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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Paul Weiss' Audra Soloway
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Audra Soloway won a number of key dismissals over the past year in investor lawsuits brought against clients like Teladoc Health and the Bank of New York Mellon and participated in a case that netted an important U.S. Supreme Court ruling, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Securities MVPs.
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Fenwick's Ran Ben-Tzur
Fenwick & West LLP partner Ran Ben-Tzur steered several landmark public listings over the past year, from cybersecurity firm SentinelOne Inc.'s $1.2 billion initial public offering to social networking service NextDoor Holding Inc.'s go-public merger, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Capital Markets MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Paul Weiss' Krishna Veeraraghavan
Krishna Veeraraghavan of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's corporate practice has overseen billion-dollar deals in the tech, biotech and life sciences sectors as well as the consumer, media, real estate sectors and more, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Jonathan Stoel
Jonathan Stoel of Hogan Lovells has led the government of Canada and the Canadian solar industry into an agreement with the U.S. government to end safeguards on solar imports, and he represented the Canadian solar industry in a landmark state-to-state dispute settlement in which a panel ruled in Canada's favor, earning him his second spot among Law360's International Trade MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Motley Rice's Gregg S. Levin
Gregg Levin of Motley Rice LLC's securities practice led the firm's efforts to secure an $809.5 million settlement for Twitter shareholders last year, representing one of the 20 largest securities class action settlements in U.S. history and earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Erise's Eric Buresh
Eric Buresh of Erise IP has helped secure numerous victories over the past year, including a complete defense verdict for Sony in a patent infringement lawsuit over its PlayStation consoles, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Stacey McEvoy
Stacey McEvoy of Hogan Lovells LLP co-led Duke Realty, the largest domestic-only industrial property real estate investment trust, in its approximately $26 billion merger with Prologis Inc., earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Kirkland's Doug Bacon
Doug E. Bacon of Kirkland & Ellis LLP's energy practice helped guide the $2.6 billion merger of two Denver-area oil and gas companies, advised TPG Rise Climate on its $500 million equity investment in a renewable energy company and counseled ArcLight Clean Transition Corp. on its merger with a renewable natural gas producer and distributor, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Energy MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Joel Cohen
Joel Cohen of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP defended a real estate developer in a once-sweeping $500 million fraud case that ended in July with the developer accepting a plea deal involving minor accusations and receiving a no-prison sentence, earning Cohen a spot on Law360's White Collar MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Michael Weil
Michael D. Weil of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's employment law group became a go-to litigator for the novel practice of defending employers' COVID-19 vaccine mandates against employee challenges, including for pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Employment MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: King & Spalding's Scott Greer
Scott Greer of King & Spalding LLP's energy and construction transactional practices worked with Cheniere Energy Inc. on a $5.4 billion contract for the procurement and construction of a liquefied natural gas facility, and steered a number of innovative and first-of-their kind projects, including a commercial-scale carbon-capture project and a high-voltage line delivering hydroelectric power to New York City, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Energy MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: Munger Tolles' Jennifer Broder
Jennifer Broder led the Munger Tolles & Olson LLP team that worked on Berkshire Hathaway's "warp speed" $11.6 billion acquisition of insurer Alleghany Corp. and advised Peter Jackson's special effects company Weta Digital in selling its technology assets for $1.6 billion, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: Jones Day's Amanda Sommerfeld
Amanda Sommerfeld, a partner at Jones Day's labor and employment practice, helped corporate giants McDonald's Corp. and SkyWest Airlines Inc. avoid big payouts to employees accusing them of workplace violations, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Employment MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: Dechert's David W. Forti
David W. Forti, the co-chair of Dechert LLP's global finance and real estate practice groups, played leading roles on several innovative deals, including the first large-scale commercial mortgage-backed securities loan secured by data center properties and one of the first CMBS offerings of affordable housings assets, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: Latham's Michele D. Johnson
Michele D. Johnson of Latham & Watkins LLP's litigation and trial practice helped secure a rare jury trial verdict in a $400 million investor suit against NextGen Healthcare, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: Covington's Jay Smith
Jay Smith has moved from academic to trade advocate, leading Covington & Burling LLP teams in securing product exclusions and a major Commission for Environmental Cooperation recommendation to protect a species of North Atlantic whales, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 International Trade MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: Durie Tangri's Daralyn J. Durie
Daralyn Durie served as trial counsel for a Durie Tangri LLP team that secured a $178 million verdict against Novartis for infringing patents on Daiichi Sankyo subsidiary Plexxikon Inc.'s skin cancer treatment drug Zelboraf, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 06, 2022
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Henry Almond
Henry Almond led Arnold & Porter's team in fighting the U.S. Department of Commerce's interpretation of legislation governing import duty calculations in distorted markets, winning the backing of the Federal Circuit and earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 International Trade MVPs.
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September 06, 2022
MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Edward Lee
Edward Lee of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has advised on many of the most significant transactions of the past year, including his representation of NortonLifeLock Inc. in the cybersecurity giant's $9.2 billion acquisition of Avast PLC, one of the largest cybersecurity transactions on record, making him one of Law360s 2022 Mergers and Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 06, 2022
MVP: Cadwalader's Holly Chamberlain
Holly Chamberlain of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has advised lenders on more than $4.5 billion in loans across three New York City office deals, including $3 billion for Manhattan's supertall One Vanderbilt, landing her a spot among Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 06, 2022
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Hillary H. Holmes
Hillary Holmes of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP guided the $5.7 billion merger of Contango Oil & Gas with a company owned by private equity giant KKR, and advised Aris Water Solutions in its stock offering and a groundbreaking bond offering, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Energy MVPs.
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September 06, 2022
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason Schwartz
Jason C. Schwartz of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's labor and employment practice fended off the New York attorney general's condemnation of Amazon's COVID-19 safety standards and pivoted at the last minute to an in-person overtime exemption trial in a separate case, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Employment MVPs.
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September 06, 2022
MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's James A. Harrod
James A. Harrod of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP helped recover more than $2 billion on behalf of clients over the past year, including in a series of complex cases involving the multibillion-dollar fallout of investment funds overseen by an American subsidiary of Allianz, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities MVPs.
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September 06, 2022
MVP: Debevoise's David Bernstein
David Bernstein, the head of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's intellectual property litigation group, led H&R Block and Fox Sports to victories in high-stakes trademark litigation, earning the bicoastal attorney a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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September 06, 2022
MVP: Cahill Gordon's Bradley Bondi
Bradley Bondi of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's white collar practice prompted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to take an alleged short-seller to trial, and he will represent Nikola Corp. founder and former CEO Trevor Milton in one of the most anticipated criminal trials of the year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 White Collar MVPs.