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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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October 10, 2023
MVP: Paul Weiss' Matthew Goldstein
Forging relationships across a diverse range of investors helped Matthew Goldstein of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP create funds in two new asset classes for Apollo Global Management, earning him a spot in Law360's 2023 Fund Formation MVPs.
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October 10, 2023
MVP: King & Spalding's Mike Stenglein
Mike Stenglein of King & Spalding LLP at one point felt the weight of Colombia's economy on his shoulders as he represented oil refinery Reficar in a high-profile international construction dispute, but it was that case — one that yielded a multibillion-dollar award — that earned Stenglein a spot among Law360's 2023 Construction MVPs.
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October 10, 2023
MVP: Bracewell's Timothy A. Wilkins
Timothy L. Wilkins of Bracewell LLP steered clients in coincidental petroleum refinery sales, helped shine a federal spotlight on historic pollution in Houston neighborhoods and headed off federal penalties for the owners of major industrial facilities, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Environment MVPs.
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October 10, 2023
MVP: Latham's Michael Rubin
Michael Rubin of Latham & Watkins LLP's privacy and cybersecurity practice has worked on many notable cases throughout the year, such as guiding Apple through a dismissal of a punitive class action after the iPhone maker installed security updates that slowed down the processing speed of its devices, and obtaining a dismissal with prejudice from the bench in a class action over tracking software installed by car data services platform Otonomo Inc., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Cybersecurity MVPs.
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October 09, 2023
MVP: Greenspoon Marder's Irina Dashevsky
Irina Dashevsky, co-chair of the cannabis law group at Greenspoon Marder LLP, acted as regulatory counsel in a deal whereby music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs would have acquired cannabis assets in three states and represented companies launching their businesses in nascent adult-use markets in Illinois, New Jersey and Connecticut, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Cannabis MVPs.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: Paul Hastings' Chris Daniel
Chris Daniel of Paul Hastings LLP's global fintech and payments group is currently representing Voyager Digital LLC in its bankruptcy proceedings as well as the official committee of unsecured creditors of FTX as the failed crypto platform proceeds through one of the largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in history, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Fintech MVPs.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: Beveridge & Diamond's Eric Klein
Beveridge & Diamond PC litigator Eric Klein has led the firm's clients to several significant legal victories over the last year, from key rulings in a sprawling California Superfund case to a big win in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's administrative law forum, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Environmental MVPs.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: Jones Day's John Vogt
Jones Day partner John Vogt has helped Experian Data Corp. escape the San Diego city attorney's multimillion-dollar enforcement action over a data breach and obtained a novel ruling axing claims that engineering company HDR Inc. unlawfully monitored and collected communications from purportedly private Facebook groups, earning him a place among Law360's 2023 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Hillary H. Holmes
Hillary Holmes of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped oil and gas producer Mesquite Energy Inc. complete a three-year journey out of bankruptcy with a roughly $700 million sale to Crescent Energy Co., and asset management giant Atlas Corp. in a $10.9 billion take-private deal, earning her a repeat spot as one of Law360's 2023 Energy MVPs.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: BakerHostetler's Todd J. Canni
BakerHostetler's Todd J. Canni's efforts to help save multiple companies from the existential threat of debarment, including representing a family-owned defense contractor in a precedential case, have earned him a spot among Law360's 2023 Government Contracts MVPs.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mitch Eitel
Mitch Eitel of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's banking practice helped recover more than $7.3 billion in assets from collapsed cryptocurrency trading firm FTX, assisted in negotiating the merger between UBS and Credit Suisse and advised major financial institutions amid the spring banking crisis, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Banking MVPs.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: Goodwin Procter's Brett Schuman
Last year, Goodwin Procter LLP's Brett Schuman drew national press when he co-led advising the entity housing Sean "Diddy" Combs' business assets on an acquisition deal involving Cresco Labs — which fell through — just a few months after successfully defending a cannabis concentrate brand in a federal trademark infringement case brought by the company behind RAW rolling papers, earning him a place among Law360's 2023 Cannabis MVPs.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: Williams & Connolly's Lisa S. Blatt
Lisa S. Blatt of Williams & Connolly LLP's appellate practice has had a big year, arguing four cases in front of the Supreme Court and getting victories in cases involving Google and the Andy Warhol Foundation, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Appellate MVPs.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: Cravath's David R. Marriott
David R. Marriott of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP scored an important early win against a Federal Trade Commission merger challenge, successfully defending Illumina's purchase of Grail on agency complaint staff's own turf, earning him a place among Law360's 2023 Antitrust MVPs.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Michael J. Thomas
Michael J. Thomas, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP's national construction law practice, guided three defendants in the 2021 fatal condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, to a $1.02 billion settlement, with no class members opting out of the deal. He also shepherded construction agreements on the $4 billion Miami Worldcenter mixed-use development, earning him a nod as one of Law360's Construction MVPs for 2023.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: Fried Frank's Becky Zelenka
Becky Zelenka of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's asset management practice assisted Brookfield Asset Management in raising more than $17 billion in capital commitments and helped the asset manager launch its Canadian private real estate partnership, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Fund Formation MVPs.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's James Bromley
James Bromley of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's bankruptcy practice represented collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX and defunct Silicon Valley Bank in their bankruptcy proceedings, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: Duane Morris' Gerald L. Maatman Jr.
Gerald L. Maatman Jr. of Duane Morris LLP has taken on mammoth employment law class action cases and successfully whittled down the suits that posed existential threats to the businesses he represents, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Employment MVPs.
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October 06, 2023
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Bob Downes
Bob Downes, co-head of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's capital markets practice group, oversaw the creation of an innovative transaction structure that helped one of the firm's biotech clients through an acquisition by Pfizer while still maintaining value to a pipeline of new drug products it was developing. His spearheading of that transaction, as well as his dedication to leadership and mentorship in a post-pandemic legal world, earned him a spot among Law360's 2023 Capital Market MVPs.
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October 05, 2023
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Ravi Purushotham
Ravi Purushotham of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's mergers and acquisitions practice has led major banks, private equity firms, private and public companies, and others through complex, multibillion-dollar transactions in the past year alone, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Banking MVPs.
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October 05, 2023
MVP: Paul Weiss' Alice Eaton
Alice Eaton of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's bankruptcy practice helped secure approval of cosmetic giant Revlon's reorganization plan and arrange restructuring support agreements in the Chapter 11 cases of pharmaceutical companies Mallinckrodt and Endo International, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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October 05, 2023
MVP: Weil's David Singh
David Singh of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's complex commercial litigation practice often finds himself working to defend clients against large consumer classes. In April, Singh was co-lead counsel for Scripps Network as the network fielded a consumer class action alleging it violated the Video Privacy Protection Act, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Class Action MVPs.
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October 05, 2023
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Chris Michel
Chris Michel of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped secure a win at the Supreme Court when justices found that Alabama's congressional map broke the Voting Rights Act and then, just one week later, tagged another victory in the same court when it upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act against a number of constitutional tests, earning him a place among Law360's 2023 Appellate MVPs.
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October 05, 2023
MVP: Skadden's Michelle Gasaway
Michelle Gasaway of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's capital markets practice has worked with large clients on various deals and transactions, such as leading the representation of Intel Corp.'s self-driving unit Mobileye Global Inc. in its initial public offering, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Capital Markets MVPs.
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October 05, 2023
MVP: Dentons' Eric Berlin
Eric Berlin of Dentons US LLP led the way in helping cannabis company Bright Green secure authorization from the Drug Enforcement Administration to grow federally approved cannabis for research purposes and get it a listing on Nasdaq, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Cannabis MVPs.