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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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October 19, 2020
MVP: Cleary's Lisa Schweitzer
Lisa Schweitzer is helping Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP guide Latin America's largest airline through a multimillion-dollar bankruptcy brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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October 19, 2020
MVP: Cleary's Liza Lenas
Liza Lenas of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's fund formation practice represented KKR in the formation of its $1.3 billion inaugural social impact fund and a then-unit of TPG on a $2.2 billion technology fund, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Fund Formation MVPs.
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October 19, 2020
MVP: Arnold & Porter's J. David Park
Arnold & Porter's J. David Park helped free major South Korean steel producers from anti-dumping tariffs and led the team that won the first-ever appeal of duties issued under a 2015 law empowering the U.S. to address market distortions in certain trade investigations, securing his spot as one of Law360's 2020 International Trade MVPs.
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October 16, 2020
MVP: O'Melveny's Daniel Petrocelli
Dan Petrocelli of O'Melveny & Myers LLP led the team representing Twentieth Century Fox in litigation against Netflix over the streaming giant's "brazen campaign" to recruit Fox executives, and won the dismissal of all claims in half-billion-dollar multidistrict litigation against renowned boxer Manny Pacquiao, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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October 16, 2020
MVP: Sullivan & Worcester's Joel Telpner
Joel Telpner of Sullivan & Worcester LLP's fintech practice is steering the development of the world's first sovereign digital currency and advising a novel blockchain platform that allows users to monetize, borrow and lend cryptocurrency assets, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Fintech MVPs.
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October 16, 2020
MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler
Jeffrey Kessler of Winston & Strawn LLP continued battering down the legal ramparts of the NCAA's "amateurism" rules with a major victory in the Ninth Circuit this year, while helping the NFL, MLB and NBA player unions navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, securing his spot as one of Law360's 2020 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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October 16, 2020
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Steven Holley
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Steven Holley helped Fiat Chrysler defeat a bombshell racketeering lawsuit from rival automaker General Motors and navigate antitrust concerns in connection with its $50 billion merger with French automaker PSA Groupe, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Transportation MVPs.
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October 16, 2020
MVP: Weil's Amy Rubin
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Amy Rubin has counseled WPX Energy, Eli Lilly, AK Steel, Culligan International and Willis Towers Watson on the executive compensation and benefits aspects of billion-dollar corporate transactions they've been involved in this year, earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Benefits MVPs.
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October 16, 2020
MVP: Paul Weiss' Karen Dunn
Karen Dunn of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP recently secured victories for Uber in New York City and in Boston as the transportation company beat back attempts to curb its burgeoning business in those locations, hailing a spot on the list of Law360's 2020 Technology MVPs.
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October 15, 2020
MVP: Munger Tolles' Rose Leda Ehler
Rose Leda Ehler of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP secured a $62.4 million damages award on behalf of major movie studios against VidAngel Inc. for infringing hundreds of copyrights, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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October 15, 2020
MVP: Wachtell's Jeannemarie O'Brien
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's Jeannemarie O'Brien demonstrated her dexterity in handling complicated executive compensation and employee benefits matters in United Technologies' merger with Raytheon and BB&T's $66 billion tie-up with SunTrust Banks, landing her among Law360's 2020 Benefits MVPs.
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October 15, 2020
MVP: Sidley Austin's Neal Sullivan
Neal Sullivan heads Sidley Austin LLP's 85-strong regulatory and enforcement practice, which he told Law360 landed him an assignment in March to counsel Morgan Stanley and E-Trade on their $13 billion merger, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Compliance MVPs.
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October 15, 2020
MVP: Orrick's Jeremy Kudon
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Jeremy Kudon has helped shepherd legislation allowing for sports and mobile betting in Michigan, Illinois and other states in the last year, earning himself a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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October 15, 2020
MVP: Latham & Watkins' Elizabeth Deeley
Elizabeth Deeley of Latham & Watkins LLP's technology practice helped negotiate a no-damages settlement for Facebook in a class action over a data breach and helped secure a partial dismissal in a proposed class action over the social media giant's estimates of its advertising reach, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Technology MVPs.
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October 15, 2020
MVP: O'Melveny's Robert Siegel
Robert Siegel of O'Melveny & Myers LLP helped United Airlines prevent a $100 million arbitration award from being vacated and aided Atlas Air in keeping in arbitration a dispute involving a new contract for pilots, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Transportation MVPs.
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October 15, 2020
MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Jason Weinstein
Jason Weinstein of Steptoe & Johnson LLP started both the firm's blockchain and cryptocurrency practice and the nonprofit Blockchain Alliance five years ago, cultivating a deep team of lawyers at the firm and growing an organization that educates lawmakers, regulators and law enforcement about the cryptocurrency industry, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Fintech MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Thomas Dupree
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Thomas Dupree convinced the Eighth Circuit to decertify a class of Union Pacific employees alleging the rail giant violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and won over a skeptical D.C. Circuit panel in a case concerning authorization for automated railroad track inspection technology, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Transportation MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: O'Melveny's Chuck Baker
Chuck Baker of O'Melveny & Myers LLP oversaw several major deals in the world of professional soccer, including billionaire David Tepper's purchase of the newest Major League Soccer team, and helped George Soros' son roll out a brand new women's sports league, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Scott Edelman
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Scott Edelman has spent the year notching major court victories for entertainment industry giants, including a sweeping win for AMC in litigation involving producers for the network's hit show "The Walking Dead," landing him a spot among Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: Sidley's David E. Teitelbaum
Sidley Austin LLP's David E. Teitelbaum helped launch the Apple Card, advised crypto-focused prime brokerage platform Tagomi on its acquisition by Coinbase and counseled PayPal on its $4 billion purchase of online coupon finder Honey, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Fintech MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: Latham & Watkins' Eric Volkman & Hui Xu
Eric Volkman and Hui Xu of Latham & Watkins LLP's compliance practice helped secure the delisting of China Cosco Shipping Corp. Ltd from the Office of Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, placing the duo among Law360's 2020 Compliance MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: Keker Van Nest's Robert Van Nest
Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP partner Robert Van Nest led Qualcomm to victory this year in its battle with the Federal Trade Commission over the company's licensing practices, persuading the Ninth Circuit to overturn the agency's landmark trial win and earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Technology MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: Wachtell's Matthew M. Guest
Matthew M. Guest of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's mergers and acquisitions practice guided over the finish line a $66 billion transaction responsible for the creation of Truist Financial Corp., solidifying the close of the largest bank merger in over a decade and earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 M&A MVPs.
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October 14, 2020
MVP: Skadden's Erica Schohn
Despite the extraordinary obstacles of the past year, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Erica Schohn successfully steered clients through megamergers, initial public offerings and even a few transactions with the celebrity Kardashian-Jenner family, earning her a place among Law360's 2020 Benefits MVPs.
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October 13, 2020
Securities MVP: Skadden's Scott Musoff
Scott Musoff of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP helped secure Third Circuit affirmation of his trial win on behalf of BlackRock in a $1.5 billion excessive fees suit and knocked down multiple class actions against companies accused of making misleading opinion statements, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Securities MVPs.