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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 09, 2019
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Andrew T. Frankel
Andrew T. Frankel of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped defeat asbestos claims against Travelers Property Casualty Co., and he represents it in coverage disputes stemming from lawsuits over Johnson & Johnson's baby powder, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Insurance MVPs.
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December 09, 2019
MVP: Fenwick & West's Douglas N. Cogen
Douglas N. Cogen of Fenwick & West LLP helped guide Symantec through the $10.7 billion sale of its enterprise security business this summer, landing him on the list of Law360's 2019 Technology MVPs.
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December 09, 2019
MVP: Skadden's John H. Beisner
Victories while defending against allegations that Johnson & Johnson's talc products cause cancer and that roofing company Tamko Building Products LLC made defective materials are among the accomplishments that earned John H. Beisner of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Product Liability MVPs.
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December 06, 2019
MVP: Goodwin's Anthony McCusker
Over the past year, Goodwin Procter LLP's Anthony McCusker steered Qualtrics to the doorstep of its anticipated IPO before rapidly switching gears and negotiating the software provider's eleventh-hour, $8 billion sale to SAP, making him one of Law360's 2019 Technology MVPs.
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December 06, 2019
MVP: Sidley's Amanda Todd
Sidley Austin LLP's Amanda Todd recently helped Lincoln Financial Group in its transfer of $7.7 billion in annuity risks to a reinsurer and has steered other insurance companies and financial institutions in a wide variety of complex transactions, making her one of Law360's 2019 Insurance MVPs.
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December 06, 2019
MVP: Motley Rice's Fidelma Fitzpatrick
Motley Rice LLP's Fidelma Fitzpatrick won a $6 million verdict on behalf of three Wisconsin men who were exposed to lead paint as children, and is leading the massive litigation against Bayer over its Essure birth control device, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 Product Liability MVPs.
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December 06, 2019
MVP: Cahill Gordon's Bradley J. Bondi
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's Bradley J. Bondi represented Tesla in a fast-moving enforcement matter over an errant Elon Musk tweet, and helped Bausch Health avoid a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission penalty altogether, making him one of Law360's 2019 White Collar MVPs.
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December 06, 2019
MVP: Skadden's Audrey Sokoloff
Audrey Sokoloff of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has recently guided large real estate matters for Google, WeWork, Las Vegas Sands and Twenty-First Century Fox, and thanks to her work for those and other companies, she has been named one of Law360's Real Estate MVPs.
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December 06, 2019
MVP: King & Spalding's Carol Wood
Carol Wood of King & Spalding LLP helped convince an international tribunal that a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron for environmental damage in Ecuador was based on fraud, and she's defending ConocoPhillips against a series of groundbreaking climate change lawsuits, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 Environmental MVPs.
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December 05, 2019
MVP: Zuckerman Spaeder's William Schultz
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP partner William Schultz has fought to improve access to health care for patients and hold the government accountable, including helping to stop nearly 30% in cuts to Medicare drug reimbursement rates, making him one of Law360's 2019 Health Care MVPs.
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December 05, 2019
MVP: King & Spalding's Scott Greer
Scott Greer of King & Spalding helped finalize the development of a $20 billion liquefied natural gas terminal this year, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Project Finance MVPs.
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December 05, 2019
MVP: Paul Weiss' Taurie Zeitzer
Taurie Zeitzer of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has spent the last year shepherding transactions across industries, including guiding multiple deals for private equity giant Apollo Global, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Private Equity MVPs.
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December 05, 2019
MVP: Greenberg Traurig's William Garner
Greenberg Traurig LLP's William Garner has spent the past year working on innovative projects in the energy sector, including a first-of-its-kind carbon neutral ammonia plant in Indiana, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Energy MVPs.
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December 05, 2019
MVP: Skadden's Regina Olshan
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Regina Olshan guided some of the world's biggest companies through the benefits side of multibillion-dollar transactions over the past year, including 21st Century Fox in its $71.3 billion acquisition by Walt Disney, and Express Scripts in its $67 billion purchase by Cigna, landing her among Law360's 2019 Benefits MVPs.
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December 05, 2019
MVP: Cleary's Sean O'Neal
Sean O'Neal of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's restructuring practice helped push through ESL Investment's $5.2 billion purchase of iconic retailer Sears and shepherd leading retail broker Crossmark Holdings through a $400 million restructuring, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 04, 2019
MVP: Akin Gump's Stephanie Webster
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Stephanie Webster led Allina Health Services to a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in a challenge to a Medicare payment policy and secured a preliminary injunction that blocked a Medicare billing code denial, earning her a place among Law360's 2019 Health Care MVPs.
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December 04, 2019
MVP: Cohen Milstein's Karen L. Handorf
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll LLP partner Karen Handorf succeeded in getting a U.S. Supreme Court petition accepted and negotiating a $100 million settlement with a hospital in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action this year, landing her a spot among Law360's 2019 Benefits MVPs.
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December 04, 2019
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Robert Langdon
Robert Langdon, a partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Silicon Valley office, ushered a plethora of major private equity transactions across the finish line over the past year, including a complicated $14.3 billion acquisition of communications infrastructure company Zayo by EQT and Digital Colony, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2019 Private Equity MVPs.
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December 04, 2019
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Michael P. Darden
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Michael P. Darden helped sew up a $1.5 billion Permian Basin joint development venture between Occidental Petroleum Corp. and Ecopetrol, earning him a place among Law360's Energy MVPs for the second straight year.
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December 04, 2019
MVP: Kirkland's Roald Nashi
Roald Nashi of Kirkland & Ellis LLP led the charge on KKR's $900 million investment in a portfolio of NextEra renewable energy projects, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Project Finance MVPs.
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December 04, 2019
MVP: Paul Weiss' Paul Basta
Paul Basta of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP spent the past year working toward creative resolutions in complex Chapter 11 cases involving the likes of Sears Holdings Corp. and LBI Media, reaching deals that have benefited his clients and earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 03, 2019
MVP: O'Melveny's Nancy Mitchell
Over the past year, O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Nancy Mitchell has helped Puerto Rico's power utility strike an $8 billion restructuring plan and has served on the "strike force" that California Gov. Gavin Newsom created to shape the path of PG&E's $35 billion bankruptcy, securing her spot as one of Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 03, 2019
MVP: Bracewell's Oliver Irwin
Oliver Irwin, partner at Bracewell LLP, pioneered a cutting-edge financing concept in the upstream oil and gas sector — paying for mega-projects with hybrid project financing and reserve-base lending — to help get a $2.4 billion offshore development in the Falkland Islands off the ground, landing the London-based attorney a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Project Finance MVPs.
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December 03, 2019
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Kirstin E. Gibbs
Kirstin E. Gibbs of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP represented Caithness Energy in securing $1.6 billion in financing for a project that is expected to be the largest natural gas-fired electric power plant east of the Mississippi, landing her on the list of Law360's 2019 Energy MVP's.
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December 03, 2019
MVP: Goodwin's James Fleckner
Goodwin Procter LLP's James Fleckner has helped companies fight off Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits, including securing a trial win for asset manager American Century in litigation over the management of its 401(k) plan, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Benefits MVPs.