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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Simpson Thacher's David Lieberman
David Lieberman of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has been involved in several high-profile energy cases, including representing Vistra Energy Corp. in a $20 billion merger with Dynegy Inc. and helping Global Infrastructure Partners acquire NRG Energy's renewable energy business, landing him among Law360's 2018 Energy MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Arnold & Porter's James Speyer
James Speyer, a partner at Arnold & Porter's consumer protection and antitrust practice, secured major victories on behalf of Kohl's Department Stores in two false price advertising cases, landing him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Retail & E-Commerce MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Covington's Nancy Kestenbaum
Nancy Kestenbaum of Covington & Burling LLP co-leads the high-profile investigation into sexual abuse claims at CBS and has helped private schools in similar reviews while maintaining a traditional defense practice, putting her among Law360's 2018 White Collar MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Kirkland's James Hurst
James Hurst of Kirkland & Ellis LLP spearheaded several signature trial wins this year, including reversing AbbVie's fortunes in a crucial bellwether over testosterone gel and helping a Bristol-Myers Squibb unit fend off a potential billion-dollar trade secrets allegation, landing him among Law360's 2018 Trials MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's John Browne
John Browne of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP brought in hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements this past year for investors through securities class actions against companies like Clovis Oncology Inc., Amedisys Inc. and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, putting him among Law360's 2018 Class Action MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Munger Tolles' Kelly M. Klaus
Kelly M. Klaus, a litigation partner at Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, pushed FX Networks to a major victory for docudrama filmmakers in a suit brought by screen legend Olivia de Havilland alleging that the network improperly portrayed her, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Fox Rothschild's Nicholas Casiello Jr.
Fox Rothschild LLP's Nicholas Casiello Jr. represented Seminole HR Holdings and MGM this past year, securing a casino operating license for Hard Rock in Atlantic City and advising on the $850 million purchase of a casino and racetrack in Yonkers, New York, for MGM, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Hospitality MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Brian Stadler
Brian Stadler, a partner with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, has spent the past year guiding longtime clients like Blackstone Group LP to multiple multibillion-dollar deals, including a handful of the largest private equity transactions of the year, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2018 Private Equity MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Latham's Stuart Kurlander
Stuart Kurlander, a health and life science partner at Latham & Watkins LLP and ex-global co-chair of the practice, helped Abbott Laboratories ensure its glucose monitor is eligible for Medicare reimbursements and steered the healthcare regulatory considerations of global investment fund KKR through several high-profile acquisitions, including WebMD and a $9 billion deal for Envision, earning him a spot as a Law360 2018 Health MVP.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Freshfields' Noiana Marigo
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP partner and co-head of the firm's Latin America practice Noiana Marigo helped a ConocoPhillips Co. subsidiary score a $337 million deal to resolve a long-running dispute over Ecuador's expropriation of two oil fields, earning her a spot among Law360's 2018 International Arbitration MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Jane Byrne
Jane M. Byrne guided three companies through a rare insurance trial and secured several victories outside of court this year, adding to her already crowded list of achievements and landing the Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorney among Law360's 2018 Insurance MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Boies Schiller's William Isaacson
William A. Isaacson of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP won rounds, and battles, this year in major antitrust cases, including a major class action and a case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court, earning him the title as one of Law360's 2018 Competition MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Jenner & Block's Matthew Price
Matthew Price of Jenner & Block LLP won court victories for programs in New York and Illinois that put in place incentives for nuclear power plants and secured a victory in the Illinois Supreme Court that helped define what counted as a utility, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Energy MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Weil's Paul Wessel
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Paul Wessel advised corporations on the executive compensation and benefits issues involved in several multibillion dollar transactions this year, leading an attorney team that helped companies navigate bankruptcies, restructurings and acquisitions and nabbing a spot on Law360's 2018 Benefits MVPs in the process.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Sharon Nelles
Sharon Nelles of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP beat back challenges to Volkswagen AG's $10 billion emissions settlement at the Ninth Circuit and notched a series of wins for the German automaker in state suits that piled up in the wake of the deal's approval, landing her among Law360's 2018 Transportation MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Kirkland's Dale Cendali
Dale Cendali of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has been involved in several high-profile media and entertainment cases, including representing Fox News Network in a major case concerning copyright fair use law. These accomplishments have landed her among Law360's 2018 Media and Entertainment MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Susan Feigin Harris
Susan Feigin Harris of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has gone to bat for children's hospitals, scoring wins for them this year in D.C. federal court and at the Fourth Circuit, helping vacate rules that limited the amount of Medicaid reimbursements those hospitals received and earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Health MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Paul Weiss' Marco Masotti
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Marco Masotti skillfully guided Apollo Global Management to the close of the largest private equity fund ever raised and steered middle market and top-tier firms alike in closing multibillion dollar fundraising efforts of their own, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Private Equity MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: BakerHostetler's Daniel Warren
BakerHostetler's Daniel Warren helped win a precedent-setting Seventh Circuit ruling that permanently stomped out common law claims filed against Missouri-based grocery chain Schnuck Markets Inc. by banks that issued cards affected by the company's 2012 data breach, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Cybersecurity and Privacy MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Jonathan T. Stoel
Jonathan T. Stoel of Hogan Lovells has been at the forefront of disputes over President Donald Trump's trade agenda, taking a challenge to tariffs imposed on Canadian solar products to the Federal Circuit and scoring a victory scrapping metal duties for Australia's only silicon producer, making him one of Law360's 2018 International Trade MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Craig Holman
Craig Holman of Arnold & Porter helped a British marine services firm settle a closely watched False Claim Acts case involving the U.S. government that drew headlines this past year, placing him among Law360's 2018 Government Contracts MVPs.
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December 05, 2018
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Steven Reed
Steven A. Reed of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP scored important wins this year for clients including drugmaker Shire PLC and ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc. on questions about antitrust standing and injury, earning him a spot among Law360's Competition MVPs.
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December 05, 2018
MVP: Skadden's Todd Freed
Todd Freed of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP helped to guide several insurance M&A deals worth tens of billions of dollars over the past year, including some groundbreaking international transactions like AIG's $5.6 billion purchase of Bermuda-based Validus Holdings Inc., earning him a spot as one of Law360's Insurance MVPs.
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December 05, 2018
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Michael Darden
Michael Darden, the chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's oil and gas practice group, represented Concho Resources Inc. in a $9.5 billion acquisition of fellow Permian Basin driller RSP Permian Inc. and handled a $2.6 billion sale of EnerVest Ltd.'s South Texas division, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Energy MVPs.
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December 05, 2018
MVP: Skadden's Joseph Yaffe
Joseph M. Yaffe, the head of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's West Coast executive compensation and benefits group, has counseled on large transactions, such as Juno Therapeutics' $9 billion acquisition by Celgene Corp. and represented high-profile clients like Coinbase's Brian Armstrong, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Benefits MVPs.