilly & Co.'s alleged concealment of the withdrawal risks of its antidepressant Cymbalta, earning her a place among Law360's Product Liability MVPs for 2015.
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November 20, 2015
Real Estate MVP: Paul Weiss' Harris Freidus
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP’s Harris Freidus clocked about $9.5 billion in deals in the last 12 months for a list of clients that includes some of the nation’s largest health care REITs and real estate developers, landing him among Law360’s 2015 Real Estate MVPs.
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November 20, 2015
Health MVP: Skadden's Jeremy London
In a hot year for deal-making in the health care sector, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Jeremy London has kept busy with a host of deals, including his representation of Centene Corp. in a $6.8 billion transaction that is poised to make it the fourth largest player in the managed care sector, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2015 list of Health MVPs.
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November 20, 2015
Competition MVP: Cravath's Christine Varney
Christine Varney’s previous roles as FTC commissioner and high-ranking DOJ antitrust official have served her well this year in advising companies on big ticket deals, such as Heinz in its $60 billion merger with Kraft and Integrys Energy Group in a $9.1 billion sale, landing the Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner among Law360’s Competition MVPs for 2015.
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November 20, 2015
White Collar MVP: Jones Walker's Michael Magner
Jones Walker LLP's Michael Magner helped to exonerate the highest-ranking BP PLC executive criminally charged over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, calling multiple character witnesses in a risky trial gambit, earning him a spot on Law360's list of White Collar MVPs.
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November 20, 2015
Life Sciences MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Jim Hurst
Twenty-five years of winning in front of judges, juries and appellate court panels led James Hurst to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011, where the Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney garnered a major victory for generic drugmakers and simultaneously helped win himself a spot on Law360's 2015 list of life sciences MVPs.
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November 20, 2015
Sports MVP: Katten Muchin's Adam Klein
NBA teams from California to Wisconsin turned to Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP's Adam R. Klein for help building new arenas in the past year, bolstering Klein's reputation as a top-shelf sports transactions lawyer and earning him a place among Law360's Sports MVPs for 2015.
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November 20, 2015
Telecom MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Brian Hamilton
Navigating the Charter CommunicationsInc.-Bright House Networks LLC $10.4 billion tie-up was tricky enough, but quickly reworking the deal when Charter decided to pursue Time Warner Cable has earned Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Brian Hamilton a spot on Law360's 2015 list of telecom MVPs.