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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 10, 2015

    Securities MVP: Latham & Watkins' Peter Wald

    Latham & Watkins LLP attorney Peter Wald led Allergan in its successful fight to block Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and activist investor Bill Ackman from completing a hostile takeover of the pharmaceutical company in one of the most closely watched legal fights of the year, earning him recognition as a Law360 Securities MVP.

  • November 10, 2015

    Energy MVP: Bracewell & Giuliani's Alan Rafte

    The oil and gas industry has seen a wave of consolidation and deals due in part to the collapse in the price of oil, and Bracewell & Giuliani LLP's G. Alan Rafte has been a lead attorney on nearly $5 billion worth of transactions in the last year, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of energy MVPs.

  • November 10, 2015

    IP MVP: Orrick's Peter Bicks

    In the past year, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Peter A. Bicks has successfully defended Dish Network Corp. against a copyright suit by major broadcasters seeking to shut down its Hopper DVR and won more than $5 million in attorneys' fees for Dow Agrosciences after protecting the company's herbicide-resistant soybeans from Bayer CropScience's patent challenge, earning him a spot on Law360's list of intellectual property MVPs.

  • November 10, 2015

    Tax MVP: Baker & McKenzie's Duane Webber

    A bold move to challenge the historically accepted position that the U.S. Department of the Treasury is not bound by the same legal standards applied to other federal agencies in promulgating regulations is what landed Baker & McKenzie’s Duane Webber on Law360's 2015 list of Tax MVPs.

  • November 10, 2015

    Capital Markets MVP: Davis Polk's Michael Kaplan

    Thanks to his work handling numerous deals north of $1 billion for some of the world's largest corporations as well as guiding a number of novel and innovative initial public offerings and spinoffs, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Michael Kaplan has been named one of Law360's Capital Markets MVPs for 2015.

  • November 09, 2015

    Insurance MVPs: Barnes' Andy Detherage, Charlie Edwards

    Barnes & Thornburg LLP partners Andrew Dethreage and Charles Edwards navigated the complexities of a sprawling insurance policy and a six-week jury trial to secure a $204 million verdict for Simon Property Group LP to cover devastating flood damage at Nashville’s Opry Mills mall, earning them a place among Law360’s Insurance MVPs.

  • November 09, 2015

    Government Contracts MVP: Covington's Raymond Biagini

    With another successful year of legal wins that include the recovery of over $30 million in legal fees from the U.S. Army on behalf of KBR, Covington & Burling LLP attorney Raymond B. Biagini has further cemented his status as one of Congress’ go-to experts on the subject of contractor liability and earned a spot on Law360’s list of Government Contracts MVPs.

  • November 09, 2015

    IP MVPs: MoFo's Rachel Krevans And Grant Esposito

    Rachel Krevans and Grant Esposito of Morrison & Foerster LLP nabbed a major victory this year for pharmaceutical company Sandoz Inc. in a high-stakes battle over the Affordable Care Act’s approval pathway for biosimilars, landing them a spot on Law360's 2015 IP MVPs.

  • 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.

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