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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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October 04, 2022
MVP: Paul Weiss' Bob Zochowski
Bob Zochowski of Paul Weiss helped introduce music as a new asset class in the structured finance world, representing Guggenheim Securities as the underwriter of Northleaf Capital Partners' $304 million purchase of a music catalog containing the rights and income streams for nearly 53,000 songs from more than 1,300 artists, including Taylor Swift, The Who, Chicago and Tim McGraw, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Structured Finance MVPs.
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October 04, 2022
MVP: Fox Rothschild's Sean Coyle
Sean Coyle of Fox Rothschild LLP spearheaded Trulieve Cannabis Corp.'s $2.1 billion purchase of Harvest Health & Recreation, creating the country's most profitable multistate cannabis operator and earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Cannabis MVPs.
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October 04, 2022
MVP: Sidley Austin's Timothy J. Treanor
Timothy J. Treanor of Sidley Austin LLP helped steer $201 million worth of victim payouts to global soccer organizations in the FIFA corruption probe and negotiated a $90 million foreign bribery settlement for waste management company Stericycle, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 White Collar MVPs.
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October 04, 2022
MVP: DLA Piper's Peter Karanjia
DLA Piper's Peter Karanjia helped a major internet trade association win an injunction against a Florida law regulating social media companies' abilities to ban some political candidates, leading Karanjia to be named one of Law360's 2022 Telecommunications MVPs.
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October 04, 2022
MVP: Latham & Watkins' Rachel S.K. Bates
Rachel S.K. Bates of Latham & Watkins LLP in the last year advised Hyatt on the $2.7 billion acquisition of Apple Leisure Group and also represented the hotel giant in the acquisition and subsequent sale of iconic resort Ventana Big Sur, winning her a place among Law360's 2022 Hospitality MVPs.
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October 04, 2022
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Camille Orme
Camille Orme, a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's financial services practice and co-head of the firm's bank regulatory practice, manages the firm's relationship with the Bank Policy Institute and advised Raymond James Financial on an approximately $1.1 billion acquisition, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Compliance MVPs.
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October 04, 2022
MVP: Keller Postman's Warren Postman
Warren Postman, the managing partner of Keller Postman LLC, pursued over 75,000 individual arbitrations against Amazon on behalf of Amazon Alexa users who alleged they were recorded without permission and filed the first class action against the technology giant after the elimination of their arbitration clause, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Technology MVPs.
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October 04, 2022
MVP: Paul Weiss' Amran Hussein
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Amran Hussein led a massive fundraise for General Atlantic Investment Partners that resulted in $7.8 billion in commitments and advised on an impressive slate of other complex, big-name funds, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Fund Formation MVPs.
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October 03, 2022
MVP: Davis Polk's Alan Denenberg
Alan Denenberg, co-head of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Northern California office, served as lead mergers and acquisitions counsel to Ingram Micro Inc. on its $7.2 billion acquisition by Platinum Equity from Chinese conglomerate HNA Group's HNA Technology Co. Ltd., successfully advising Ingram throughout the deal's life cycle while navigating complex Chinese political and regulatory matters, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Technology MVPs.
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October 03, 2022
MVP: Cahill Gordon's Lisa Collier & Jennifer B. Ezring
Lisa Collier and Jennifer Ezring, partners at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, helped electric car company Lucid Motors enter a new financial market with a $1 billion asset-based facility, earning them a spot among Law360's 2022 Structured Finance MVPs.
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October 03, 2022
MVP: Dentons US' Eric Berlin
Eric Berlin of Dentons US LLP has helped cannabis companies like Verano Holdings grow through acquisitions, and has worked through the tension between state and federal cannabis law to get companies like Weedmaps listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Cannabis MVPs.
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October 03, 2022
MVP: Kirkland's Katie St. Peters
Katie St. Peters of Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised private equity firm Thoma Bravo through three simultaneous multibillion-dollar fundraises, assisted Incline Equity Partners in raising over $900 million in capital commitments, and helped Kirkland launch its digital platform for fund subscriptions, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Fund Formation MVPs.
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October 03, 2022
MVP: Sidley's Andrew Blake
Andrew P. Blake of Sidley Austin LLP obtained U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approval for the blockchain-integrated Boston Security Token Exchange and helped blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos apply to the SEC to become a U.S. equities clearinghouse, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Compliance MVPs.
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October 03, 2022
MVP: Baker Botts' Jonathan Gordon
Jonathan Gordon led Baker Botts LLP's telecommunications practice to close three major deals for Liberty Latin America across Panama, Costa Rica and Chile, valued at over $700 million collectively, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Telecommunications MVPs.
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October 03, 2022
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Andrew Lance
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Andrew Lance has helped secure million-dollar mortgage financing, construction financing and a number of other real estate-related transactions, including the $1.8 billion mortgage financing of a portfolio of nine luxury hotels in the U.S., making him one of Law360's 2022 Hospitality MVPs.
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September 30, 2022
MVP: Burns & Levinson's Frank A. Segall
Frank A. Segall spearheaded Burns & Levinson LLP's entrance into the state-legal marijuana industry and recently helped steer a multiparty cross-border merger that was a step toward creating California's largest vertically integrated cannabis company, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Cannabis MVPs.
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September 30, 2022
MVP: Latham & Watkins' Sean Berkowitz
Latham & Watkins LLP's Sean Berkowitz won two high-profile criminal trials against the U.S. government this year, including defending a former Perkins Coie partner charged with lying to the FBI, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Trials MVPs.
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September 30, 2022
MVP: Debevoise's Andrew Ford
Andrew Ford played major roles on the Debevoise & Plimpton LLP teams that advised KKR & Co. Inc. as the firm assembled the 13th iteration of its flagship North America private equity fund — a massive $19 billion vehicle — as well as another fund that reached $17 billion, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Fund Formation MVPs.
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September 30, 2022
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Maureen Jeffreys
Maureen Jeffreys of Arnold & Porter led the regulatory team shepherding the deal that combined AT&T's WarnerMedia empire with Discovery's nonfiction and international entertainment and sports businesses, making her one of Law360's 2022 Telecom MVPs.
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September 30, 2022
MVP: Cadwalader's Bonnie Neuman
Bonnie Neuman of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP represented the lenders in a $1.5 billion acquisition financing for CorePoint Lodging as well as the lenders in a $1.2 billion acquisition financing of 111 Woodspring Suites properties, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Hospitality MVPs.
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September 30, 2022
MVP: Cadwalader's Nick Shiren
Nick Shiren led Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's team that advised Credit Suisse on the first commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation in Europe since the credit crisis and counseled Deutsche Bank in a €400 million ($402 million) environmental, social and governance CLO, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Structured Finance MVPs.
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September 30, 2022
MVP: Morrison Foerster's John Smith
John Smith of Morrison Foerster LLP has counseled high-profile clients on the vast sanctions imposed on Russia for its February invasion of Ukraine, including advising the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, earning Smith a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Compliance MVPs.
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September 30, 2022
MVP: Covington's Ashley Simonsen
Ashley Simonsen has spent much of the past few years at Covington & Burling LLP helping Facebook fight off class actions brought by various parties including aggrieved advertisers and content moderators, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Technology MVPs.
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September 29, 2022
MVP: WilmerHale's Andrew Shipley
WilmerHale's Andrew Shipley successfully defended L3Harris Technologies' award of a classified contract in a U.S. Government Accountability Office protest, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Government Contracts MVPs.
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September 29, 2022
MVP: Zuckerman Spaeder's Cyril Smith
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP's Cyril Smith helped pioneer litigation in the 2000s that linked football players' post-career disabilities to their repeated concussions on the field, and he hasn't slowed down since, with his recent work on behalf of National Football League retirees among the accomplishments that landed him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Benefits MVPs.