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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.
  • December 16, 2014

    Aerospace & Defense MVP: Hogan Lovells' Tom McGovern

    Hogan Lovells partner Thomas L. McGovern III secured a big win for Fluor Corp. this year in a contentious bid protest over a $1.5 billion U.S. Department of Energy contract, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Aerospace & Defense MVPs.

  • December 16, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: DLA Piper's Gianluca Bacchiocchi

    DLA Piper partner Gianluca Bacchiocchi has built a career crafting first-of-their-kind financings from diverse lender groups for landmark projects in Latin America, including the $5 billion Lima Metro Line 2 project in Peru, earning him a spot among Law360’s Project Finance MVPs for 2014.

  • December 16, 2014

    Employment MVP: Epstein Becker Green's Steven Swirsky

    Epstein Becker Green PC's Steven M. Swirsky helped navigate Volkswagen AG and its American subsidiary through a plethora of litigation in both federal court and before the National Labor Relations Board arising out of a controversial attempt by a labor union to organize workers in the automaker's Chattanooga, Tennessee, manufacturing plant, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 16, 2014

    Energy MVP: Hogan Lovells' Richard Tyler

    Richard Tyler’s starring role in the ongoing effort to bring to life a $45 billion gas pipeline that promises to transform the European energy market has helped make the Hogan Lovells LLP partner one of the most in-demand energy attorneys in the world and earned him a spot on Law360’s 2014 list of Energy MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Aerospace & Defense MVP: Lawrence J. Gotts

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Lawrence J. Gotts helped Honeywell International Inc. secure a record $75 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in a suit accusing the government of infringing the company’s patent for night vision goggles, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Aerospace & Defense MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Employment MVP: Sanford Heisler's David Sanford

    Sanford Heisler LLP Chairman David Sanford navigated the challenging environment for employee lawsuits created by recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions to secure class certification for workers in separate employment suits against KPMG LLP and Ma Laboratories Inc., earning himself a spot among Law360's Employment MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Banking MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Derek Bush

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partner Derek M. Bush in the past year has played a key role in putting together the largest initial public offering in history for a U.S. retail bank, winning him a place among Law360’s Banking MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Privacy MVP: BakerHostetler's Paul Karlsgodt

    BakerHostetler partner Paul Karlsgodt has been a keen adviser to hospitals facing an onslaught of claims over stolen patient information, guiding Eisenhower Medical Center past a suit carrying $500 million in potential damages and blunting the force of a California statute in the process, earning his place on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Government Contracts MVP: Mayer Brown's Marcia Madsen

    For her work successfully defending what is believed to be the largest government contract ever awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy, along with several other high-profile victories, Mayer Brown LLP partner Marcia Madsen has earned a spot on Law360’s list of Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Capital Markets MVP: Fenwick's Jeffrey Vetter

    Fenwick & West LLP partner Jeffrey Vetter, the firm's finance and securities practice co-head, helped guide Facebook Inc. in a $3.8 billion follow-on offering last December just prior to the social network site’s inclusion on the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, earning him a spot among Law360’s Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Morrison & Foerster LLP's Brett Miller

    Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Brett Miller’s roles as lead counsel of the official committee of unsecured creditors for Energy Future Holdings Corp. and its debtor affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases and head of the team representing the Chapter 11 trustee in MF Global Holdings Ltd. have earned him a spot among this year's Law360 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Simpson Thacher's Brian Stadler

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Brian Stadler's work in negotiating Glimcher Realty Trust's $4.3 billion acquisition by Washington Prime Group Inc., along with efforts on a slate of massive deals by Blackstone Group LP, has landed him a spot on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: Orrick Herrington's Pascal Agboyibor

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Pascal Agboyibor is a go-to adviser to several African nations and corporations that tap his expertise to helm many of the area's most significant power and mining projects, landing Agboyibor a spot on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs for the second year in a row.

  • December 15, 2014

    Energy MVP: Jones Day's Jeff Schlegel

    Jones Day’s Jeff Schlegel helped guide the development of one of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas projects on Alaska’s North Slope, as well the development of a nearby $8 billion pipeline project, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Energy MVPs for the second straight year.

  • December 12, 2014

    Employment MVP: Seyfarth Shaw's Gerald Maatman

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Gerald L. Maatman Jr. thwarted a sweeping U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit against Sterling Jewelers Inc. and secured a Sixth Circuit win for Kaplan Higher Education Corp. in an EEOC case over the use of credit checks in the hiring process, landing himself among Law360's Employment MVPs for the second year in a row.

  • December 12, 2014

    Energy MVP: Latham & Watkins' Ryan Maierson

    By pushing the boundaries of energy IPO structures and leading some of the biggest mergers and acquisitions in the industry this year, Latham & Watkins LLP partner Ryan J. Maierson has earned a spot on Law360's list of Energy MVPs.

  • December 12, 2014

    Banking MVP: Weil Gotshal's Morgan Bale

    Morgan Bale of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has guided some of the world's most prestigious financial institutions in the bankrolling of more than $30 billion in mergers and acquisitions deals this year alone, placing him squarely ahead of the pack and earning him a spot on Law360's 2014 list of Banking MVPs.

  • December 12, 2014

    Hospitality MVP: Skadden's Audrey Sokoloff

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Audrey Sokoloff oversaw Beijing-based Anbag Insurance Group Co. Ltd.'s $1.95 billion acquisition of the iconic Waldorf Astoria New York as well as other big-ticket transactions over the last year, landing her spot among Law360's 2014 Hospitality MVPs.

  • December 12, 2014

    Capital Markets MVP: Davis Polk's John Meade

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner John Meade's recent work sealing multibillion-dollar initial public offerings for companies in a wide variety of industries, like Synchrony Financial and Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., and his guidance of similarly massive debt issues helped earn him a place among Law360's Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 12, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Ross Silver

    Ross Z. Silver of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP closed one of the most complicated real estate transactions of 2014 and helped liquidate more than $800 million for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. a year earlier, part of a track record that has earned him a spot on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 12, 2014

    Government Contracts MVP: Dickstein's Scott Arnold

    For representing companies aiming for big-ticket work with the federal government, including steering Wyle Laboratories Inc. through a successful protest over a $1.76 billion contract with NASA, Dickstein Shapiro LLP partner Scott Arnold has been named a Law360 Government Contracts MVP for 2014.

  • December 12, 2014

    Private Equity MVP: Simpson Thacher's Anthony Vernace

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s Anthony Vernace championed a series of complex deal as a new private equity partner with the calm of a seasoned leader, including navigating antitrust regulations to lock down the $13.5 billion sale of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., earning him a spot among Law360’s Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 12, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Jones Day's David G. Heiman

    Jones Day partner David G. Heiman spent 2014 as the lead counsel for the city of Detroit in its historic bankruptcy case, driving it to a restructuring plan to cut $7 billion in debt and invest $1.7 billion into the city’s future, and earning himself a berth among this year’s Law360 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Stroock's Kris Hansen

    Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP partner Kristopher Hansen has skillfully served clients on both sides of the restructuring aisle, from senior lenders aiming to restructure Caesars Entertainment Corp.'s debt-laden operating arm to debtor Trump Entertainment Resorts seeking salvation in Chapter 11, earning him a place on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Employment MVP: King & Spalding's Michael Johnston

    Longtime King & Spalding litigator Michael W. Johnston represented Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC in a high-profile discrimination case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and wrapped up work in an influential retaliation suit against University of Texas Southwestern, earning himself a spot among Law360's Employment MVPs.