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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 24, 2021
MVP: Covington & Burling's Heather Finstuen
Heather Finstuen of Covington & Burling LLP leveraged her experience working with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to land approval for Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler's $52 billion merger and a litany of other transactions, landing her a spot among Law360's 2021 International Trade MVPs.
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September 23, 2021
MVP: Mayer Brown's Richard E. Nowak
Partner Richard E. Nowak successfully led a Mayer Brown LLP team representing Northrop Grumman in a case in which the Ninth Circuit found that calculating benefits is not a fiduciary function, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Benefits MVPs.
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September 23, 2021
MVP: Cohen Milstein's Sharon K. Robertson
Sharon Robertson of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has waged a number of legal battles in pay-for-delay schemes this year, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Life Sciences MVPs.
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September 23, 2021
MVP: Pillsbury's Mona Dajani
Mona Dajani of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP was part of a team that clinched a major renewable natural gas business combination, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 23, 2021
MVP: Wilson Sonsini's Rezwan Pavri
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC's Rezwan Pavri led food delivery giant Doordash's $3.36 billion initial public offering, helping the company sell 33 million shares at a higher-than-predicted value, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Capital Markets MVPs.
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September 23, 2021
MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Sarah Gordon
Sarah Gordon of Steptoe & Johnson LLP is shepherding The Hartford through hundreds of COVID-19 business interruption suits filed by policyholders across the country, and has nailed down about 75 favorable decisions for the insurer so far, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.
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September 23, 2021
MVP: Sanford Heisler's Vincent McKnight
As co-chair of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP's whistleblower practice group, H. Vincent McKnight Jr. has helped federal authorities recoup billions of dollars, including a recent settlement that saw Wells Fargo agree to hand over $3 billion, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Government Contracts MVPs.
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September 23, 2021
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Stephen Neuwirth
Stephen Neuwirth, head of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's antitrust practice, clinched a $100 million appellate victory for the Washington Nationals and represented minority owners of the Washington Football Team in a multifaceted legal battle, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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September 23, 2021
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Patricio Grané Labat
Patricio Grané Labat co-led an Arnold & Porter team that successfully defended the Republic of Costa Rica against a $400 million claim involving a dispute over a gold mine project, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 International Arbitration MVPs.
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September 22, 2021
MVP: Dechert's Eduardo Silva Romero
Eduardo Silva Romero of Dechert LLP achieved high-stakes victories for Colombia and Guatemala, among others, as each nation faced its own challenges amid the coronavirus pandemic, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 International Arbitration MVPs.
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September 22, 2021
MVP: Cohen Milstein's Michelle C. Yau
Michelle Yau of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC served as the senior attorney representing participants and beneficiaries of the Triad Manufacturing Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in an ERISA suit claiming the company overcharged workers for company stock. Her team won its bids to keep the case in federal court and recently at the Seventh Circuit, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Benefits MVPs.
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September 22, 2021
MVP: Weil's Paul R. Genender
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Paul Genender has spent his pandemic shepherding large companies through their bankruptcy confirmation trials, a process he describes as being just like a normal trial except that it moves at breakneck speed, making him one of Law360's Trials MVPs for 2021.
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September 22, 2021
MVP: Winston & Strawn's Michael E. Pikiel Jr.
Michael E. Pikiel Jr. lead a Winston & Strawn LLP team that advised note purchasers in the sale of about $479 million of senior secured notes by Prince George's County Education & Community Partners LLC for a first-of-its-kind project to imagine, build, finance and maintain six new public schools, securing him a spot among Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 22, 2021
MVP: Fenwick's Ran Ben-Tzur
Fenwick & West LLP partner Ran Ben-Tzur was part of a team that successfully guided cryptocurrency company Coinbase through the direct listing process earlier this year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Capital Markets MVPs.
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September 22, 2021
MVP: Dentons' Keith Moskowitz
Keith Moskowitz of Dentons' insurance practice stayed busy this year as national counsel for AIG, successfully defending the insurer against many COVID-19 business interruption cases while also litigating numerous other important insurance disputes, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.
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September 22, 2021
MVP: Wiley's Paul F. Khoury
Paul Khoury of Wiley Rein LLP helped safeguard a $33.5 billion equipment deal for Atlantic Diving Supply Inc. and nabbed Blue Tech Inc. a potential path to a $5.5 billion information technology contract, landing him a spot among Law360's 2021 Government Contracts MVPs.
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September 22, 2021
MVP: Keker Van Nest's Laurie Mims
Laurie Mims of Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP led a trial team that won former shareholders of FerroKin Biosciences more than $80 million in a post-merger dispute with Shire Pharmaceuticals, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Life Sciences MVPs.
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September 22, 2021
MVP: Covington's Michael Hill
Michael Hill, of Covington & Burling LLP's commercial and corporate transactional practice, quarterbacked the NFL's media distribution agreements with a quintet of major media companies totaling more than $110 billion, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports and Betting MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Davis Polk's Kyoko Takahashi Lin
Kyoko Takahashi Lin of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP worked on the benefits and executive compensation aspects of IHS Markit's merger with S&P Global, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Benefits MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Reed Smith's John Ellison
John Ellison of Reed Smith LLP helped secure more than $750 million in indemnity coverage for MGM's settlement with victims of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Skadden's David Kavanagh QC
David Kavanagh QC, the co-head of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's international litigation and arbitration group, served as lead counsel for a $5.5 billion bilateral investment treaty claim against India that ended up changing the country's tax policies, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 International Arbitration MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Irell's Morgan Chu
Morgan Chu of Irell & Manella LLP has won more than $3 billion in patent trial awards for his clients over the last 14 months, including a $2.2 billion victory in March for a client suing Intel over microchip technology, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Trials MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Jenner & Block's Noah B. Bleicher
Noah Bleicher of Jenner & Block LLP helped General Dynamics and a small veteran-owned business both win and successfully defend significant protests involving multiple and sometimes simultaneous disputes, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Government Contracts MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Proskauer's Jon Oram
Jon Oram of Proskauer Rose LLP played a crucial role in helping the NBA and Major League Soccer safely return to competition months after the COVID-19 pandemic forced all major sports to go on hiatus, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Jennifer Bragg
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Jennifer Bragg was part of the legal team that negotiated Purdue Pharma's guilty plea with the U.S. Department of Justice over its illegal marketing of opioids and helped a testing lab beat a $178 million whistleblower suit, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Life Sciences MVPs.