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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.
  • December 09, 2025

    MVP: Latham's Justin Stolte

    Justin Stolte of Latham & Watkins LLP helped companies around the globe broker multibillion-dollar energy and infrastructure deals, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Energy MVPs.

  • December 09, 2025

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Allyson Ho

    Allyson Ho of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP convinced the Fifth Circuit to overturn a contempt order against Texas officials in charge of the state's foster care system that would have fined them $100,000 a day, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Appellate MVPs.

  • December 09, 2025

    MVP: Davis Polk's Brian Wolfe

    Brian Wolfe of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's mergers and acquisitions practice advised private equity shop Sycamore Partners through its behemoth $23.7 billion acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance, a deal that marked the third-largest leveraged buyout ever in the U.S., earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.

  • December 09, 2025

    MVP: Covington's David Fagan

    David Fagan of Covington & Burling LLP guided clients through a series of landmark, politically charged transactions over the past year, including securing U.S. government approval for Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 International Trade MVPs.

  • December 09, 2025

    MVP: Cravath's Gary A. Bornstein

    Gary A. Bornstein of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has helped video game maker Epic Games score groundbreaking orders that are forcing Google and Apple to allow more competition for app distribution on millions of mobile devices, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Competition MVPs.

  • December 09, 2025

    MVP: Keker's Elliot Peters

    Elliot Peters, a partner at San Francisco trial firm Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP, achieved an acquittal for a Palm Springs, California, developer accused of bribery, and guided a former Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP partner to a favorable result after being sued by Denmark, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 08, 2025

    MVP: Cravath's Daniel J. Cerqueira

    Daniel J. Cerqueira of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's M&A practice advised on high-profile deals, including Wiz's $32 billion acquisition by Google and Paramount's $28 billion merger with Skydance, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 M&A MVPs.

  • December 08, 2025

    MVP: Clifford Chance's Renée Latour

    Clifford Chance LLP's Renée Latour played a key role advising the firm's global team to secure relief this year for aircraft lessors with planes stuck in Russia following global sanctions imposed on the country, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 International Trade MVPs.

  • December 08, 2025

    MVP: King & Spalding's Dan Feldman

    Dan Feldman of King & Spalding LLP's energy infrastructure team is advising on what is thought to be one of the largest nonnuclear power transactions in Middle East history and led a group of attorneys working on Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.'s multibillion-dollar investment in a Texas ExxonMobil facility, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Energy MVPs.

  • December 08, 2025

    MVP: A&O Shearman's Katherine Stoller

    Katherine Stoller of Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has helped Danske Bank navigate the aftermath of its $2 billion settlement in a major financial fraud scandal and worked closely with Binance Holdings Ltd.'s outside monitor after a more than $4 billion resolution in a high-profile anti-money laundering and sanctions violations case, earning her a spot among the 2025 Law360 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 08, 2025

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Benjamin D. Brown

    Benjamin D. Brown of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC pushed the UFC to increase its settlement payout to "life-changing" sums for fighters accusing it of wage suppression, earning his place as one of the 2025 Law360 Competition MVPs.

  • December 08, 2025

    MVP: Dechert's Michael McGinley And Steven Engel

    Dechert LLP's Michael McGinley and Steven Engel had three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court during its previous term, including a unanimous ruling that clarified how final judgments can be reopened, earning them spots as 2025 Law360 Appellate MVPs.

  • December 08, 2025

    MVP: Hagens Berman's Steve W. Berman

    Steve W. Berman, managing partner of plaintiffs' class action firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, helped secure a historic $2.78 billion class action settlement for college athletes and a $418 million settlement for home sellers from the National Association of Realtors, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 05, 2025

    MVP: Sidley's Angela Zambrano

    Angela Zambrano of Sidley Austin LLP's litigation practice group secured a victory for the Big 12 Conference in a proposed antitrust class action over name, image and likeness rights for former college athletes and helped achieve a subsequent $2.78 billion settlement to create a system of revenue sharing in major collegiate sports, along with key wins for Match Group and Amazon, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 05, 2025

    MVP: Wachtell's Matthew M. Guest And Brandon C. Price

    Matthew M. Guest and Brandon C. Price of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz LLP helped steer Capital One's landmark acquisition of Discover Financial Services Inc., one of the highest-profile banking mergers in years, earning them spots among the 2025 Law360 Banking MVPs.

  • December 04, 2025

    MVP: Sidley's Justin Savage

    Sidley Austin LLP partner and environmental practice group co-leader Justin Savage's recent accomplishments include the pro bono defense of a client accused by the federal government of installing devices in vehicles meant to defeat emission control laws and helping an Ohio petroleum refiner resolve pollution allegations, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Environmental MVPs.

  • December 04, 2025

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mitch Eitel

    Mitch Eitel led Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's financial services team in a slew of major deals over the past year, advising Discover in its $50.6 billion merger with Capital One and Apollo in its launch of a $25 billion private credit program with Citi, earning Eitel a spot among the 2025 Law360 Banking MVPs.

  • December 04, 2025

    MVP: Labaton Keller's Michael P. Canty

    Michael P. Canty, co-leader of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP's consumer protection and data privacy litigation team and leader of one of the securities litigation teams, successfully challenged Meta, Google and Flo Health over how the companies handled users' sensitive health data, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 04, 2025

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Rony Rothken

    Rony Rothken, a partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's New York City office, was on the team leading British private equity shop ICG in raising its fifth general partner-led secondaries fund, securing $11 billion of capital commitments, and also advised private equity giant Blackstone on its $10.8 billion European real estate fund, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • December 03, 2025

    MVP: Joseph Saveri Law Firm's Joseph Saveri

    Joseph Saveri and his firm have notched victories in long-running antitrust battles, securing a $375 million settlement for Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters and an $82.5 million deal for cheerleading families, while also pioneering a new frontier of litigation over generative artificial intelligence, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 03, 2025

    MVP: Proskauer's Chip Parsons

    Chip Parsons of Proskauer Rose LLP worked with alternative investment management giant Ares Management Corp. in closing a $34 billion direct lending fund, helped software investment firm Thoma Bravo expand its credit business and advised private credit solutions manager Antares Capital on its first continuation vehicle, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • December 03, 2025

    MVP: Kelley Drye's William J. Jackson

    William J. "Bill" Jackson, co-chair of both Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's environmental law and environmental litigation sections, led a first-of-its-kind series of bench trials between the state of New Jersey and multiple E.I. du Pont de Nemours entities, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Environmental MVPs.

  • December 03, 2025

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Ralston Turbeville

    Ralston Turbeville, a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell's real estate practice, guided Tishman Speyer's $3.5 billion refinancing of Rockefeller Center as well as the company's $2.85 billion refinancing of the Spiral in Hudson Yards, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 03, 2025

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Jessica S. Carey

    Jessica Carey of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP guided TD Bank through its monumental series of resolutions with the U.S. government, helping it emerge into compliance with anti-money laundering laws, all while shielding several other financial institutions from a variety of claims like market manipulation, price fixing and other anticompetitive behavior, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Banking MVPs.

  • December 03, 2025

    MVP: Sidley's Raymond Atkins

    Sidley Austin LLP's Raymond Atkins has successfully represented railroads in litigation striking down a new federal rule governing reciprocal switching and a Virginia state law that would've allowed telecommunications companies to lay fiber optic cables across railroad property, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Transportation MVPs.