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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 16, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Richard Giusto

    For his work representing clients in 35 deals valued at nearly $3.5 billion, including Invesco Ltd. in its $185 million sale of the iconic Brill Building in New York, Greenberg Traurig LLP's Richard Giusto earned himself a spot among Law360's Real Estate MVPs of 2013.

  • December 13, 2013

    Life Sciences MVP: Morrison & Foerster's David Doyle

    Morrison & Foerster LLP partner David C. Doyle has successfully fought for generic drug companies’ access to markets years before competitors’ exclusivity runs out, including Sandoz Inc.’s bid to invalidate Teva Pharmaceutical USA Inc.’s patents for its $3 billion a year Copaxone drug, netting him a spot on Law360’s list of Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 13, 2013

    International Trade MVP: Covington's Mark Plotkin

    By guiding major Chinese clients this year through the always-tricky process of winning approval for foreign investment in the United States, Covington & Burling LLP partner Mark Plotkin earned himself a spot on Law360's list of International Trade MVPs.

  • December 13, 2013

    Competition MVP: Dechert's Paul Denis

    The turbulent $17 billion megamerger of US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines Inc. parent AMR Corp. was just one of the deals that overcame challenges from antitrust regulators during the past year with the help of Dechert LLP's Paul Denis, landing him among Law360's 2013 Competition MVPs.

  • December 13, 2013

    Class Action MVP: Susman Godfrey's Marc Seltzer

    Veteran litigator Marc Seltzer of Susman Godfrey LLP scored big wins for plaintiffs in 2013, including a $6.5 million recovery for investors allegedly defrauded by IndyMac Bancorp Inc. and a landmark $1.6 billion consumer settlement with Toyota Motor Corp., earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2013 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 13, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Dechert's David Forti

    Dechert LLP's David Forti helped complete nearly two dozen commercial mortgage backed securities deals in the last year — including one involving a $1 billion loan on the landmark Seagram Building in New York — landing him on the list of Law360's 2013 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 13, 2013

    Private Equity MVP: Debevoise's Kevin Rinker

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  • December 12, 2013

    Class Action MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Salvatore Graziano

    As co-lead counsel for a class of investors accusing Merck & Co. and subsidiary Schering-Plough of concealing test results for their anti-cholesterol drug Vytorin from investors, Salvatore J. Graziano of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP secured a landmark $688 million settlement, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2013 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 12, 2013

    Private Equity MVP: Willkie Farr's Gordon Caplan

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's Gordon Caplan had a hand in some of this year's most complex, uniquely structured private equity deals including Hudson's Bay Co.'s $2.9 billion merger with Saks Inc., landing him a spot among Law360's 2013 Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 12, 2013

    Competition MVP: White & Case's Christopher Curran

    Fighting against claims that Toshiba Corp. took part in a liquid crystal display cartel, White & Case LLP partner Christopher Curran helped exonerate the company in a case brought by Best Buy Co., just one of the recent successes that helped land him among Law360's Competition MVPs.

  • December 12, 2013

    Life Sciences MVP: White & Case's Dimitrios Drivas

    White & Case LLP's Dimitrios Drivas leverages his background in biochemistry and his nearly 30 years of experience representing major pharmaceutical companies to net victories for his clients when billion-dollar inventions are at stake, including a battle over the world's top-selling drug of all time, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2013 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 12, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Mark Edelstein

    Morrison & Foerster LLP’s Mark Edelstein oversaw Union Bank NA’s $3.7 billion purchase of a commercial real estate lending portfolio and used creative financing deals to launch or revive projects that are reshaping the New York City skyline, making him one of Law360’s 2013 MVPs.

  • December 12, 2013

    International Trade MVP: Hogan Lovells' Lourdes Catrain

    Hogan Lovells' Lourdes Catrain helped a Dubai industrial testing company get its name removed from the European Union's Iran sanctions list while guiding Chinese and German companies through the bloc's solar panel anti-dumping probe in 2013, winning her a spot on Law360's list of International Trade MVPs.

  • December 11, 2013

    Life Sciences MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Frank Aquila

    This past year, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Frank Aquila guided Amgen Inc. in its $10.4 billion acquisition of Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc., strengthening the biotechnology firm's cancer drug portfolio and earning him a spot among Law360's Life Sciences MVPs of 2013.

  • December 11, 2013

    Competition MVP: Davis Polk's Arthur Burke

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Arthur J. Burke helped Bank of America Corp. fight off a substantial chunk of the claims in multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy to rig the London Interbank Offered Rate and advised Comcast Corp. on a $3.6 billion deal with Verizon Communications Inc., landing a spot on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 11, 2013

    Private Equity MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' David Breach

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner David A. Breach served as lead counsel on more than 45 private equity and mergers and acquisitions deals in the past year, including several valued at more than $1 billion, earning him a place among Law360’s 2013 Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 11, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Weil Gotshal's W. Michael Bond

    Weil Gotshal & Manges partner W. Michael Bond is on the cutting edge of real estate investment trusts mergers and acquisitions, advising Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in its sale of its largest asset, Archstone Enterprise LP, in a deal valued at more than $16 billion, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 11, 2013

    International Trade MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Paul Brinkman

    Operating at the critical nexus of international trade law and patent litigation, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Paul Brinkman relied on diligent preparation and keen foresight to land high-profile wins for tech giants such as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd., earning him his first appearance on Law360's list of International Trade MVPs.

  • December 10, 2013

    Government Contracts MVP: Covington's Robert Nichols

    Robert Nichols has helped Covington & Burling LLP assemble an all-star team of government contracts attorneys and personally led the charge in litigating bid protests with billions of dollars at stake, earning him a place among Law360's list of Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 09, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Kathleen Sullivan

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP name partner Kathleen Sullivan's was the voice that persuaded the nation’s highest courts on several high-stakes, groundbreaking decisions, including a victory that permitted the Federal Housing Finance Agency to proceed with lawsuits against at least 18 banks, earning her a spot on the list of Law360’s 2013 Appellate MVPs.

  • December 09, 2013

    Environmental MVP: Nossaman's Robert Thornton

    Nossaman LLP’s Robert Thornton convinced the California Supreme Court this year to endorse an environmental impact assessment methodology that could give public infrastructure authorities nationwide a boost in proving their proposals faithfully considered conservation impacts, landing him aboard Law360’s select group of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 09, 2013

    Government Contracts MVP: Hogan Lovells' Michael Mason

    Michael F. Mason racked up a series of wins for Hogan Lovells' aerospace and defense clients over the past year, including fending off a challenge to Lockheed Martin's piece of a $5.6 billion intelligence analyst contract, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 09, 2013

    Technology MVP: Wiley Rein's Nancy Victory

    Wiley Rein LLP partner Nancy J. Victory served as top regulatory counsel on some of the biggest telecommunications deals of 2013, including the $1.5 billion merger of Deutsche Telekom AG subsidiary T-Mobile USA Inc. with MetroPCS Communications Inc., earning her a spot on the list of Law360's 2013 Technology MVPs.

  • December 06, 2013

    Technology MVP: Davis Polk's Alan Denenberg

    A body of work over the past year involving several multibillion-dollar technology deals and debt offerings, as well as the highly anticipated Twitter Inc. initial public offering, have earned Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s Alan Denenberg a spot on Law360’s list of Technology MVPs.

  • December 06, 2013

    Environmental MVP: Katten Muchin Rosenman's Steven Solow

    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner Steven Solow successfully fended off a 26-count criminal indictment leveled at one of the nation’s largest water service providers, staring down the might of the federal government to prove at trial that no environmental violations had occurred and earning himself a spot among Law360's list of Environmental MVPs.

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