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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.
  • November 20, 2015

    International Trade MVP: O'Melveny's Ted Kassinger

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Ted Kassinger punched his ticket to Law360's International Trade MVPs by helping to obtain crucial government clearance on massive technology deals for IBM Corp. and securing a landmark exception to the U.S. government's nearly 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports.

  • November 20, 2015

    Appellate MVP: Goodwin Procter's William Jay

    With two U.S. Supreme Court wins under his belt by March, Goodwin Procter LLP's Willy Jay went on to tangle with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a challenge to the agency's first-ever completed administrative adjudication and scored big wins for pharma clients in federal district court, making him a 2015 Appellate MVP.

  • November 19, 2015

    Product Liability MVP: Bowman & Brooke's Joel Smith

    Joel Smith, managing partner at Bowman & Brooke LLP, has been a central figure in two of the biggest product liability crises to hit the automotive industry in recent history, including Honda's handling of the massive recall over faulty Takata air bags, placing him among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.

  • November 19, 2015

    White Collar MVP: Dechert's Andrew Levander

    Dechert LLP's Andrew Levander had a busy 2015, guiding Takata Corp. through its litigation and regulatory quagmire and reaching a remarkable settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a former Fanny Mae executive, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of white collar MVPs.

  • November 19, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Orrick's Michael Liever

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP’s Michael Liever spearheaded a staggering $5 billion in real estate transactions over the past year, including a new sports arena in Sacramento and luxury apartment buildings in Seattle, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2015 list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 19, 2015

    Life Sciences MVP: Irell's David Gindler

    Irell & Manella LLP’s David Gindler has become one of the life sciences industry’s go-to attorneys when it comes to patent cases, and key wins this past year for Ariosa Diagnostics and other cutting-edge industry players cemented that reputation and his place among Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs.

  • November 19, 2015

    Appellate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Helgi Walker

    Helgi C. Walker, co-chair of Gibson Dunn's administrative law and regulatory group, has continued building her reputation as a go-to counsel for high-stakes appellate challenges of federal agency actions, leading cutting-edge litigation for a range of industries in the last year and earning herself a spot among Law360’s Appellate MVPs.

  • November 19, 2015

    Telecom MVP: Latham & Watkins' Matthew Brill

    Latham & Watkins LLP’s Matthew Brill steered several mega-deals for Time Warner Cable Inc., first with Comcast Corp., and now with Charter Communications Inc. and Bright House Networks, while also representing the cable industry during the high-profile net neutrality rulemaking proceedings, making him one of Law360’s 2015 Telecom MVPs.

  • November 19, 2015

    International Trade MVP: Covington & Burling's Mark Plotkin

    Covington & Burling LLP’s Mark Plotkin has developed an exceptional acumen in ushering deals past an obscure interagency committee that scrutinizes cross-border transactions for national security concerns, earning him the trust of major domestic and foreign firms and a spot among Law360’s 2015 International Trade MVPs.

  • November 19, 2015

    Competition MVP: Boies Schiller's William Isaacson

    Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP’s William Isaacson helped hammer out more than $430 million in settlements with foam makers in a national price-fixing case and cemented a landmark victory for college athletes over the NCAA, landing him a spot on Law360's list of Competition MVPs for 2015.

  • November 19, 2015

    Capital Markets MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Kay Ian Ng

    Working on public and private capital markets transactions ranging from tens of millions to billions of dollars, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Kay Ian Ng has been a leader in the realm of high-stakes IPOs and mergers and acquisitions, earning him a place on Law360’s list of Capital Markets MVPs for 2015.

  • November 19, 2015

    Health MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Eric Klein

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's Eric Klein has orchestrated some of the biggest matchups in the health care industry in the past year, guiding three joint ventures that each exceeded $1 billion, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of health MVPs.

  • November 18, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Kirkland's Daniel Perlman

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Daniel Perlman spent 2015 advising clients on billions of dollars in real estate transactions, including the record-breaking $113 million sale of Chicago's Waldorf Astoria and helping the bankrupt operating unit of Caesars Entertainment Corp. capture value in its real estate, landing him among Law360's 2015 MVPs.

  • November 18, 2015

    Product Liability MVP: Boies Schiller's Nicholas Gravante

    Nicholas Gravante, a veteran defense attorney and general counsel at Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, had never taken on a false claims act case before his $663 million win in a defective guardrail suit — the largest award ever in a whistleblower action without intervention by the U.S. Department of Justice and an achievement cementing his place among Law360’s Product Liability MVPs.

  • November 18, 2015

    IP MVP: WilmerHale's Bill Lee

    Helping Apple secure major victories in its patent infringement litigation against Samsung and representing Ford in its win in the company's largest patent litigation in its history has earned WilmerHale's Bill Lee a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 18, 2015

    Health MVP: Boies Schiller's Stuart Singer

    Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP's Stuart H. Singer utilized his background as a high-stakes litigator to bring a pro bono challenge to Florida's Medicaid system on behalf of more than two million children who weren't receiving adequate care under the program, nabbing him a spot on Law360's 2015 Health MVPs.

  • November 18, 2015

    Capital Markets MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Carsten Berrar

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Carsten Berrar had a bustling year advising companies and underwriters in German offerings, including the much anticipated Rocket Internet initial public offering, which raked in €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion), landing him on Law360's list of Capital Markets MVPs for 2015.

  • November 18, 2015

    Appellate MVP: Bracewell & Giuliani's Jeffrey Oldham

    By going up against amicus support from the Obama administration and several state bar associations to secure a significant high court ruling that affects bankruptcy attorney fee applications, as well as pulling off a series of victories in federal and state appellate courts, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP partner Jeffrey Oldham has been named a Law360 Appellate MVP for 2015.

  • November 18, 2015

    White Collar MVP: Covington's Nancy Kestenbaum

    When the U.S. Department of Justice opened a foreign bribery probe into how Hyperdynamics Corp. won leave to search for oil off Africa's west coast, the Houston-based company turned to Covington & Burling LLP's Nancy Kestenbaum, whose work in persuading prosecutors to call off the dogs earned her a spot on Law360's 2015 list of white collar MVPs.

  • November 18, 2015

    Telecom MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Michael A. Diz

    Michael A. Diz spent much of 2015 working on two of the year's biggest transactions in the rapidly changing telecommunications industry, advising Cablevision's controlling stockholders and Verizon in multibillion-dollar megadeals and earning the Debevoise & Plimpton LLP corporate partner a spot on Law360's 2015 list of telecommunications MVPs.

  • November 18, 2015

    Tax MVP: Weil's Jared Rusman

    With a string of work helping successfully sort out the tax implications of several massive, complex transactions over the past year, including Kinder Morgan Inc.'s $70 billion megamerger, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Jared Rusman has earned a spot on Law360's 2015 list of tax MVPs.

  • November 18, 2015

    Life Sciences MVP: Fish & Richardson's Jonathan Singer

    Helping drugmaker Allergan PLC successfully protect patents for eye care drugs from generic challengers helped earn Fish & Richardson PC's Jonathan Singer a spot on Law360's list of Life Sciences MVPs for the second time in three years.

  • November 17, 2015

    Capital Markets MVPs: Simpson Thacher's Fenyes, Kaufman

    Simpson & Thacher Bartlett LLP partners Richard Fenyes and Joseph Kaufman have each compiled impressive track records completing mega-deals individually over the past 12 months, but it was their collaboration on First Data’s landmark $2.6 billion initial public offering, the largest IPO this year, that catapulted the duo and earned both a spot on Law360's list of Capital Markets MVPs for 2015.

  • November 17, 2015

    Tax MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Davis J. Wang

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Davis J. Wang led the firm’s tax team on several high-profile deals in the past year, including Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s $40.5 billion acquisition of the generic-drug business of Allergan PLC, winning him a spot among Law360's 2015 Tax MVPs.

  • November 17, 2015

    Energy MVP: Weil Gotshal & Manges' Rodney Moore

    Through securing more than $30 billion in energy transactions over the past year, including guiding WPX Energy Inc.in a $2.75 billion purchase of oil and natural gas assets in Texas and New Mexico, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Rodney Moore has earned a spot as one of Law360’s Energy MVPs for 2015.

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