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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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November 17, 2015
Health MVP: BakerHostetler's Susan Feigin Harris
BakerHostetler’s Susan Feigin Harris guided hospitals to an early victory over a high-stakes federal policy on Medicaid reimbursement and helped assemble a bipartisan coalition in Congress to modernize Medicaid treatments for children, placing her among Law360’s 2015 Health MVPs.
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November 17, 2015
White Collar MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Lev Dassin
Former Southern District of New York bigwig Lev Dassin of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has been hard at work for Citigroup this year, helping the megabank emerge relatively unscathed so far from prosecutors’ Libor and foreign exchange enforcement campaigns and earning himself a spot among Law360’s White Collar MVPs.
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November 17, 2015
Appellate MVP: Bancroft's Paul Clement
After notching a series of wins before the U.S. Supreme Court, including a ruling that workers weren’t owed wages for time spent passing through security screenings at an Amazon.com warehouse, Bancroft PLLC partner and former solicitor general Paul Clement has been named a Law360 Appellate MVP for 2015.
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November 17, 2015
Real Estate MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Stephen Rabinowitz
The chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP’s New York real estate team, Stephen Rabinowitz, has played an integral role in a wide range of complex and high-profile real estate deals in the U.S. and internationally, including the $2.25 billion purchase of a historic New York office tower that’s reported to be one of the largest single-building transactions in the city’s history, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of Real Estate MVPs.
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November 17, 2015
Insurance MVP: Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Roger Warin
Steptoe & Johnson LLP lifer Roger Warin founded the firm’s insurance practice and has remained its lynchpin, helicoptering into complex appeals and securing several major wins for AIG, Travelers and others over the past year, earning a spot as one of Law360s Insurance MVPs for 2015 in the process.
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November 17, 2015
Telecom MVP: Davis Wright Tremaine's Peter Karanjia
Davis Wright Tremaine’s Peter Karanjia, who has earned a spot on Law360’s 2015 list of Telecom MVPs, won an influential U.S. Supreme Court case in January but said even more gratifying was helping two wireless providers stave off a potentially business-ending enforcement action.
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November 17, 2015
IP MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Carlo Van Den Bosch
Sheppard Mullin's Richter & Hampton LLP's Carlo F. Van den Bosch this year became the first lawyer in nearly a decade to argue — and win — a trademark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, successfully representing Hana Bank in a dispute involving the use of its name, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of Intellectual Property MVPs.
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November 16, 2015
Capital Markets MVP: Latham & Watkins' Kirk Davenport
Latham & Watkins LLP partner Kirk Davenport II has been at the center of the burgeoning yieldco investment vehicle and continued the work this year advising the underwriters of TerraForm’s $675 million initial public offering, a deal that helped land him on Law360’s list of Capital Markets MVPs for 2015.
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November 16, 2015
Tax MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Dean Shulman
In less than a year and half after joining the firm, Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Dean Shulman has quickly carved out an impressive body of work tackling complex tax issues for high-profile clients such as Burger King, Baxter International and KKR, earning him a spot among Law360's 2015 Tax MVPs.
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November 16, 2015
Energy MVP: Latham & Watkins' William Finnegan IV
Despite a challenging energy market that's halved the prices of oil and gas over the past year, William N. Finnegan IV of Latham & Watkins LLP has led teams in energy-focused deals valued at more than $75 billion since October 2014, landing him among Law360's Energy MVPs of 2015.
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November 16, 2015
Government Contracts MVP: Wiley Rein's Scott McCaleb
A pair of high-profile wins that include a precedent-setting challenge of a government payment practice and the defense of a $5 billion contract award have won Wiley Rein LLP partner Scott McCaleb a place on Law360’s list of Government Contracts MVPs for the second straight year.
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November 16, 2015
Real Estate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Farshad More
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Farshad More advised on a number of high-profile real estate deals over the past year, including the largest Southern California multifamily transaction in almost two decades, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of real estate MVPs.
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November 16, 2015
Class Action MVP: White & Case's Jaime Bianchi
Bringing more than two decades of experience defending corporations in class actions, with a focus on the cable television and real estate industries, Jaime Bianchi of White & Case LLP has won several major decisions in the past year with implications for these industries and his practice field, earning him a place among Law360’s Class Action MVPs.
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November 16, 2015
Insurance MVP: Shernoff Bidart's Michael Bidart
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP managing partner Michael Bidart has had a busy year notching litigation victories and hefty settlements for policyholders, including recovering more than $10 million for a Southern California city in a bad faith action against its insurers, landing him a slot among Law360’s Insurance MVPs for 2015.
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November 16, 2015
IP MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Charles Verhoeven
Charles K. Verhoeven of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP recently helped set a new standard for pausing patent litigation in district courts while the validity of the patent at issue is reviewed before the patent office, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of IP MVPs for 2015.
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November 16, 2015
Securities MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jeffrey Scott
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Jeffrey Scott has proven himself to be one of Barclays PLC's most-valuable partners, helping to guide the bank's escape from private lawsuits it faced after last year's expose book "Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt," and earning himself a spot among Law360's MVPs for 2015.
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November 16, 2015
Retail MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Craig Cardon
Representing dozens of household retail names has given Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's Craig Cardon insight into the legal challenges the industry faces, but perhaps more importantly, he's helped retailers draw clear lines about what data they can collect from customers, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of retail MVPs.