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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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November 20, 2013
Hospitality MVP: Dentons' Meghan Cocci
Dentons partner Meghan Cocci’s work on a string of high-profile hotel industry deals, including a starring role as lead hotel counsel for lender Brookfield Asset Management Inc. in a contentious, $175 million asset takeover that included a luxury resort in the Bahamas, has landed her a spot on Law360’s list of Hospitality MVPs.
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November 20, 2013
Health MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Eric Klein
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's Eric A. Klein has a carved out a prime place in the vanguard of health care industry consolidation, helping guide such mega-deals as the $4.4 billion acquisition of physician network chain HealthCare Partners LLC by dialysis giant DaVita Inc., earning himself a spot among Law360's Health MVPs.
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November 20, 2013
M&A MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Sarkis Jebejian
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Sarkis Jebejian spent 2013 helping expand the firm's corporate practice by sealing some major deals, advising Bain Capital LLC and Golden Gate Capital on their $6.9 billion acquisition of BMC Software Inc. and representing Accenture PLC on several key acquisitions, earning him a place among Law360's M&A MVPs.
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November 19, 2013
Securities MVP: Goodwin Procter's Brian Pastuszenski
Goodwin Procter LLP partner Brian Pastuszenski scored a major victory for Bank of America Corp.'s Countrywide Financial Corp. this year when the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that the companies' merger barred an investor suit, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Securities MVPs.
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November 19, 2013
Media & Entertainment MVP: Weil's David Yohai
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP attorney David Yohai spared client ESPN Inc. from having to pay nearly $280 million in separate contractual disputes this year, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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November 19, 2013
Product Liability MVP: Hollingsworth's Eric Lasker
Within a one-month span, Hollingsworth LLP partner Eric Lasker won two separate rulings tossing thousands of Ecuadorean plaintiffs' claims against DynCorp. International Inc. over an herbicide that allegedly caused personal injuries and damaged their property, an accomplishment that landed him among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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November 19, 2013
IP MVP: Latham & Watkins' Douglas Lumish
Having established himself as a go-to attorney in patent trials, Latham & Watkins LLP's Douglas Lumish recently took a leading role in a successful representation of Google Inc. and helped TransPerfect Global Inc. win a $1 million jury verdict in an infringement dispute, landing him among Law360's Intellectual Property MVPs.
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November 19, 2013
Hospitality MVP: Latham & Watkins' Gary Axelrod
While juggling $3 billion worth of deals this year, Latham & Watkins LLP's Gary Axelrod also managed to strike some of the hospitality industry's more innovative and complex arrangements and add new clients to an already stellar client roster, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Hospitality MVPs.
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November 19, 2013
M&A MVP: Latham & Watkins' Mark Gerstein
In a flourishing climate for deals, Latham & Watkins LLP's Mark D. Gerstein led legal teams that made front-page headlines, including advising Omnicom Group Inc. in its $35 billion tie-up with fellow advertising giant Publicis Groupe SA, work that earned the global mergers and acquisitions team leader a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.
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November 18, 2013
Product Liability MVP: Bowman And Brooke's Vincent Galvin
Bowman and Brooke LLP executive managing partner Vincent Galvin leveraged his ability to turn complicated automotive jargon into an aggressive and effective defense strategy, to help steer Toyota Motor Corp. to victory in the first bellwether trial in unintended acceleration litigation against the company, earning him a spot among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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November 18, 2013
Media & Entertainment MVP: Jenner & Block's Richard Stone
Jenner & Block LLP partner Richard L. Stone has over the past year won a pair of court orders blocking online streaming service FilmOn X LLC from retransmitting Fox Broadcasting Co.'s programs over the Internet without the network's permission, landing him a spot on Law360's list of 2013 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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November 18, 2013
Securities MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Lewis Liman
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Lewis Liman handed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission its most significant legal defeat in 2013, winning a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that prevented the SEC and other federal regulators from extending the five-year time limit for enforcement actions, earning a place among Law360's MVPs for securities law.
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November 18, 2013
M&A MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Sergio Galvis
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Sergio Galvis has made a career of facilitating international deals and this year saw record M&A activity in Latin America, including the $7 billion merger of a Brazilian and Chilean airline and United Health Group Inc.'s $4.9 billion acquisition in the country, earning him a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.
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November 18, 2013
Banking MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Philippe Selendy
Typically, banks have a steep information and resource advantage in litigation, but Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Philippe Z. Selendy has eliminated that edge, resulting in over $10 billion in settlements for government and institutional clients this year and earning him a spot among Law360's Banking MVPs.
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November 15, 2013
M&A MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Stephen Fraidin
Kirkland & Ellis partner Stephen Fraidin masterminded a unique and unprecedented provision in 3G Capital Partners Ltd.’s $28 billion deal to acquire H.J. Heinz Company, a prime example of the ingenuity that landed him a spot among Law360's list of M&A MVPs.
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November 15, 2013
IP MVP: Gibson Dunn's Josh Krevitt
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Josh Krevitt landed on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs for a second year in a row, by once again handling the toughest cases with remarkable success for giants like Apple Inc., T-Mobile USA Inc. and Sharp Corp.
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November 15, 2013
Product Liability MVP: Bowman And Brooke's Paul Cereghini
Paul Cereghini's nearly 30 years of experience defending manufacturers of vehicles big and small, off-road and on, paid off for a trio of the world's biggest carmakers in 2013 with resounding trial victories in three states, earning the Bowman and Brooke LLP partner a spot among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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November 15, 2013
Media & Entertainment MVP: O'Melveny's Marvin Putnam
In one of the most highly publicized trials of the year, O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Marvin Putnam convinced a jury that Anschutz Entertainment Group LLC was not liable for Michael Jackson’s death, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.
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November 15, 2013
Banking MVP: Nossaman's Patrick Richard
Nossaman LLP partner Patrick Richard helped the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. win a bellwether $169 million verdict against former executives of IndyMac Bancorp Inc. for issuing shaky commercial loans — a leading driver of the U.S. financial crisis — earning him a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs.
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November 15, 2013
Securities MVP: Kasowitz's Marc Kasowitz
Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP managing partner Marc E. Kasowitz has made a career out of beating big banks, and this year was no different as he fended off banks' challenges to troubled bond insurer MBIA Inc.'s restructuring and locked down settlements for the Federal Housing Finance Agency to earn him a space among Law360's MVPs.
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November 14, 2013
Securities MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert Giuffra
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Robert Giuffra successfully defended Porsche Automobil Holding SE and UBS AG from multibillion-dollar securities suits in the past — and did so again in the past year, part of an impressive body of work that earned him a spot as one of Law360’s Securities MVPs.
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November 14, 2013
Banking MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Maura O'Sullivan
Shearman & Sterling LLP banking partner Maura O'Sullivan's ability to think outside the box and come up with creative solutions for AMR Corp.'s bankruptcy financing and Rhone Capital LLC's bakery buy earned her lead roles on several billion-dollar banking deals and a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs.
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November 14, 2013
Media & Entertainment MVP: Arnold & Porter's Robert Garrett
Notching key wins for major television broadcast networks, Arnold & Porter LLP partner Robert Garrett persuaded federal courts in Washington and Los Angeles over the last year to block FilmOn X LLC from streaming programming over the Internet without program owner consent, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.
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November 14, 2013
IP MVP: Orrick Herrington's Annette Hurst
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Annette L. Hurst recently added to her already impressive string of victories in major copyright matters by crafting the strategy that convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to find that first-sale doctrine extends to products made outside the U.S., earning her a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.
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November 14, 2013
Privacy MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes
Finding creative solutions to legal dilemmas faced by clients like Facebook Inc., Google Inc. and LinkedIn Corp. requires a special talent for navigating the uncharted waters of tech law, something Cooley LLP partner Michael Rhodes has in spades and that has earned him his third consecutive spot on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.