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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 29, 2021
MVP: Fried Frank's Joshua Mermelstein
Colleagues and clients remember Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Joshua Mermelstein, who died in March at age 65, as a meticulous, creative attorney who loved his job and was an inspiration to others. A look at his work over the past year, which included multiple billion-dollar financings, has landed him a spot among Law360's 2021 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Cleary's Liza Lenas
Liza Lenas of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has guided the formation of droves of multibillion-dollar funds, including the $15 billion closing of the world's largest Asia-focused private equity fund, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Fund Formation MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Randy Prebula
Hogan Lovells partner Randy Prebula helped secure regulatory approval for clients including the manufacturer of new rapid at-home COVID-19 tests and the maker of an artificial intelligence system that can detect a leading cause of blindness, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Health Care MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Kasowitz's Jennifer S. Recine
Jennifer S. Recine of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP was part of a legal team that successfully defended New York's Chelsea Hotel from tenant harassment allegations brought by the city during an agency trial and subsequently took the city to court with a more than $100 million suit, landing her a spot among Law360's 2021 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Mattos Filho's Thiago Moreira
Thiago Fernandes Moreira of Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados led his team through the negotiation of Sao Paulo's $4 billion Metro Line 6 project handover, a public-private enterprise that had remained unfinished for years in the aftermath of Brazil's Odebrecht scandal, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Construction MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Lynn Fischer Fox
Arnold & Porter partner Lynn Fischer Fox racked up a number of victories this year, including securing continued access to the U.S. market for Peruvian blueberry farmers and guiding a Canadian renewable energy exporter through a congressionally mandated investigation, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 International Trade MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Weil's Benjamin E. Marks
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Benjamin E. Marks was on the team representing Getty Images that beat back infringement claims from prolific copyright litigator Richard Liebowitz, and he also notched notable wins for Pandora Media and Sirius XM, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Pantelis Michalopoulos
Pantelis Michalopoulos of Steptoe & Johnson LLP opposed former President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on social media companies for moderating content and fought SpaceX to prevent interference with Dish's service, making him one of Law360's 2021 Telecommunications MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Latham's Tad Freese
Tad Freese of Latham & Watkins LLP was at the helm of some of last year's biggest tech deals, including Slack's $27.7 billion sale to Salesforce and a California semiconductor company's $35 billion acquisition of a device manufacturer, making him one of Law360's 2021 Technology MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: Hogan Lovells' David Bonser
David Bonser of Hogan Lovells heads its global real estate investment trust practice and this summer also became global managing partner of the corporate practice, all while leading a team that represented QTS Realty Trust in its $10 billion acquisition by Blackstone, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: White & Case's Jasper Wauters
Jasper Wauters of White & Case LLP represented the United Kingdom in a long-running aircraft subsidies dispute and steered the United Arab Emirates to victory in its first-ever complaint at the World Trade Organization, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 International Trade MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: King & Spalding's Tim Burbury
Tim Burbury of King & Spalding's construction practice is advising a developer on a $500 billion construction project that aims to build out a new city roughly the size of Belgium, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Construction MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: Williams & Connolly's Enu A. Mainigi
Williams & Connolly LLP's Enu A. Mainigi successfully represented CVS Pharmacy Inc. on claims by multiple classes of insured drug buyers that the pharmacy chain overcharged them by more than $121 million for generic drugs, helping earn her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Health Care MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Jonathan Karen
Jonathan Karen of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP steered tech-focused private equity firm Silver Lake to a $20 billion fund closing and Blackstone Group in an $8 billion fund closing, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Fund Formation MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: Ropes & Gray's Paul Scrivano
Paul Scrivano of Ropes & Gray LLP is steering a merger valued at nearly $40 billion between Singapore-based "super app" Grab Holdings Inc. and Altimeter Growth Corp. in a transaction set to be one of the largest ever involving a U.S. blank-check company, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Technology MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: Davis Wright's Ambika Kumar
Ambika Kumar of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP helped TikTok creators win their bid to block the Trump administration's ban on the app, helping earn her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: Latham's Matthew Brill and Matthew Murchison
Known to clients as "the two Matts," Matthew Brill and Matthew Murchison of Latham & Watkins LLP have had a hand in a slew of high-profile telecom matters in the last year, including getting Maine's a la carte cable law invalidated and steering an ongoing challenge to California's net neutrality law, earning them a spot among Law360's 2021 Telecommunications MVPs.
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September 24, 2021
MVP: Wiley Rein's Joshua S. Turner
Wiley Rein LLP partner Joshua S. Turner scored a huge win for the wireless industry by persuading the Ninth Circuit to uphold federal orders aimed at paving the way for thousands of "small cell" sites, landing him a spot among Law360's 2021 Telecommunications MVPs.
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September 24, 2021
MVP: Pillsbury's Tamara Bruno
Pillsbury's Tamara Bruno represented a Northrop Grumman unit in securing more than $100 million in coverage for an underlying securities class action, a leading accomplishment for the institutional policyholder representative, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.
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September 24, 2021
MVP: Troutman Pepper's Aaron Abraham
Aaron Abraham of Troutman Pepper has helped represent JP Morgan Chase in the ongoing construction of its new skyscraper in Manhattan and SL Green Realty's One Vanderbilt tower next to Grand Central Terminal, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Construction MVPs.
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September 24, 2021
MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Jonathan Adler
Jonathan Adler co-led a Debevoise & Plimpton LLP team that advised Clayton Dubilier & Rice on a $16 billion buyout fund, CD&R's most recent and largest to date, landing him a spot among Law360's 2021 Fund Formation MVPs.
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September 24, 2021
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Kevin Kennedy
Shepherding multibillion-dollar initial public offerings for companies like Airbnb and managing a switch from an IPO to a direct listing for Roblox, which was valued at $47 billion, during the COVID-19 pandemic are among the accomplishments that have earned Kevin Kennedy of Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Technology MVPs.
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September 24, 2021
MVP: Manatt's Barry S. Landsberg
Barry S. Landsberg of Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP has secured key victories on behalf of hospitals in California, including one that clarified guidance on selecting hearing officers in peer review proceedings, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Health Care MVPs.
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September 24, 2021
MVP: Mayer Brown's A. John P. Mancini
A. John P. Mancini of Mayer Brown LLP secured the reversal of hiked streaming royalty rates on behalf of Spotify and won a quick dismissal of a sprawling antitrust suit against the music streaming industry, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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September 24, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Agnesine 'Nesa' R. Amamoo
Agnesine "Nesa" Amamoo of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP is co-leading a team representing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in the multibillion-dollar redevelopment of John F. Kennedy International Airport and is co-leading a team that represents the Las Vegas Sands Corp. on a $6.25 billion sale, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Real Estate MVPs.