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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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October 05, 2020
MVP: Cahill Gordon's Douglas S. Horowitz
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's veteran deal-maker Douglas Horowitz shepherded landmark deals including social media giant Twitter's first-ever bond sale, plus a $500 million debt sale that kept movie theater chain AMC Entertainment afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Capital Markets MVPs.
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October 05, 2020
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Debbie Feinstein
Arnold & Porter's Debbie Feinstein helped shepherd a pair of multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical deals through the approval process, worked on FitBit's acquisition by Google and also led the firm's antitrust group through the uncertainties of the pandemic, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Competition MVPs.
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October 05, 2020
MVP: DLA Piper's Norman Leon
DLA Piper's Norman Leon successfully argued to the Third Circuit that a district court should honor an arbitration agreement incorporating American Arbitration Association rules that say the out-of-court referee gets to decide whether the case belongs in court, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment MVPs.
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October 05, 2020
MVP: Kirkland's Lucas Spivey
Finance work by Lucas Spivey of Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped McDermott International Ltd. and other oil and gas firms climb out of financial trouble even as the COVID-19 pandemic heaped additional stress on the industry, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Energy MVPs.
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October 05, 2020
MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's John Rizio-Hamilton
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's John Rizio-Hamilton led the legal teams that scored a landmark securities settlement with Signet Jewelers Ltd. and beat a dismissal motion in a putative class action against Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., making him one of Law360's 2020 Securities MVPs.
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October 05, 2020
MVP: Davis Wright's John Goldmark
John Goldmark of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP scored a win for cannabis private equity firm Privateer Holdings by ending a lawsuit brought against the firm by rapper Master P after a judge levied hefty sanctions against the entertainer, a headline-grabbing moment that earned him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 cannabis MVPs.
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October 05, 2020
MVP: Arthrex's John W. Schmieding
Longtime Arthrex Inc. general counsel John W. Schmieding threw patent law for a loop last year as part of the team that persuaded the Federal Circuit that Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges were unconstitutionally appointed, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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October 04, 2020
Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2020 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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December 19, 2019
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Matthew D. McGill
Matthew McGill of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped successfully challenge a U.S. Department of Justice reinterpretation of the Wire Act to apply beyond sports betting, notching a win for the online lottery and gambling industries and earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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December 19, 2019
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Parker Kelsey
Parker Kelsey led a Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP team that represented Blackstone as it raised the largest ever initial fund for a single private equity strategy and helped Strategic Partners Fund Solutions secure commitments for its largest-ever fund, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Fund Formation MVPs.
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December 19, 2019
MVP: Skadden's Sven Mickisch
Sven Mickisch of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's financial institutions and M&A practices guided the largest-ever fintech merger at $43 billion for payment processor Worldpay Inc. in a mere six weeks, snagging him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Fintech MVPs.
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December 19, 2019
MVP: Fried Frank's Michael T. Gershberg
Michael Gershberg of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP led the successful representation of Aleris Corp. before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States in connection with the company's $2.6 billion sale to Novelis Inc., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 International Trade MVPs.
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December 19, 2019
MVP: Covington & Burling's Marney Cheek
Covington & Burling's Marney Cheek was part of a team that secured major victories for Ukraine in complex disputes with Russia including the release of captured sailors, and a win for Naftogaz that could see the energy company rake in billions in damages, earning her a spot among Law360's International Arbitration MVPs.
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December 18, 2019
MVP: Skadden's Karen Hoffman Lent
Karen Hoffman Lent of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's antitrust and sports practices played a key role in a large group of attorneys guiding the NCAA and several college sports conferences in defending against the latest major antitrust attack on the amateur system of college sports, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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December 18, 2019
MVP: Latham & Watkins' Stephen Wink
Latham & Watkins LLP partner Stephen Wink played a leading role in advising four prospective founding members of the high-profile Libra Association and worked on the development of the GoodDollar Experiment aimed at addressing income inequality through the use of digital tokens, making him one of Law360's 2019 Fintech MVPs.
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December 18, 2019
MVP: Covington's Mark Plotkin
Mark Plotkin of Covington & Burling LLP won a rare government approval of a Japanese company's $6.3 billion acquisition of a U.S. semiconductor manufacturer, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 International Trade MVPs.
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December 18, 2019
MVP: Goodwin Procter's Michael Halford
Over the past year, Goodwin Proctor LLP's Michael Halford helped Advent International clinch one of the largest private equity funds of 2019, with $17.5 billion raised for a vehicle that will invest in deal types including buyouts and corporate carveouts, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Fund Formation MVPs.
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December 18, 2019
MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Jeffrey Rosenthal
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's Jeff Rosenthal helped secure a $2 billion arbitral award for the Brazilian mining company Vale SA in a long-running dispute over a Guinean mining project, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 International Arbitration MVPs.
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December 17, 2019
MVP: Fried Frank's Kenneth I. Rosh
Kenneth I. Rosh of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP advised Brookfield Asset Management on the formation of a $15 billion real estate fund and Bain Capital on the formation of a $4.65 billion pan-Asian buyout fund, winning him a place among Law360's 2019 Fund Formation MVPs.
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December 17, 2019
MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler
Winston & Strawn LLP's Jeffrey L. Kessler spent the past year locked in a legal arm-wrestling match with U.S. Soccer over its alleged refusal to pay female players the same as male players, and aggressively pursuing an appeal that could kill the NCAA's cherished amateurism model, securing his spot as one of Law360's 2019 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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December 17, 2019
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Malcolm Tuesley
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Mick Tuesley helped sell national security regulators on Sprint's $59 billion megamerger with T-Mobile and asset manager Oaktree Capital Group's union with Canadian Brookfield Management, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 International Trade MVPs.
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December 17, 2019
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Isabelle Michou
Isabelle Michou of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP gained recognition for leading a team that won an arbitral award for two French companies against Hungary in a decision challenging a game-changing European Court of Justice ruling, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 International Arbitration MVPs.
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December 17, 2019
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Rebecca J. Simmons
As co-chair of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's fintech practice, Rebecca Simmons advised Baton Systems on the implementation of a new high-speed payment system for HSBC and helped negotiate a partnership between First Horizon Bank and a fintech startup, making her one of Law360's 2019 Fintech MVPs.
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December 16, 2019
MVP: Skadden's David Herlihy
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's David Herlihy helped secure a €292 million ($324.7 million) arbitral award for NextEra Energy units and successfully defended Cyprus from a €1.05 billion claim, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 International Arbitration MVPs.
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December 16, 2019
MVP: Wiley Rein's Laura El-Sabaawi
Laura El-Sabaawi of Wiley Rein LLP is representing a group of over 30 wooden cabinet and vanity manufacturers in countervailing and anti-dumping investigations against China over $4 billion worth of annual imports, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 International Trade MVPs.