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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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September 13, 2022
MVP: Wachtell's Adam Emmerich & Robin Panovka
Adam Emmerich and Robin Panovka of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz are advising warehouse-focused real estate investment trust Prologis in its $26 billion acquisition of Duke Realty and represented CoreSite Realty Corp. when it was acquired for $10.1 billion, earning them a spot among Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 13, 2022
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Krista Miniutti
Krista Miniutti of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's real estate practice represented Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust in its $5.1 billion acquisition of a more than 600-property affordable housing portfolio from AIG, among other deals, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 13, 2022
MVP: Morrison Foerster's Greg Smith
Gregory Smith of Morrison Foerster LLP's agency finance group has guided clients in financing deals such as an $85 million transaction for an innovative clean energy project in Brazil and a $25 million solar energy project in India, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Morrison Foerster's Mark S. Edelstein
Mark S. Edelstein led a Morrison Foerster real estate and bankruptcy team that represented JPMorgan Chase in recovering in excess of $75 million in loans after its borrowers' sponsor posthumously was discovered to be a Ponzi schemer and represented Societe Generale in negotiating a $2.1 billion loan for the financing of a 155-property portfolio during one of the firm's busiest years, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 08, 2022
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Stacey McEvoy
Stacey McEvoy of Hogan Lovells LLP co-led Duke Realty, the largest domestic-only industrial property real estate investment trust, in its approximately $26 billion merger with Prologis Inc., earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 07, 2022
MVP: Dechert's David W. Forti
David W. Forti, the co-chair of Dechert LLP's global finance and real estate practice groups, played leading roles on several innovative deals, including the first large-scale commercial mortgage-backed securities loan secured by data center properties and one of the first CMBS offerings of affordable housings assets, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 06, 2022
MVP: Cadwalader's Holly Chamberlain
Holly Chamberlain of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has advised lenders on more than $4.5 billion in loans across three New York City office deals, including $3 billion for Manhattan's supertall One Vanderbilt, landing her a spot among Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.