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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, 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • September 29, 2022

    MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler

    Winston & Strawn LLP's co-Executive Chairman Jeffrey Kessler has had a storied career as a sports attorney with several major accomplishments under his belt, such as August's landmark settlement in the equal pay dispute between the U.S. Women's National Team and the U.S. Soccer Federation. Due to this success and many others, Kessler has been picked as one of Law360 Sports & Betting MVPs.

  • September 29, 2022

    MVP: Troutman Pepper's E. Fitzgerald Veira

    E. Fitzgerald Veira of Troutman Pepper's environmental practice used his engineering background to help government clients in Georgia resolve complex litigation matters typically involving environmental problems with sewer and wastewater infrastructure, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Environmental MVPs.

  • 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.

  • September 29, 2022

    MVP: Skadden's Jeffrey A. Brill

    Jeffrey Brill of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP led Israeli software company Pagaya Technologies Ltd. through an $8.5 billion cross-border business combination and subsequent initial public offering "in an extremely tumultuous market environment," earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Fintech MVPs.

  • September 28, 2022

    MVP: Williams & Connolly's David I. Berl

    David Berl of Williams & Connolly LLP has spent much of the last year arguing and winning before the Federal Circuit, including securing an appellate win for AstraZeneca over a generic-drug dispute for its flagship asthma drug Symbicort, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • September 28, 2022

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Matt Friestedt

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Matt Friestedt was a lead adviser on executive compensation and benefits matters for a number of high-profile M&A transactions, including distinctive ones involving AT&T and Pfizer, landing him a spot among Law360's 2022 Benefits MVPs.

  • September 28, 2022

    MVP: Wiley's Brian Walsh

    A skilled litigator, Brian Walsh of Wiley Rein LLP this year defended a client in an unusual protest challenging its award for federal aerial firefighting services by another awardee of a similar contract, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • September 28, 2022

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mitch Eitel

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Mitch Eitel is coming off a banner stretch of transactions in which he has been steering the biggest banking deals to be announced both last year and this year, securing him a spot among Law360's 2022 Banking MVPs.