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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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November 19, 2019
MVP: Skadden's Steven Matays
Steven Matays of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP handled taxes for the mammoth deal merging Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. and Walt Disney Co., and separately guided the tax aspects of the merger between Worldpay Inc. and FIS, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Tax MVPs.
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November 19, 2019
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason C. Schwartz
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Jason C. Schwartz secured a win for a Sprint contractor in a case over sales workers' classification, led the team tasked by Wynn Resorts to probe alleged sexual misconduct by then-CEO Steve Wynn and represents Amazon in an ongoing job ad bias case, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.
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November 19, 2019
MVP: Cooley's David Peinsipp
Cooley LLP's David Peinsipp, motivated by an interest in the intersection of technology and everyday life, has been on the front lines lately of some of the biggest initial public offerings by startups, including Uber's $8.1 billion IPO, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Capital Markets MVPs.
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November 18, 2019
MVP: Paul Weiss' Brad S. Karp
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP chairman Brad S. Karp led The Blackstone Group out of danger in a multibillion-dollar suit over its asset management and helped the Bank of New York Mellon ink a $72.5 million deal in a suit over American depositary receipts, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Banking MVPs.
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November 18, 2019
MVP: Skadden's James R. Carroll
James R. Carroll of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Boston office battled the IRS in federal tax court to deliver a complete win for clean coal investors and helped BlackRock knock down one of the largest ever excessive-fee suits against a mutual fund, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Trials MVPs.
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November 18, 2019
MVP: Paul Weiss' Scott Barshay
Scott Barshay of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP juggled a number of billion-dollar mergers and acquisitions in the last year, including leading IBM's $34 billion acquisition of an open-source software pioneer, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 M&A MVPs.
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November 18, 2019
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Sharon L. Nelles
Sharon Nelles of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's litigation group successfully steered underwriter clients through two precedential post-Cyan state court securities cases that have helped define the bounds of last year's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Securities MVPs.
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November 18, 2019
MVP: Davis Polk's Rachel Kleinberg
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Rachel Kleinberg led her firm's tax team in advising Brookfield Business Partners LP in acquiring the power solutions business of Johnson Controls International for $13.2 billion, advised VF Corp. as it spun off wholly owned subsidiary Kontoor Brands Inc., and guided Kitty Hawk Corp. in forming a strategic partnership with Boeing, placing her among Law360's 2019 Tax MVPs.
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November 18, 2019
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Shon Morgan
Shon Morgan of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP persuaded the full Ninth Circuit to overturn an appellate panel's ruling in a case involving Hyundai's fuel economy ratings, salvaging a major settlement — an achievement the firm calls perhaps the most significant class action ruling of the year — and landing Morgan among Law360's 2019 Class Action MVPs.
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November 18, 2019
MVP: Covington's Richard Rainey
Covington & Burling LLP partner Richard Rainey led the team that persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that federal agencies can't attempt to invalidate patents through the America Invents Act, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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November 18, 2019
MVP: Seyfarth's Gerald L. Maatman Jr.
Over the past year, Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner Jerry Maatman has guided employers through high-stakes cases that required cutting-edge legal arguments, including helping freight company C.H. Robinson scuttle an attempt to notify workers who had signed arbitration agreements of a pending collective action, securing him a spot among Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.
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November 18, 2019
MVP: Davis Polk's Alan Denenberg
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Alan Denenberg guided an array of initial public offerings in a whirlwind year for deals, overcoming obstacles posed by the government shutdown in early 2019 and later advising underwriters for ride-hailing giant Uber's blockbuster listing, landing him among Law360's 2019 Capital Markets MVPs.
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November 18, 2019
MVP: Cohen Milstein's Sharon K. Robertson
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's Sharon K. Robertson has helped plaintiffs score big wins in antitrust cases accusing pharmaceutical companies of not playing by the rules, including a nearly $104.8 million settlement for Lidoderm end-payors in a suit alleging a pay-for-delay scheme, landing her among Law360's 2019 Life Sciences MVPs.
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November 18, 2019
MVP: Paul Weiss' Rick Rule
Charles F. "Rick" Rule of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP helped shuttle Cigna through its $67 billion purchase of Express Scripts amid a challenging regulatory environment, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Competition MVPs.
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November 15, 2019
MVP: Wachtell's Joshua Cammaker
Joshua Cammaker of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz has handled a number of complex transactions for major corporations in the past year, including the reorganization of United Technologies Corp. and its merger with Raytheon Co., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 M&A MVPs.
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November 15, 2019
MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's John Molenda
Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner John Molenda won a long-fought patent victory on behalf of Sanofi and Regeneron, while separately preparing to take Apotex to trial against both Pfizer and Celgene, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Life Sciences MVPs.
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November 15, 2019
MVP: Sanford Heisler's Deborah Marcuse
Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP's Deborah Marcuse has more than held her own in litigation against a series of big targets this year, including an Ivy League university, BigLaw firms and a multinational drug maker, earning herself a spot on the list of Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.
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November 15, 2019
MVP: Paul Hastings' Naveen Modi
Naveen Modi of Paul Hastings LLP racked up a number of Federal Circuit wins in patent cases while representing companies like Samsung and Google, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 IP MVPs.
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November 15, 2019
MVP: Davis Polk's Neal Potischman
Over the last year Neil Potischman of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has been involved in some of the highest profile class action cases — including defending Walmart from a group of plaintiffs who were allegedly detained for shoplifting, as well as helping Novo Nordisk escape racketeering claims — landing him a spot among Law360's 2019 Class Action MVPs.
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November 15, 2019
MVP: MoFo's Mitchell Newmark
Mitchell Newmark of Morrison & Foerster LLP's state and local tax group successfully argued an appeal for Lorillard Tobacco Co. in the New Jersey Tax Court and crafted the strategy and arguments that led the same court to reject a nearly $5 million tax assessment levied against automaker Daimler AG, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Tax MVPs.
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November 15, 2019
MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Adam Hakki
Shearman & Sterling LLP's Adam Hakki wrestled Bank of America free from a high-stakes False Claims Act case alleging foreclosure services overbilling, won the bank's dismissal of litigation that accused it of helping to rig the silver market and steered the Bank of Montreal to a decisive victory in an interest-rate benchmark manipulation case, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Banking MVPs.
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November 15, 2019
MVP: Jones Day's Shay Dvoretzky
Shay Dvoretzky of Jones Day's appellate practice led Merck in persuading the Supreme Court to reverse a decision over drug warning labels and won a legal victory that limited the potential liability for government contractors facing asbestos cases, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Appellate MVPs.
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November 15, 2019
MVP: Wilkinson Walsh's Alexandra Walsh
Alexandra Walsh of Wilkinson Walsh Eskovitz led trial teams to a string of crucial victories for Bayer AG this year, persuading juries to reject a certified class action attacking the company's One A Day vitamins as well as suits over its blood thinner Xarelto, landing her among Law360's 2019 Trials MVPs.
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November 15, 2019
MVP: White & Case's J. Mark Gidley
White & Case LLP's J. Mark Gidley scored two huge antitrust case wins, including a rare complete acquittal of a former foreign exchange trader accused of suppressing competition, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Antitrust MVPs.
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November 15, 2019
MVP: Labaton Sucharow's Serena Hallowell
Serena Hallowell of Labaton Sucharow LLP recently helped secure a $42.5 million deal on behalf of investors suing Intuitive Surgical Inc. over its surgical equipment, and has also taken on multiple leadership roles at the firm, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Securities MVPs.