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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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December 12, 2019
MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Steve Wilner
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Steve Wilner steered Qatar Investment Authority in picking up a portfolio of Manhattan's iconic Fifth Avenue properties, and was a key player in the financing of Brookfield Asset Management's $11.4 billion purchase of Forest City Realty, landing him among Law360's 2019 Real Estate MVPs.
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December 12, 2019
MVP: McKool Smith's Robin Cohen
Robin Cohen of McKool Smith PC's insurance practice was lead counsel for Verizon Communications Inc. this year as the company beat back its insurers' motion to toss a suit seeking coverage for a $95 million underlying settlement, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Insurance MVPs.
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December 12, 2019
MVP: Kaplan Hecker's Sean Hecker
Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP's Sean Hecker earned a rare acquittal of market manipulation allegations against a Barclays trader, and he's helped build a robust white collar practice at his emerging boutique firm, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 White Collar MVPs.
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December 12, 2019
MVP: King & Spalding's Ursula Henninger
A string of victories defending RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. against allegations that the company's cigarettes caused lung disease and cancer helped earn King & Spalding LLP's Ursula Henninger a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Product Liability MVPs.
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December 11, 2019
MVP: Schiff Hardin's Maggie Hickey
Schiff Hardin LLP's Maggie Hickey was chosen to oversee court-ordered reforms at the Chicago Police Department and investigated sexual misconduct in the city's public schools and the Illinois statehouse this year, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 White Collar MVPs.
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December 11, 2019
MVP: MoFo's Mark Edelstein
Mark Edelstein of Morrison & Foerster LLP has helped clients with several loans north of the $1 billion mark for properties in Manhattan, and thanks to his work on those and other matters he's been named one of Law360's 2019 Real Estate MVPs.
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December 11, 2019
MVP: Hunton Andrews Kurth's Shannon S. Broome
Shannon S. Broome of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represented a manufacturing industry group as it successfully urged the D.C. Circuit against reviewing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rescinding of a decades-old "once in, always in" policy regarding the classification of major polluters, placing her among Law360's 2019 Environmental MVPs.
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December 11, 2019
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert J. Giuffra Jr.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Robert J. Giuffra Jr. worked to represent Volkswagen AG in suits brought by U.S. states and counties over the auto giant's 2015 emissions cheating scandal, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Product Liability MVPs.
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December 11, 2019
MVP: Wargo French's Raymond J. Tittmann
Wargo French LLP's Raymond J. Tittmann helped a subsidiary of The Home Depot negotiate a global settlement of thousands of claims brought by homeowners and their insurers over damage caused by allegedly defective toilet products, landing him on the list of Law360's 2019 Insurance MVPs.
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December 10, 2019
MVP: Covington's Christine Haskett
Christine Haskett of Covington & Burling LLP's San Francisco office won a $35.5 million jury verdict for an aluminum company and unlocked insurance proceeds for the former owners of a talc mining company caught in a high-stakes bankruptcy, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 Insurance MVPs.
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December 10, 2019
MVP: Kirkland's Paul Tanaka
Paul Tanaka of Kirkland & Ellis LLP led a team of attorneys managing the Rowan Co. PLC's $12 billion combination with Ensco PLC, a deal that created one of the largest and most geographically diverse offshore drillers in the world, along with several other multibillion-dollar deals, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Environmental MVPs.
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December 10, 2019
MVP: Wachtell's Ronald Chen
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's Ronald Chen worked to facilitate several notable transactions involving technology companies, including helping close reportedly the largest private medical device deal ever, landing him a spot among Law360's 2019 Technology MVPs.
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December 10, 2019
MVP: Dechert's Mark Cheffo
Mark Cheffo, Dechert LLP's product liability and mass torts co-chair, guided Purdue in its move to settle thousands of claims in nationwide opioid litigation brought over the drugmaker's Oxycontin painkiller, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Product Liability MVPs.
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December 10, 2019
MVP: Fried Frank's Jonathan L. Mechanic
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Jonathan Mechanic led some of New York City's biggest real estate deals of the past year, including Maefield Development's $1.5 billion purchase of 20 Times Square, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Real Estate MVPs.
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December 10, 2019
MVP: Paul Weiss' Lorin L. Reisner
Lorin Reisner of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's white collar practice successfully navigated federal criminal and regulatory investigations for a real estate investment trust executive and The Blackstone Group Inc., leading them away from criminal charges and toward favorable settlements and earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 White Collar MVPs.
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December 09, 2019
MVP: Ropes & Gray's Joan McPhee
As a founder of Ropes & Gray LLP's government enforcement practice, Joan McPhee has been spearheading white collar defense and government investigation matters for nearly 30 years. Her work on a 10-month investigation into decades of sexual abuses by former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar recently earned her honors from the Women's White Collar Defense Association, along with a spot among Law360's 2019 White Collar MVPs.
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December 09, 2019
MVP: Paul Weiss' Harris Freidus
Harris Freidus, a partner at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, advised sprawling urban real estate fund manager CIM Group on almost every aspect of buying, developing and financing, as well as dirt work and infrastructure for developments in high-density neighborhoods, making him one of Law360's 2019 Real Estate MVPs.
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December 09, 2019
MVP: Best Best & Krieger's Eric Garner
Eric Garner of Best Best & Krieger LLP wrote the book on California water law and has used his decades of experience in the sector to help clients navigate long-running and complex water rights disputes in the state, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Environmental MVPs.