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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.
  • November 19, 2013

    M&A MVP: Latham & Watkins' Mark Gerstein

    In a flourishing climate for deals, Latham & Watkins LLP's Mark D. Gerstein led legal teams that made front-page headlines, including advising Omnicom Group Inc. in its $35 billion tie-up with fellow advertising giant Publicis Groupe SA, work that earned the global mergers and acquisitions team leader a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.

  • November 18, 2013

    Product Liability MVP: Bowman And Brooke's Vincent Galvin

    Bowman and Brooke LLP executive managing partner Vincent Galvin leveraged his ability to turn complicated automotive jargon into an aggressive and effective defense strategy, to help steer Toyota Motor Corp. to victory in the first bellwether trial in unintended acceleration litigation against the company, earning him a spot among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.

  • November 18, 2013

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Jenner & Block's Richard Stone

    Jenner & Block LLP partner Richard L. Stone has over the past year won a pair of court orders blocking online streaming service FilmOn X LLC from retransmitting Fox Broadcasting Co.'s programs over the Internet without the network's permission, landing him a spot on Law360's list of 2013 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 18, 2013

    Securities MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Lewis Liman

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Lewis Liman handed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission its most significant legal defeat in 2013, winning a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that prevented the SEC and other federal regulators from extending the five-year time limit for enforcement actions, earning a place among Law360's MVPs for securities law.

  • November 18, 2013

    M&A MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Sergio Galvis

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Sergio Galvis has made a career of facilitating international deals and this year saw record M&A activity in Latin America, including the $7 billion merger of a Brazilian and Chilean airline and United Health Group Inc.'s $4.9 billion acquisition in the country, earning him a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.

  • November 18, 2013

    Banking MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Philippe Selendy

    Typically, banks have a steep information and resource advantage in litigation, but Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Philippe Z. Selendy has eliminated that edge, resulting in over $10 billion in settlements for government and institutional clients this year and earning him a spot among Law360's Banking MVPs.

  • November 15, 2013

    M&A MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Stephen Fraidin

    Kirkland & Ellis partner Stephen Fraidin masterminded a unique and unprecedented provision in 3G Capital Partners Ltd.’s $28 billion deal to acquire H.J. Heinz Company, a prime example of the ingenuity that landed him a spot among Law360's list of M&A MVPs.

  • November 15, 2013

    IP MVP: Gibson Dunn's Josh Krevitt

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Josh Krevitt landed on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs for a second year in a row, by once again handling the toughest cases with remarkable success for giants like Apple Inc., T-Mobile USA Inc. and Sharp Corp.

  • November 15, 2013

    Product Liability MVP: Bowman And Brooke's Paul Cereghini

    Paul Cereghini's nearly 30 years of experience defending manufacturers of vehicles big and small, off-road and on, paid off for a trio of the world's biggest carmakers in 2013 with resounding trial victories in three states, earning the Bowman and Brooke LLP partner a spot among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.

  • November 15, 2013

    Media & Entertainment MVP: O'Melveny's Marvin Putnam

    In one of the most highly publicized trials of the year, O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Marvin Putnam convinced a jury that Anschutz Entertainment Group LLC was not liable for Michael Jackson’s death, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 15, 2013

    Banking MVP: Nossaman's Patrick Richard

    Nossaman LLP partner Patrick Richard helped the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. win a bellwether $169 million verdict against former executives of IndyMac Bancorp Inc. for issuing shaky commercial loans — a leading driver of the U.S. financial crisis — earning him a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs.

  • November 15, 2013

    Securities MVP: Kasowitz's Marc Kasowitz

    Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP managing partner Marc E. Kasowitz has made a career out of beating big banks, and this year was no different as he fended off banks' challenges to troubled bond insurer MBIA Inc.'s restructuring and locked down settlements for the Federal Housing Finance Agency to earn him a space among Law360's MVPs.

  • November 14, 2013

    Securities MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert Giuffra

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Robert Giuffra successfully defended Porsche Automobil Holding SE and UBS AG from multibillion-dollar securities suits in the past — and did so again in the past year, part of an impressive body of work that earned him a spot as one of Law360’s Securities MVPs.

  • November 14, 2013

    Banking MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Maura O'Sullivan

    Shearman & Sterling LLP banking partner Maura O'Sullivan's ability to think outside the box and come up with creative solutions for AMR Corp.'s bankruptcy financing and Rhone Capital LLC's bakery buy earned her lead roles on several billion-dollar banking deals and a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs.

  • November 14, 2013

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Arnold & Porter's Robert Garrett

    Notching key wins for major television broadcast networks, Arnold & Porter LLP partner Robert Garrett persuaded federal courts in Washington and Los Angeles over the last year to block FilmOn X LLC from streaming programming over the Internet without program owner consent, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 14, 2013

    IP MVP: Orrick Herrington's Annette Hurst

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Annette L. Hurst recently added to her already impressive string of victories in major copyright matters by crafting the strategy that convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to find that first-sale doctrine extends to products made outside the U.S., earning her a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • November 14, 2013

    Privacy MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes

    Finding creative solutions to legal dilemmas faced by clients like Facebook Inc., Google Inc. and LinkedIn Corp. requires a special talent for navigating the uncharted waters of tech law, something Cooley LLP partner Michael Rhodes has in spades and that has earned him his third consecutive spot on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.

  • November 14, 2013

    M&A MVP: Simpson Thacher's Bill Curbow

    The trust of repeat clients and an affinity for complex deals earned Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's William Curbow a leadership role in the third-largest M&A deal in history and a spot on Law360's MVP awards.

  • November 13, 2013

    IP MVP: Fish & Richardson's Juanita Brooks

    Fish & Richardson PC's Juanita Brooks secured rulings that wiped out a $23.5 million infringement judgment against Fresenius USA Inc. and protected two Allergan Inc. drugs from generic competition, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 13, 2013

    Securities MVP: Davis Polk's Charles Duggan

    Longtime Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Charles Duggan fended off several securities suits over client Morgan Stanley's $9 billion in subprime trading losses, and helped directors at Bank of America Corp. escape a merger-related derivative case without paying, an enviable track record that earned him a spot on Law360's list of Securities MVPs.

  • November 13, 2013

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Orrick Herrington's Peter Bicks

    In the last year, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Peter A. Bicks has landed seven precedent-setting wins in cases involving one of the world's most popular video games, Americans' television viewing choices and patents for a "game-changing" weed control product, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 13, 2013

    Privacy MVP: Ropes & Gray's Douglas Meal

    Bold moves are paying off for Ropes & Gray LLP partner Douglas H. Meal, who helped extend a groundbreaking legal fight challenging Visa Inc.'s collection of fees and assessments following a data security breach, earning himself a spot among Law360's 2013 Privacy MVPs.

  • November 13, 2013

    Banking MVP: Weil Gotshal's Daniel Dokos

    When one of the world's largest automakers needed to secure billions of dollars in financing, they turned to Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP banking and finance partner Daniel Dokos, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs.

  • November 13, 2013

    M&A MVP: Jones Day's Scott Cohen

    Jones Day M&A partner R. Scott Cohen has cemented his place as a go-to attorney in the tech sector, thanks in part to a string of recent landmark deals — including a $29 billion megamerger, a record-setter in the semiconductor space — that also landed him among Law360's MVPs.

  • November 12, 2013

    Privacy MVP: BakerHostetler's Ted Kobus

    BakerHostetler partner Ted Kobus has eased clients through the chaos caused by hundreds of data breaches, including helping supermarket chain Schnucks Markets Inc. not only to avoid regulatory wrath in 2013 as it responded to a massive data breach but to actually win the sympathy of a state attorney general.