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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 06, 2012

    M&A MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Daniel Wolf

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Daniel Wolf's lead in some of 2012's most complicated, high-profile deals — including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s $7 billion acquisition and subsequent share partitioning of Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and ABB Ltd.'s $3.9 billion cross-border buy of a U.S. electrical components maker — has landed him on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.

  • December 06, 2012

    Energy MVP: Baker Botts' Hugh Tucker

    Baker Botts LLP’s Hugh Tucker has become a deal-making dynamo for energy giants shaking up their portfolios in a hopping oil and gas scene, structuring Marathon Oil Corp.’s $3.5 billion buy in Texas and preparing several other eye-popping acquisitions to score a slot among Law360’s Energy MVPs.

  • December 06, 2012

    Appellate MVP: Fish & Richardson's Jonathan Singer

    Fish & Richardson LLP's Jonathan Singer in 2012 convinced a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate drug monitoring patents and chalked up major wins defending pharmaceutical patents before the Federal Circuit, earning him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.

  • December 06, 2012

    Life Sciences MVP: Weil's Liz Weiswasser

    A career spent guiding pharmaceutical and biotechnology developers through the life cycle of their products, from development and patent protection to litigation — including a victory for Wake Forest University in August with billion-dollar implications — has earned Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Liz Weiswasser a spot on Law360's list of Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 05, 2012

    IP MVP: Winston & Strawn's Michael Elkin

    Over the past year, intellectual property litigator Michael S. Elkin of Winston & Strawn LLP has secured courtroom wins that have not only benefited his media industry clients, but have had a profound effect on the wider new media landscape, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 05, 2012

    Private Equity MVP: Ropes & Gray's William Shields

    Advising some of the largest and most influential private equity firms in the world, including TPG Capital, on a variety of U.S. and cross-border transactions has earned veteran Ropes & Gray LLP partner William M. Shields a spot on Law360's list of Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 05, 2012

    Bankruptcy MVP: Kasowitz's David Friedman

    Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP’s David Friedman earned a place among Law360's 2012 Bankruptcy MVPs by tackling some of the year's toughest bankruptcy cases, overseeing the liquidation of Borders Book Group and extracting a $40 million bankruptcy malpractice settlement related to Adelphia Communications Corp.

  • December 05, 2012

    Appellate MVP: Akin Gump's Patricia A. Millett

    One week after scoring a win at the U.S. Supreme Court, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s Patricia A. Millett made her 31st appearance before the high court — the most of any woman in history — landing her on Law360’s list of appellate MVPs.

  • December 05, 2012

    Life Sciences MVP: Morgan Lewis' Randall Sunberg

    Randall Sunberg of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP spent the last year facilitating collaborations among pharmaceutical companies, including a nearly $2 billion multidrug deal between H. Lundbeck A/S and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., earning him a spot among Law360's Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 05, 2012

    M&A MVP: Latham & Watkins' Charles Ruck

    For his work this year on a slew of complex life sciences and technology deals including Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s $5.65 billion acquisition of Actavis Group, Latham & Watkins LLP’s Charles K. Ruck has earned a spot on Law360’s list of M&A MVPs.

  • December 05, 2012

    Privacy MVP: Ropes & Gray's Douglas Meal

    Ropes & Gray LLP's Douglas Meal helped Sony Corp. win a dismissal order in multidistrict litigation over massive cyberattacks and bagged court approval of Heartland Payment Systems Inc.'s settlement of consumer data breach claims in 2012, landing him a spot among Law360's Privacy MVPs.

  • December 05, 2012

    Energy MVP: Covington & Burling's Steve Rosenbaum

    It's hard to do better than perfect, and Covington & Burling LLP's Steve Rosenbaum batted 1.000 in representing the oil and gas industry in several challenges to the federal government's approval of projects launched by environmental groups, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Energy MVPs.

  • December 04, 2012

    Bankruptcy MVP: Cadwalader's George Davis

    In seeking to get a fair shake for his noteholder clients in the Dynegy Holdings LLC restructuring, George Davis of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP pulled out all the stops, filing an outside suit, pushing for an examiner and negotiating a revised plan, earning him a spot on Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 04, 2012

    IP MVP: Keker & Van Nest's Robert Van Nest

    Robert Van Nest of Keker & Van Nest LLP led Google Inc. to a sweeping victory in a patent and copyright suit brought by Oracle Corp. and represented HTC Corp. in its recently-settled smartphone patent dispute with Apple Inc., earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 04, 2012

    Private Equity MVP: Latham's Paul Sheridan

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Paul F. Sheridan Jr. has forged a unique attorney-client relationship with some of the biggest players on the international private equity scene, launching no less than seven major deals for his repeat customers and earning himself a spot on Law360's Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 04, 2012

    Appellate MVP: Latham & Watkins' Gregory Garre

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Gregory G. Garre in 2012 extended his lengthy record of success before the U.S. Supreme Court with his work on a high-profile death row case and defeat of the federal government on a tax collection dispute, earning him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.

  • December 04, 2012

    Life Sciences MVP: O'Melveny's Paul Scrivano

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Paul Scrivano has a broad mergers and acquisitions practice, but it is his work on cross-border deals involving the cutting edge of the biotech industry and an innovative investment in a Georgia firm that earned him a spot on Law360's list of Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 04, 2012

    M&A MVP: Skadden's Nancy Lieberman

    Leading a multifaceted effort to help Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. extricate itself from litigation and complete a $7 billion sale to Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. highlighted a banner year for veteran Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Nancy Lieberman, earning her a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.

  • December 04, 2012

    Privacy MVP: Loeb & Loeb's Michael Mallow

    Loeb & Loeb LLP partner Michael Mallow's outstanding track record defending against consumer protection class actions, including a novel Telephone Consumer Protection Act win last year at the West Virginia Supreme Court, has earned him a spot on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.

  • December 03, 2012

    IP MVP: Irell & Manella's Morgan Chu

    Morgan Chu of Irell & Manella LLP secured two major settlements for TiVo Inc. over the past year, striking deals with AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. just before separate trials over TiVo's digital video recording patents were set to begin, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 03, 2012

    M&A MVP: Simpson Thacher's Alan Klein

    Ask Alan M. Klein, a veteran partner in the mergers and acquisitions group at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and a honoree on Law360's list of 2012 M&A MVPs, what he does for a living and he'll tell you he's a traffic cop.

  • December 03, 2012

    Life Sciences MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Jay Lefkowitz

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Jay Lefkowitz has had a starring role in some of the year’s most significant life sciences cases, including the Supreme Court’s recent decision to review a ruling that will mark the first significant test of its landmark Mensing judgment, earning him a spot among Law360's Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 03, 2012

    Privacy MVP: Venable's Stuart Ingis

    Venable LLP partner Stuart P. Ingis' continuing efforts on behalf of the online advertising industry to fine-tune industry standards related to the collection of Internet data for targeted ads earned him a spot among Law360's Privacy MVPs.

  • December 03, 2012

    Appellate MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Christopher Landau

    In 2012, Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Christopher Landau secured a Federal Circuit victory that guaranteed cost-of-living raises for federal judges, as well as a win in the U.S. Supreme Court for securities underwriters regarding the statute of limitations for insider trading claims, landing him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.

  • December 03, 2012

    Private Equity MVP: Fried Frank's Robert Schwenkel

    With a 2012 resume that includes two take-private deals valued over $1 billion, a delicate cross-border corporate carveout, and the year's biggest secondary transaction, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Robert Schwenkel is one of four dealmakers recognized as a Law360 Private Equity MVP.

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