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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Latham's Jeff Greenberg
Jeff Greenberg of Latham & Watkins LLP advised LS Power Equity Advisors LLC and Bolt Energy FinanceCo on a $300 million financing of multiple battery energy storage expansions in California, including the world's largest battery storage project, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Paul Weiss' John C. Kennedy
John C. Kennedy of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP steered international cruise line Carnival on several financings amid pandemic shutdowns, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Capital Markets MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Ben Shorten
Ben Shorten of Shearman & Sterling helped broker a multifaceted $10.5 billion financial restructuring on a joint venture between Dow Chemical Co. and the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Deborah L. Stein
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Deborah Stein helped notch a host of victories for Travelers in the carrier's pandemic coverage disputes with policyholders and authored the insurer's brief in the first case to be appealed to the Ninth Circuit, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Latham's Jay Metz
Jay Metz of Latham & Watkins LLP's benefits practice helped guide Airbnb through an approximately $3.5 billion initial public offering — widely reported to be 2020's biggest — and acquisitions of Slack and Xilinx each for tens of billions of dollars, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2021 Benefits MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jane M. Love, Ph.D.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Jane Love, Ph.D., helped Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. beat a challenge to its blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya in a Delaware federal court case, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Life Sciences MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Foley Hoag's Clara Brillembourg
Clara Brillembourg of Foley Hoag LLP helped lead a legal team that won a $4 billion victory for Uruguay in a dispute with a foreign investor over the development of the largest mine in the country's history, securing her place among Law360's 2021 International Arbitration MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Maria Boyce & Cristina Rodriguez
Maria Wyckoff Boyce and Cristina Espinosa Rodriguez of Hogan Lovells scored a $152 million verdict after taking a software trade secrets case to trial twice at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, earning them a spot among Law360's 2021 Trial MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Covington's Hunter Bennett
J. Hunter Bennett of Covington & Burling LLP helped clients defend multiple big-ticket awards this past year, including a $536 million classified CIA contract and a $430 million assignment at a U.S. Navy underwater research facility, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Government Contracts MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Davis Polk's Derek Dostal
Derek Dostal of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP helped Delta Air Lines get $9 billion in financing amid the pandemic and assisted the underwriters of a uniquely structured blank-check company sponsored by a former speaker of the House, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Capital Markets MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Orrick's Jeremy Kudon
Jeremy Kudon, founder and chair of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's public policy group, spent the past year convincing states including New York and Arizona to legalize mobile sports betting, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports and Betting MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVPs: Kirkland's Adam Alper And Mike De Vries
Kirkland's Adam Alper and Mike De Vries have won major trade-secrets trials over the past year, even during the pandemic, including one for TriZetto, making them one of Law360's Trials MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler
Jeffrey Kessler, co-chairman of Winston & Strawn LLP's sports law practice, changed the sports industry when he netted a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court victory stripping the NCAA of its long-running amateurism defense and giving college athletes more flexibility to seek compensation, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports and Betting MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVP: Norton Rose's Becky Diffen
Becky Diffen of Norton Rose Fulbright spent the past year working with some of the largest players in the renewable energy space, including representing the competitive division of National Grid PLC through an offshore wind joint venture and guiding the sale of a solar power producer and developer to a BP unit for $220 million, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVPs: Cohen Ziffer's Robin Cohen And Kenneth Frenchman
Robin Cohen and Kenneth Frenchman of Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna notched a win for New Jersey Transit when the New Jersey High Court found that hurricane water damage was not capped by its $400 million insurance policy's $100 million flood sublimit coverage, earning them a spot among Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVP: Bilzin Sumberg's Albert E. Dotson Jr.
Albert Dotson of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP advised public- and private-sector clients on a $700 million monorail that would connect downtown Miami and Miami Beach and led the procurement team behind a $263 million Tampa development, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Government Contracts MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVPs: Zuckerman's D. Brian Hufford And Caroline Reynolds
D. Brian Hufford and Caroline E. Reynolds of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP's benefits practice secured court victories for mental health patients, including in a case that won relief for tens of thousands of individuals, earning them a spot on Law360's list of 2021 Benefits MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVP: Debevoise's Catherine Amirfar
Catherine Amirfar led a Debevoise & Plimpton LLP team that obtained a favorable resolution for Qatar in a human rights dispute with four neighboring countries over an allegedly unlawful blockade, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 International Arbitration MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVP: Ropes & Gray's Hannah H. England (Freeman)
Hannah H. England (Freeman) of Ropes & Gray LLP has advised on a number of complex transactions in the biopharma sector, including UniQure's licensing deal with CSL Behring over gene therapy for patients with hemophilia B, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Life Sciences MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVP: Goodwin Procter's Bradley C. Weber
Brad Weber of Goodwin Procter LLP steered landmark offerings over the past year, including a $1.6 billion initial public offering from Qualtrics International Inc., which spun off from software giant SAP America Inc., and fintech startup Marqeta Inc.'s $1.2 billion IPO, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Capital Markets MVPs.
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September 16, 2021
MVP: Paul Weiss' Taurie Zeitzer
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner and practice co-chair Taurie M. Zeitzer spent 2021 guiding such high-profile deals as Apollo Global Management's $5 billion acquisition of Verizon Media and the $4.8 billion Univision-Grupo Televisa combination, landing her a place among Law360's 2021 Private Equity MVPs.
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September 16, 2021
MVP: Cravath's Lauren A. Moskowitz
Lauren Moskowitz of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP helped guide The Weinstein Co. to a resolution of its high-profile Chapter 11 case, along with getting Dutch retail giant HEMA BV U.S. recognition for its bankruptcy case and toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker Inc. an administrative recovery in Sears' Chapter 11, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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September 16, 2021
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis
Over the past year, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Theane Evangelis spearheaded the legal team that convinced the Ninth Circuit to roll back a record-breaking $102 million judgment against Walmart over alleged pay stub violations, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.
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September 16, 2021
MVP: O'Melveny's Steve Brody
Steve Brody led an O'Melveny & Myers LLP team in helping to convince a New Jersey appeals court that Brody's client, Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon Inc., didn't get a fair shake when the lower court allowed regulatory evidence to be withheld, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.
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September 16, 2021
MVP: Cohen Milstein's Theodore J. Leopold
Theodore Leopold of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC helped secure a $641 million partial settlement for victims of the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis that received preliminary approval earlier this year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.