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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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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.
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December 04, 2015
Project Finance MVP: Chadbourne & Parke's Rohit Chaudhry
After leading a team that helped arrange nearly $8 billion in financing for the Freeport natural gas liquefaction facility — what he called the most complex deal of his career — and helping execute transactions for numerous energy projects, Chadbourne & Parke LLP’s Rohit Chaudhry earned a spot among Law360’s Project Finance MVPs for 2015.
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December 04, 2015
Private Equity MVP: Paul Weiss' Taurie M. Zeitzer
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Taurie M. Zeitzer lived up to her rainmaker reputation in the fields of large-cap private equity and mergers and acquisitions this year, working on deals valued at more than $5 billion and earning a spot Law360's 2015 list of private equity MVPs.
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December 03, 2015
M&A MVP: Skadden's Stephen Arcano
The work by Stephen Arcano of Skadden Arps Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on more than $100 billion worth of deals spanning from pharmaceuticals to the real estate industry so far this year has earned him a spot among Law360’s Mergers and Acquisitions MVPs for 2015.
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December 03, 2015
Bankruptcy MVP: BakerHostetler's David Sheehan
After Bernie Madoff destroyed billions of dollars' worth of invested wealth, BakerHostetler's David Sheehan was the lawyer tapped to help Irving Picard pick up the pieces. Years after he began, the Law360 Bankruptcy MVP isn't slowing down — in fact, he's gearing up to fight some of his biggest targets.
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December 03, 2015
Product Liability MVP: Shook Hardy's William Geraghty
William Geraghty, a managing partner at Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, has been the firm's tobacco trial ace in Florida, successfully defending Philip Morris USA Inc. in four back-to-back Engle progeny trials in the space of a year and earning a spot on Law360's 2015 list of product liability MVPs.
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December 03, 2015
Project Finance MVP: Andrews Kurth's Giji John
With a reputation for handling groundbreaking energy project finance matters, Andrews Kurth LLP partner Giji John continued to help his clients navigate a variety of major deals last year, securing himself a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.
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December 03, 2015
Life Sciences MVP: White & Case's Jack Pace
White & Case LLP partner Jack Pace notched victories over the past year in the hottest areas of pharmaceutical antitrust litigation, including a win for Warner Chilcott in a major “product-hopping” suit brought by Mylan, placing him among Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs for 2015.
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December 03, 2015
Private Equity MVP: Latham & Watkins' Jennifer Perkins
Latham & Watkins LLP partner Jennifer Perkins is a private equity pro who put her deep knowledge to work on a wide range of transactions this year, including KKR & Co. LP's $2.5 billion sale of Capital Safety to 3M Co., earning her a spot on Law360's 2015 list of private equity MVPs.
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December 03, 2015
Banking MVP: Simpson Thacher's David Woll
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's David Woll persuaded New York's highest court to shut down a $330 million contract suit over residential mortgage-backed securities in a decision that had dozens of banks breathing a sigh of relief — and reducing their litigation reserves — landing him among Law360's 2015 MVPs.
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December 03, 2015
Employment MVP: Akin Gump's Donald Livingston
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s Donald R. Livingston, a former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission general counsel, flexed his employment law muscles this past year by helping his client, an event marketing company, beat back the agency’s challenge to its hiring practices, earning him a place on Law360 list of employment MVPs for 2015.
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December 02, 2015
Life Sciences MVP: Sullivan's Krishna Veeraraghavan
Krishna Veeraraghavan’s experience at the helm of multiple record-breaking deals benefited Teva Pharmaceuticals earlier this year when the pharmaceutical giant abruptly switched from a $40 billion bid for Mylan to a successful $40.5 billion offer for Allergan’s generics business, earning the Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner a solid spot on Law360’s 2015 list of MVPs.
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December 02, 2015
Product Liability MVP: Robins Kaplan's Tara Sutton
When thousands of patients together bring claims against a medical device maker, it's atypical for them to be compensated within two years and promised payments for future complications. But that's the result Tara Sutton, head of the mass tort group at Robins Kaplan LLP, achieved for her clients in a $1.4 billion settlement over faulty hip implants, earning her a spot among Law360's 2015 Product Liability MVPs.
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December 02, 2015
Product Liability MVP: Paul Weiss' Beth Wilkinson
Over the past eight months, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Beth Wilkinson secured victories for Pfizer in the first two trials over birth defects allegedly tied to the antidepressant Zoloft, landing her a slot among Law360's Product Liability MVPs for 2015.
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December 02, 2015
M&A MVP: Simpson Thacher's Elizabeth Cooper
A year of shepherding her team and her clients through tens of billions of dollars worth of successful mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis on financial institutions like banks, has earned Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Elizabeth Cooper a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.
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December 02, 2015
Competition MVP: Venable's J. Douglas Baldridge
Venable LLP's J. Douglas Baldridge helped generic-drug maker Ranbaxy prevail in the first pay-for-delay case to go to trial after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling allowing pharmaceutical patent settlements to face antitrust scrutiny, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Competition MVPs for 2015.
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December 02, 2015
Private Equity MVP: Kirkland's Srinivas Kaushik
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Srinivas Kaushik applied his penchant for sealing international deals, aided by expertise in India-related transactions and a knack for honing long-term relationships, effectively in the last year, completing a wide array of complex cross-border deals and earning a spot among Law360’s Private Equity MVPs for 2015.
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December 02, 2015
Appellate MVP: WilmerHale's Tom Saunders
After a string a notable victories in the last year, including convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to not jettison a 50-year-old rule barring royalty agreements that continue beyond a patent's expiration, WilmerHale partner Thomas Saunders has cemented his spot among Law360’s Appellate MVPs for 2015.