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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 10, 2025

    MVP: Willkie's David Drewes

    David C. Drewes, co-chair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's real estate department, has guided major transactions, such as Saks Global's $2.7 billion Neiman Marcus Group acquisition and Henry Crown & Company's $3.5 billion Rockefeller Center refinancing, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Real Estate 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.

  • November 25, 2025

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Whitney Salinas

    Whitney Salinas of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advised real estate investment behemoth Blackstone on myriad multibillion-dollar deals in the past year, including its $16.2 billion acquisition of AirTrunk, one of Asia Pacific's largest data center businesses, scoring her a place among the 2025 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 25, 2025

    MVP: King & Spalding's Scott Greer

    Scott Greer of King & Spalding LLP is advising Microsoft on a multibillion-dollar pursuit to develop data center infrastructure across the U.S. and has also guided a plethora of major construction projects for energy companies across the country, landing him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Construction MVPs.

  • November 19, 2025

    MVP: Latham's Rachel S.K. Bates

    Rachel Bates of Latham & Watkins LLP was the lead real estate counsel guiding Hyatt Hotels Corp. through multiple multibillion-dollar transactions and also worked on one of the year's biggest deals as Bridge Investment Group sold to Apollo Global Management for $1.5 billion, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 12, 2025

    MVP: Cadwalader's Christopher Dickson

    Christopher Dickson of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's real estate practice was lead partner advising lenders Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and The Goldman Sachs Group in the record-breaking $1.15 billion refinancing of a mixed-use waterfront development in Washington, D.C., earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 10, 2025

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2025 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • November 20, 2024

    MVP: Latham's Michelle Kelban

    Michelle Kelban, co-chair of Latham & Watkins LLP's real estate group, helmed a $2 billion construction financing for Cain International and guided Ares Management's blockbuster purchase of GCP International, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 13, 2024

    MVP: Fried Frank's Matthew D. Parrott

    Matthew Parrott of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP secured a major victory for a big hotel property lender in Manhattan and Los Angeles in a foreclosure suit and clinched a win in a notable case over an eminent domain petition in Texas, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 06, 2024

    MVP: Cadwalader's Holly Chamberlain

    Holly Chamberlain led teams from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP in advising major lenders on several significant deals this year, including the origination of three mortgage loans worth a combined $3.1 billion as part of Blackstone's $10 billion take-private transaction of multifamily owner AIR Communities, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.

  • October 30, 2024

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Farshad E. Morè

    Farshad E. Morè, a partner in Gibson Dunn & Crutcher's Century City office and member of the firm's real estate department, advised longtime client KKR on two record-breaking multifamily and student housing transactions, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.

  • October 23, 2024

    MVPs: Wachtell's Adam Emmerich & Robin Panovka

    Adam Emmerich and Robin Panovka of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's real estate practice group guided Spirit Realty Capital Inc. in its $9.3 billion all-stock acquisition by Realty Income Corp., one of a string of multibillion-dollar acquisitions that earned the practice group leaders a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.

  • October 18, 2024

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2024 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • October 30, 2023

    MVP: Weil's Evan Levy

    Thanks to his work on multiple transactions north of the $20 billion mark, including a $100 billion semiconductor facility deal, Evan Levy of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has been named among Law360's 2023 Real Estate MVPs.

  • October 27, 2023

    MVP: Skadden's Nancy Olson

    Nancy M. Olson, the leader of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Chicago real estate group, steered several major deals for Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC this year, including guiding it in a $15 billion joint take-private acquisition of real estate investment trust Store Capital and a $4.3 billion bet on a Canadian REIT, making Olson one of Law360's 2023 Real Estate MVPs.

  • October 26, 2023

    MVP: Kirkland's David Rosenberg

    David Rosenberg of Kirkland & Ellis LLP's work on complex real estate deals like Oak Street Real Estate Capital's $15 billion acquisition of Store Capital Corp. and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s more than $1 billion of transactions has earned him a spot among Law360's 2023 Real Estate MVPs.

  • October 25, 2023

    MVP: Kasowitz's Paul M. 'Tad' O'Connor III

    Paul M. "Tad" O'Connor of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP navigated InterContinental Hotels Group through a years-long journey upholding a Times Square hotel's license agreement despite pandemic pressures, earning him a spot among Law360's Real Estate MVPs.

  • October 25, 2023

    MVP: O'Melveny's Denise Raytis

    Denise Raytis of O'Melveny & Myers LLP helped lead the firm's multifaceted work on major facilities projects at New York's John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports and at Los Angeles International Airport, and worked on a public-private partnership toll road project in Puerto Rico, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Project Finance MVPs.

  • October 24, 2023

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Scott Campbell

    Scott Campbell of Hogan Lovells led the Walton-Penner family's $4.65 billion acquisition of the NFL's Denver Broncos, along with advising on a mezzanine loan from VICI Properties for the development of the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Real Estate MVPs.

  • October 23, 2023

    MVP: Cadwalader's Bonnie A. Neuman

    Bonnie Neuman of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's real estate finance practice has worked on multiple billion-dollar deals, including representing lenders in a $13 billion transaction that saw Blackstone acquire American Campus Communities, the largest developer of student housing communities in the nation, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Real Estate MVPs.

  • October 11, 2023

    MVP: V&E's Roberta Downey

    Roberta Downey of Vinson & Elkins LLP's construction practice spanned continents with her work on some of the largest projects vital to the global economy this year, such as securing a redevelopment contract on Shell PLC's Penguins North Sea oil and gas field, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Construction MVPs.

  • October 10, 2023

    MVP: King & Spalding's Mike Stenglein

    Mike Stenglein of King & Spalding LLP at one point felt the weight of Colombia's economy on his shoulders as he represented oil refinery Reficar in a high-profile international construction dispute, but it was that case — one that yielded a multibillion-dollar award — that earned Stenglein a spot among Law360's 2023 Construction MVPs.

  • October 06, 2023

    MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Michael J. Thomas

    Michael J. Thomas, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP's national construction law practice, guided three defendants in the 2021 fatal condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, to a $1.02 billion settlement, with no class members opting out of the deal. He also shepherded construction agreements on the $4 billion Miami Worldcenter mixed-use development, earning him a nod as one of Law360's Construction MVPs for 2023.

  • October 01, 2023

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To 171 Attys At 76 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2023 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • September 14, 2022

    MVP: Shearman's Dan Feldman

    Dan Feldman of Shearman & Sterling LLP's project development and finance practice advised lenders on the $12 billion Jazan power plant project in Saudi Arabia, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Project Finance MVPs.