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Rankings: MVPs of the Year

Law360’s MVPs of the Year recognizes the five attorneys who had extraordinary wins and contributed most to their practice area in the past year. The series showcases standout attorneys across the practice areas and industries covered by Law360.
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • December 16, 2019

    MVP: Debevoise's Andrew M. Ahern

    Andrew Ahern of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP led an $8 billion fund for venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, steered Providence Equity Partners through a complicated secondaries transaction and spearheaded an oversubscribed fund for new client Oak, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • December 16, 2019

    MVP: Covington's Brent Little

    Brent Little of Covington & Burling LLP helped Precourt Sports Ventures establish a new Major League Soccer team in Austin, Texas, and finance its $225 million stadium, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Sports & Betting MVPs.

  • December 16, 2019

    MVP: Baker Marquart's Brian Klein

    Baker Marquart LLP's Brian Klein helped blockchain developer Block.one reach a $24 million federal settlement over allegations that it sold roughly $4 billion worth of cryptocurrency in an unregistered initial coin offering, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Fintech MVPs.

  • December 13, 2019

    MVP: Freshfields' Caroline Richard

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP partner Caroline Richard helped to secure the first known treaty award against Colombia in an arbitration that resulted in a $19.1 million ruling in favor of her client Glencore, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • December 13, 2019

    MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Alan Cohn

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Alan Cohn has effectively steered clients through the choppy waters of federal regulations around digital currency and blockchain, including representing SimplyVital Health in its successful remediation of SEC violations that concluded with no assessed penalty, making him one of Law360's 2019 Fintech MVPs.

  • December 13, 2019

    MVP: Latham's Andrea J. Schwartzman

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Andrea J. Schwartzman has helped private equity firms rake in capital, closing a $2.5 billion fund for Great Hill Partners that was oversubscribed and steering a $350 million telecommunications-focused fund for M/C Partners, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • December 13, 2019

    MVP: Stroock's Chris Griner

    Chris Griner of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP represented a Japanese client before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States in relation to an acquisition that created one of the world's largest drug companies, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 International Trade MVPs.