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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.
  • December 15, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Morrison & Foerster LLP's Brett Miller

    Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Brett Miller’s roles as lead counsel of the official committee of unsecured creditors for Energy Future Holdings Corp. and its debtor affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases and head of the team representing the Chapter 11 trustee in MF Global Holdings Ltd. have earned him a spot among this year's Law360 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Simpson Thacher's Brian Stadler

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Brian Stadler's work in negotiating Glimcher Realty Trust's $4.3 billion acquisition by Washington Prime Group Inc., along with efforts on a slate of massive deals by Blackstone Group LP, has landed him a spot on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: Orrick Herrington's Pascal Agboyibor

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Pascal Agboyibor is a go-to adviser to several African nations and corporations that tap his expertise to helm many of the area's most significant power and mining projects, landing Agboyibor a spot on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs for the second year in a row.

  • December 15, 2014

    Energy MVP: Jones Day's Jeff Schlegel

    Jones Day’s Jeff Schlegel helped guide the development of one of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas projects on Alaska’s North Slope, as well the development of a nearby $8 billion pipeline project, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Energy MVPs for the second straight year.

  • December 12, 2014

    Employment MVP: Seyfarth Shaw's Gerald Maatman

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Gerald L. Maatman Jr. thwarted a sweeping U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit against Sterling Jewelers Inc. and secured a Sixth Circuit win for Kaplan Higher Education Corp. in an EEOC case over the use of credit checks in the hiring process, landing himself among Law360's Employment MVPs for the second year in a row.

  • December 12, 2014

    Energy MVP: Latham & Watkins' Ryan Maierson

    By pushing the boundaries of energy IPO structures and leading some of the biggest mergers and acquisitions in the industry this year, Latham & Watkins LLP partner Ryan J. Maierson has earned a spot on Law360's list of Energy MVPs.

  • December 12, 2014

    Banking MVP: Weil Gotshal's Morgan Bale

    Morgan Bale of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has guided some of the world's most prestigious financial institutions in the bankrolling of more than $30 billion in mergers and acquisitions deals this year alone, placing him squarely ahead of the pack and earning him a spot on Law360's 2014 list of Banking MVPs.

  • December 12, 2014

    Hospitality MVP: Skadden's Audrey Sokoloff

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Audrey Sokoloff oversaw Beijing-based Anbag Insurance Group Co. Ltd.'s $1.95 billion acquisition of the iconic Waldorf Astoria New York as well as other big-ticket transactions over the last year, landing her spot among Law360's 2014 Hospitality MVPs.

  • December 12, 2014

    Capital Markets MVP: Davis Polk's John Meade

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner John Meade's recent work sealing multibillion-dollar initial public offerings for companies in a wide variety of industries, like Synchrony Financial and Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., and his guidance of similarly massive debt issues helped earn him a place among Law360's Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 12, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Ross Silver

    Ross Z. Silver of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP closed one of the most complicated real estate transactions of 2014 and helped liquidate more than $800 million for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. a year earlier, part of a track record that has earned him a spot on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 12, 2014

    Government Contracts MVP: Dickstein's Scott Arnold

    For representing companies aiming for big-ticket work with the federal government, including steering Wyle Laboratories Inc. through a successful protest over a $1.76 billion contract with NASA, Dickstein Shapiro LLP partner Scott Arnold has been named a Law360 Government Contracts MVP for 2014.

  • December 12, 2014

    Private Equity MVP: Simpson Thacher's Anthony Vernace

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s Anthony Vernace championed a series of complex deal as a new private equity partner with the calm of a seasoned leader, including navigating antitrust regulations to lock down the $13.5 billion sale of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., earning him a spot among Law360’s Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 12, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Jones Day's David G. Heiman

    Jones Day partner David G. Heiman spent 2014 as the lead counsel for the city of Detroit in its historic bankruptcy case, driving it to a restructuring plan to cut $7 billion in debt and invest $1.7 billion into the city’s future, and earning himself a berth among this year’s Law360 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Stroock's Kris Hansen

    Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP partner Kristopher Hansen has skillfully served clients on both sides of the restructuring aisle, from senior lenders aiming to restructure Caesars Entertainment Corp.'s debt-laden operating arm to debtor Trump Entertainment Resorts seeking salvation in Chapter 11, earning him a place on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Employment MVP: King & Spalding's Michael Johnston

    Longtime King & Spalding litigator Michael W. Johnston represented Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC in a high-profile discrimination case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and wrapped up work in an influential retaliation suit against University of Texas Southwestern, earning himself a spot among Law360's Employment MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Environmental MVP: Morgan Lewis' Hugh Tanner

    A veteran of decades of oil and gas industry litigation, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Hugh Tanner was called within days of the April 2010 Macondo well explosion to lead a unit of longtime client Schlumberger out of the Deepwater Horizon litigation — a task he completed after four years of litigation and several congressional investigations, landing him among Law360's Environmental MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Private Equity MVP: Ropes & Gray's Amanda Morrison

    Ropes & Gray LLP partner Amanda Morrison deftly handled a variety of transactions across the private equity portfolio-company life cycle this year, including an “inordinately complicated” $1.4 billion spinoff and the $1.5 billion IPO of a TPG Capital-backed health care company, to land a spot among Law360's Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Energy MVP: Vinson & Elkins' Keith Fullenweider

    Vinson & Elkins LLP partner Keith Fullenweider helped guide some of the biggest and most-complex energy transactions of 2014, continuing his long track record of success in the field and earning him a spot among Law360’s Energy MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Morris Manning's Lauren Prevost

    Morris Manning & Martin LLP’s Lauren Prevost was the quarterback for a team of lawyers that, on top of two multibillion-dollar mergers this year, closed an $11.2 billion merger that created the country’s largest net lease real estate investment trust, making her one of Law360’s Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Capital Markets MVP: Wilson Sonsini's Katie Martin

    Between her work on an array of financing moves made by both Twitter Inc. and LinkedIn Corp., Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC's Katharine Martin has spent much of the past year successfully navigating pressure-packed, high-profile situations, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Insurance MVP: Wiley Rein's Charles C. Lemley

    Wiley Rein LLP’s Charles C. Lemley helped XL Specialty Insurance Co. and other insurers shake off the Washington Mutual Inc. liquidating trust’s suit seeking millions to cover executives' defense costs, one of several important insurance-related victories this year that landed him among Law360’s 2014 Insurance MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Hospitality MVP: Dentons' Rick Ross

    From guiding the blockbuster sale of the Waldorf Astoria New York Hotel to chaperoning high-ticket deals for properties across five continents, Denton’s Rick Ross had a hand in some of the luxury hospitality world’s biggest market-moving deals in 2014, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2014 Hospitality MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Willkie Farr's Matthew Feldman

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s Matthew Feldman helped private equity-owned Momentive Performance Materials Inc. secure court approval for its plan to exit bankruptcy $3 billion lighter in debt, a hotly debated, blockbuster ruling that earns him a spot among Law360’s list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Environmental MVP: Steptoe's Lawrence Riff

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Lawrence Riff in the span of just two months secured defense verdicts for Monsanto Co. in the first of dozens of cases alleging its polychlorinated biphenyl products caused cancer and for ConocoPhillips Co. and Union Oil Co. of California in litigation over gasoline leaks that a developer claimed dirtied the site of a planned construction project, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Hospitality MVP: Dentons' Meghan Cocci

    Successfully shepherding the historic sale of the Waldorf Astoria New York hotel was one of several blockbuster deals and developments completed by Dentons' Meghan Cocci this year, earning her a spot among Law360's 2014 Hospitality MVPs.

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