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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Davis Polk's Richard Truesdell
Richard Truesdell Jr. of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's capital markets practice worked on one of the largest IPOs of 2020 in Royalty Pharma's $2.2 billion offering, and also helped with BRP Group's $230 million IPO, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Capital Markets MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Kirkland's Paul Clement
Paul Clement of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, who argued his 100th case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court this year, scored a high court victory for an insurer in a $12 billion case over obligations in the Affordable Care Act and represented Little Sisters of the Poor in a fight over religious exemptions to the ACA's contraception mandate, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Appellate MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Paul Weiss' Scott Barshay
Scott Barshay of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's corporate practice helped represent Alexion Pharmaceuticals in its $1.4 billion deal for Portola without meeting his clients or opposing counsel in person due to COVID-19, in addition to working on the $15 billion spinoff and merger of Ingersoll Rand's industrial unit, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Berger Montague's David F. Sorensen
David F. Sorensen of Berger Montague PC was part of a team of class action lawyers who negotiated the largest single-defendant antitrust pharmaceutical settlement of its kind, netting him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Competition MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Skadden's Jessica A. Hough
Jessica A. Hough of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP represented FGL Holdings as lead counsel in its $2.7 billion acquisition by Fidelity National Financial Inc. and co-led tax representation of Willis Towers Watson's combination with U.K. insurance giant Aon to create a company worth $80 billion, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Tax MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Debevoise's David H. Bernstein
David Bernstein of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's intellectual property practice group secured a major trademark victory for Booking.com at the U.S Supreme Court, landing him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Dentons' Eric Berlin
Eric Berlin, co-lead of Dentons' cannabis practice, shepherded hydroponic supply retailer GrowGeneration to a public listing on a U.S. exchange and helped negotiate Cura Partners' sale to Curaleaf, in one of the largest mergers in the space, making him one of Law360's 2020 Cannabis MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Latham's Ryan Maierson
Ryan Maierson of Latham & Watkins LLP's energy practice guided Equitrans Midstream Corp. through several transactions collectively valued at more than $10 billion — including Equitrans' acquisition of subsidiary EQM Midstream Partners — in addition to other significant oil and gas deals, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Energy MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Cooley's Charlie Kim
Charlie Kim of Cooley LLP's capital markets practice helped guide numerous technology and life sciences companies in key deals, including Vir Biotechnology's initial public offering and $345 million follow-on offering and Uber's $1 billion debt offering, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Capital Markets MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Brian Lutz
Brian Lutz of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's securities practice scored a rare summary judgment victory for Newport Corp.'s former directors in a suit over the company's $1 billion merger and won the dismissal of a multibillion-dollar proposed class action against Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica data-harvesting scandal, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Securities MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Hagens Berman's Steve W. Berman
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's Steve Berman helped secure an injunction scrapping a student-athlete pay rule, shepherded a $700 million settlement with Mercedes, and nabbed class treatment for 3 million consumers suing Apple, wins that notched him his fifth consecutive placement as a Law360 Class Action MVP.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Covington's Jay Carey
Jay Carey, a partner in Covington & Burling LLP's Washington, D.C., office, helped data services giant Optum successfully protest a rival's $600 million U.S. Department of Labor contract award, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Government Contracts MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Jones Day's Shay Dvoretzky
Shay Dvoretzky of Jones Day's appellate group won a unanimous victory for GE at the U.S. Supreme Court this year in a case that had wide ramifications for the world of international arbitration and participated in two circuit court cases shaping different areas of law, securing him a spot on the list of Law360's 2020 Appellate MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Bryce L. Friedman
Bryce L. Friedman of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has helped large insurers get favorable rulings on COVID-19-related claims, and worked with the American Property Casualty Insurance Association to challenge potential legislation that could force insurers to cover pandemic losses, making him a Law360 2020 Insurance MVP.
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October 06, 2020
MVPs: Latham's Daniel Brown And Ken Schuler
Latham & Watkins LLP's Daniel Brown and Ken Schuler represented specialty drug company Eagle Pharmaceuticals in several big wins and led Par Pharmaceutical to victory in an infringement suit over its Adrenalin patent, placing them among Law360's 2020 Life Sciences MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason C. Schwartz
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Jason Schwartz, an expert dismantler of worker class actions, collected a win for his client Lowe's last month when a North Carolina judge dismissed a wage case involving potentially thousands of workers, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment Law MVPs for the second straight year.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Kirkland's Eric Schiele
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Eric Schiele handled a host of big-time mergers and acquisitions over the past year, including AbbVie's $63 billion buyout of pharmaceutical giant Allergan PLC and a multibillion-dollar transaction for Norwegian Cruise Line amid the coronavirus pandemic, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 M&A MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Adam Hakki
Shearman & Sterling LLP's Adam Hakki helmed the firm's litigation practice as it navigates the coronavirus pandemic and secured dismissals in a case accusing the Intercontinental Exchange of manipulating the Libor benchmark and in a suit over alleged misstatements in the registration statement for exchange-traded funds inversely tracking the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Volatility Index, making him one of Law360's 2020 Banking MVPs.
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October 05, 2020
MVP: Covington & Burling's Jennifer Plitsch
Covington & Burling LLP's Jennifer Plitsch has spent much of the past year advising companies like Moderna on how to help deal with the COVID-19 crisis, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Life Sciences MVPs.
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October 05, 2020
MVP: Paul Weiss' Susanna Buergel
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Susanna Buergel steered Morgan Stanley to a successful resolution in potentially multibillion-dollar agency bond antitrust litigation and went to the mat for underwriters in a post-Cyan securities suit in New York state court, securing her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Banking MVPs.
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October 05, 2020
MVP: Jenner & Block's Ian Heath Gershengorn
Ian Heath Gershengorn, chair of Jenner & Block LLP's appellate and Supreme Court practice, scored a landmark victory for Indian Country when the high court ruled that the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's reservation endures, meaning the state of Oklahoma could not prosecute his Native American client for committing a crime within the tribal land's boundaries, placing him among Law360's 2020 Appellate MVPs.
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October 05, 2020
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert J. Giuffra Jr.
Robert J. Giuffra Jr. of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP guided VW through a bellwether trial over consumer claims stemming from the 2015 "clean diesel" emissions-cheating scandal, landed two dismissals of a sprawling proposed class action against the automaker, and secured a reasonable settlement for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in a major stock-drop suit, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Class Action MVPs.
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October 05, 2020
MVP: Blank Rome's Justin Chiarodo
Blank Rome LLP's Justin Chiarodo led a team that helped Oshkosh Defense successfully defend its long-held position as a supplier of U.S. Army tactical vehicles in a complicated bid protest, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Government Contracts MVPs.
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October 05, 2020
MVP: Fox Rothschild's Vivian Hoard
Vivian Hoard of Fox Rothschild LLP secured a string of favorable decisions this year for clients who came under the government's scrutiny for their utilization of a tax break meant to encourage land conservation, earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Tax MVPs.
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October 05, 2020
MVP: Latham's John Wilson & Brook Roberts
A victory at the California Supreme Court representing Montrose Chemical Corp. and an ongoing $1 billion bad-faith suit against Zurich American Insurance Co. over lead exposure are two of the cases that placed Latham & Watkins LLP's John Wilson and Brook Roberts among Law360's 2020 Insurance MVPs.