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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 18, 2012
Class Action MVP: Skadden's Jay Kasner
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s Jay Kasner successfully defended a bevy of wealth management banks from securities class actions and set legal precedent along the way that has reverberated throughout the Second Circuit, earning him a spot on Law360’s Class Action MVPs.
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December 18, 2012
Government Contracts MVP: Gibson Dunn's Karen Manos
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Karen Manos earned a place among Law360's Government Contracts MVPs by winning a precedential $59.2 million judgment for Raytheon Co. in its seven-year attempt to recover unpaid pension deficits from the U.S. government.
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December 18, 2012
Project Finance MVP: Hogan Lovells' Keith Larson
Hogan Lovells project finance partner Keith Larson spent his year nailing down several major financing plans for Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company, keeping Petroleos de Venezuela SA relevant and growing as oil stays hot and liquefied natural gas booms, landing him a place among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.
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December 18, 2012
International Trade MVP: Hogan Lovells' Mark McConnell
Hogan Lovells' Mark S. McConnell helped the U.S. Grains Council beat back a Chinese dumping probe aimed at corn ethanol byproduct used in livestock feed and represented the Chinese government in a U.S. subsidy probe over solar panels, two of engagements that earned him a place on Law360's list of International Trade MVPs.
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December 18, 2012
Competition MVP: Robins Kaplan's K. Craig Wildfang
As co-lead counsel for a class of about 7 million merchants, Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi LLP's K. Craig Wildfang negotiated a proposed $7.25 billion settlement to resolve litigation over Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc.'s alleged collusion on interchange fees, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.
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December 18, 2012
Media & Entertainment MVP: O'Melveny's Daniel Petrocelli
Daniel Petrocelli of O’Melveny & Myers LLP handled four back-to-back trials in 2012 and won major summary dismissals representing high powered media clients like Warner Bros Entertainment Inc., Time Inc. and DC Comics, earning him a spot among Law360’s Media and Entertainment MVPs.
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December 17, 2012
Class Action MVP: Labaton Sucharow's Thomas Dubbs
Behind some headline-grabbing settlements from the 2008 mortgage lending fallout was Labaton Sucharow LLP’s Thomas Dubbs, whose novel negotiation strategies and rigorous research helped investors secure deals with major players including the $295 million Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. settlement and the $725 million American International Group Inc. deal, and landed him on Law360’s list of Class Action MVPs.
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December 17, 2012
Competition MVP: Lee Van Voorhis
Baker & McKenzie LLP's Lee Van Voorhis convinced the Eleventh Circuit to allow Georgia hospital Phoebe Putney Health System Inc. to merge with its only nearby rival despite a challenge from the Federal Trade Commission, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Competition MVPs.
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December 17, 2012
International Trade MVP: Covington's Peter Lichtenbaum
Covington & Burling LLP's Peter Lichtenbaum helped United Technology Corp. navigate though high-stakes negotiations with federal prosecutors over criminal export violations to China, securing the company a favorable outcome and earning himself a spot on Law360's list of International Trade MVPs.
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December 17, 2012
Project Finance MVP: Skadden's Martin Klepper
Forging new inroads in financing deals for some of the U.S.' largest solar power projects, including securing a $1.4 billion federally backed loan for one rooftop initiative, has earned Martin Klepper of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP a spot on on Law360's list of 2012 Project Finance MVPs.
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December 17, 2012
Government Contracts MVP: Mayer Brown's Marcia Madsen
Mayer Brown LLP's Marcia Madsen successfully fended off challenges to government contracts worth a total of $2.7 billion for Lockheed Martin Corp. and BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc., just two of the wins that landed her a place on Law360's list of 2012 Government Contracts MVPs.
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December 17, 2012
Media & Entertainment MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Marty Katz
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP partner Marty Katz successfully defended Dick Clark Productions in the battle over the television broadcast rights for the Golden Globe Awards, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.
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December 17, 2012
Environmental MVP: Latham & Watkins' Mary Rose Alexander
Tenacious preparation and a simultaneously steely and sunny courtroom demeanor helped Latham & Watkins LLP partner Mary Rose Alexander score a pair of significant victories for Georgia-Pacific Corp. and Nalco Co. this year and land her a place among Law360's Environmental MVPs.
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December 14, 2012
Competition MVP: Munger Tolles' Glenn Pomerantz
In one year Munger Tolles & Olson LLP's Glenn Pomerantz went from helping the federal government block AT&T Inc. from merging with T-Mobile USA Inc. to convincing regulators to clear Universal Music Group's tie-up with EMI Group, landing him on Law360’s list of Competition MVPs.
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December 14, 2012
Environmental MVP: DLA Piper's Robert Alessi
DLA Piper's Robert Alessi stopped environmental groups from stymieing a $257 million Marcellus Shale gas pipeline and prevented the Second Circuit from setting a precedent that could have undermined natural gas production in key states, making him one of Law360's Environmental MVPs.
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December 14, 2012
Media & Entertainment MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Joel Katz
Joel Katz's work negotiating the $2.2 billion purchase of EMI Music Publishing on behalf of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and securing long-term broadcast contracts for two major music awards shows has earned the Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder a spot among Law360's 2012 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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December 14, 2012
International Trade MVP: Akin Gump's Stephen Kho
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Stephen Kho has dedicated his entire career to navigating the tumultuous waters of trade policy and international dispute resolution, having in the past year taken home some impressive victories, as well as a spot on Law360's list of International Trade MVPs.
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December 14, 2012
Real Estate MVP: Kirkland's Jonathan Schechter
A robust body of work in his first full year at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, including several blockbuster deals for Starwood Capital Group, has earned veteran real estate partner Jonathan Schechter a spot on Law360's list of 2012 Real Estate MVPs.
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December 14, 2012
Class Action MVP: Proskauer's Elise Bloom
Proskauer Rose LLP partner Elise Bloom beat back class certification for client Lorillard Tobacco Co. Inc. in a wage-and-hour action by sales representatives in a case that had ramifications for the entire tobacco industry, earning Bloom a spot among Law360's Class Action MVPs.
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December 14, 2012
Project Finance MVP: Mayer Brown's Christopher Erckert
For his work advising BNP Paribas and two Peruvian banks in about $527 million in financing for a key piece of public infrastructure in Lima, Peru — the largest Peruvian currency financing to date for a non-sovereign issuer — among other feats, Mayer Brown’s Christopher Erckert has earned a spot on Law360’s list of Project Finance MVPs.
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December 14, 2012
Government Contracts MVP: Morgan Lewis' Brad Fagg
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s Brad Fagg tallied big victories in 2012 for nuclear utilities on claims the federal government failed to accept and dispose of spent fuel, winning $70 million in damages for one client and a favorable Federal Circuit ruling for another — and earning a spot on Law360’s list of Government Contracts MVPs.
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December 13, 2012
Securities MVP: Morgan Lewis' Marc Sonnenfeld
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s Marc Sonnenfeld won the dismissal of four securities lawsuits against Hewlett-Packard Co. within the last year, making him a go-to attorney for the company and earning him a spot as a 2012 Law360 Securities MVP.
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December 13, 2012
Real Estate MVP: Weil Gotshal's J. Philip Rosen
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s J. Philip Rosen has built his career taking a hands-on strategy with an impressive body of high-profile real estate transactions, a personal approach that has won him a long list of happy clients as well as a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.
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December 13, 2012
IP MVP: Finnegan Henderson's Donald Dunner
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP's Donald R. Dunner deployed his extensive appellate litigation experience to secure a major victory for Akamai Technologies Inc. that will make it easier for patent holders to prove induced infringement in cases involving multiple actors, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.
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December 13, 2012
Competition MVP: O'Melveny's Kenneth Nissly
O'Melveny & Myers LLP litigator Kenneth Nissly landed a jury verdict in favor of semiconductor manufacturer SK Hynix Inc., saving it from a potential $12 billion damages award in a conspiracy case brought by a rival and earning him a spot on Law360’s Competition MVPs.