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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 09, 2015

    Hospitality MVP: Dentons' Meghan Cocci

    Dentons' Meghan Cocci engineered more than $700 million in hotel transactions this year and helped Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. spend the proceeds of its 2014 $1.95 billion sale of the Waldorf Astoria New York, landing her among among Law360's 2015 Hospitality MVPs.

  • November 09, 2015

    Class Action MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Salvatore Graziano

    Helping MF Global Holdings Ltd. investors secure class settlements with the collapsed brokerage firm's onetime leaders — including former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine — and auditor has earned Salvatore Graziano of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP a place among Law360's 2015 Class Action MVPs.

  • November 09, 2015

    Energy MVP: Baker Botts' Van Beckwith

    Thanks to some last-minute detective work, Baker Botts LLP partner Van Beckwith engineered an eleventh-hour turnaround in favor of Russian energy giant OAO Gazprom in a multibillion-dollar trade secrets trial, which with other successes nabbed him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of Energy MVPs.

  • November 09, 2015

    Environmental MVP: Sidley Austin's Roger Martella

    Sidley Austin LLP partner Roger Martella has been in the middle of the biggest environmental cases of the past few years, and last year was no exception, as he helped a group of utilities win some relief from an EPA air pollution rule, earning him a place on Law360's list of Environmental MVPs.

  • November 09, 2015

    Capital Markets MVP: Baker Botts' Mollie Duckworth

    Baker Botts LLP partner Mollie Duckworth marshaled some of the past year's most complicated capital markets deals for the energy industry, such as a pair of market-rocking initial public offerings for Tallgrass and EQT that closed a week apart, earning herself a spot among Law360's Capital Markets MVPs.

  • November 09, 2015

    Food & Beverage MVP: McDermott's Marc Sorini

    Having grown his taste for craft beer into a leading alcohol regulatory and distribution practice, Marc E. Sorini of McDermott Will & Emery LLP has guided big deals for clients like entrepreneur Eugene Kashper and Duvel Moortgat Brewery, landing himself among Law360’s 2015 Food and Beverage MVPs.

  • November 09, 2015

    Securities MVP: Cohen Milstein's Steven Toll

    Steven Toll of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC cemented his status as a titan of the securities bar by helping mortgage bond investors secure $610 million through a pair of settlements and winning closely-watched appeals in the D.C. and Fifth Circuits, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Securities MVPs.

  • November 06, 2015

    Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own

    Five exceptional attorneys stand out from the pack by being selected for the Law360 MVP distinction for five straight years.

  • November 06, 2015

    5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins

    Five elite law firms have racked up more than 20 Law360 MVP wins each over the past five years, outshining their competitors with their accomplishments in complex litigation and transactions.

  • November 06, 2015

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms

    This week, Law360 will begin profiling those elite attorneys whose successes in high-stakes litigation, record-breaking deals and complex global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.

  • December 23, 2014

    Banking MVP: Simpson Thacher's David Woll

    David Woll of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has guided client Deutsche Bank AG past three separate residential mortgage-backed securities cases over the past year, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of banking MVPs.

  • December 23, 2014

    Competition MVP: Latham & Watkins' Margaret Zwisler

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Margaret Zwisler convinced a judge that the London Metal Exchange had foreign sovereign immunity from an antitrust class action over aluminum warehousing rates even though the unit is privately owned, earning her a spot on Law360’s list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 22, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: Skadden's Paul Kraske

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP energy and infrastructure projects partner Paul Kraske guided renewable-energy companies in securing more than $700 million to fund solar energy projects in Chile, taking advantage of the South American country's abundant solar power resources, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 22, 2014

    Competition MVP: Covington & Burling's Rob Wick

    Covington & Burling LLP litigator Robert Wick helped Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. escape $3.5 billion in antitrust claims over liquid-crystal display panels and guided JPMorgan Chase & Co. to dismissal of a slew of class actions over aluminum price-fixing, landing him among Law360's Competition MVPs.

  • December 19, 2014

    Competition MVP: Cohen Milstein's Kit Pierson

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's Kit Pierson hammered out a $400 million settlement for consumers with Apple Inc. in the e-books price-fixing case and helped get a $1 billion judgment against Dow Chemical Corp. in an antitrust class action, landing him a spot on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 19, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: Shearman's Cynthia Urda Kassis

    Seasoned dealmaker Cynthia Urda Kassis embraced improved lending conditions to advise multibillion-dollar mining projects across the Americas in 2014, while also adding to her resume several lucrative deals emerging from a robust energy sector, earning the Shearman & Sterling LLP partner a spot on Law360’s Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 19, 2014

    Banking MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Barney Reynolds

    Shearman & Sterling LLP partner Barney Reynolds used his regulatory acumen to earn a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs, whether it was shepherding IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc.'s $11 billion purchase of NYSE Euronext Inc. or pursuing a novel creditor bail-in of U.K. bank Co-operative Bank PLC.

  • December 18, 2014

    Banking MVP: Mayer Brown's Matthew Ingber

    Mayer Brown LLP partner Matthew Ingber spent much of the last year helping establish a template for courts to approve settlements in private residential mortgage-backed securities litigation by working on the largest settlement of that kind, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs.

  • December 18, 2014

    Privacy MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes

    Cooley LLP partner Michael Rhodes scored a major victory this year by defeating a proposed class against Google Inc. that would have been one of the largest classes ever, an achievement that earned him a spot for the fourth year in a row on Law360’s Privacy MVP list.

  • December 18, 2014

    Competition MVP: Boies Schiller's Bill Isaacson

    From helping college athletes triumph over the National Collegiate Athletic Association to securing victory for Apple Inc. in a $351 million trial regarding an iTunes software update, William Isaacson of Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP has had a banner year, landing him a spot on Law360’s list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 18, 2014

    Government Contracts MVP: Holland & Knight's Bob Tompkins

    Holland & Knight LLP’s Bob Tompkins' work to help a client secure a precedential victory in a dispute involving a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program worth $250 million annually, among other efforts, has landed him on Law360’s list of Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 18, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: Nossaman's Patrick Harder

    Between leading the charge on a $2.3 billion highway reconstruction project in Florida and spearheading a deal to use a public-private partnership to fund a massive expansion project at the University of California's Merced campus, Nossaman LLP's Patrick Harder had himself a fruitful 2014, landing him on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 17, 2014

    Government Contracts MVP: Wiley Rein's Scott McCaleb

    Scott McCaleb of Wiley Rein LLP has worked on government contracts matters as high-value as they are high-profile over the past year, including his advisory work regarding the Affordable Care Act and defense work in a $78 million false claims suit, landing him among Law360's Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 17, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: Mayer Brown's Christopher Erckert

    Mayer Brown LLP partner Christopher Erckert helped put together three highly complex infrastructure deals in 2014 in Peru and Mexico, collectively worth over $1.7 billion, establishing himself once more as the go-to Latin America lawyer and earning a place on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 17, 2014

    Privacy MVP: Fenwick & West's Tyler Newby

    Helping Pandora Media Inc. shake off a proposed class action alleging it misused customer information and serving as co-lead counsel in multidistrict litigation over Carrier IQ Inc.'s cellphone tracking software are among the highlights that landed Fenwick & West LLP partner Tyler Newby on Law360's list of 2014 Privacy MVPs.

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