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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 16, 2021
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Soo-Mi Rhee
Arnold & Porter partner Soo-Mi Rhee secured leniency agreements with three different government agencies in Brazil to resolve corruption-related charges against Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. and helped a global financial institution escape monetary penalty for alleged violations of sanctions laws, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar MVPs.
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September 16, 2021
MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes
Cooley LLP's Michael Rhodes steered Facebook through final approval of a $650 million settlement resolving claims that its face-scanning feature breached Illinois' biometric privacy law, and continues to be a go-to lawyer for other tech giants facing novel privacy allegations, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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September 16, 2021
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Robert Loigman
Robert S. Loigman of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is representing 10 investment managers against Citibank NA's attempts to claw back hundreds of millions of dollars it mistakenly wired to Revlon Inc. lenders last summer, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Banking MVPs.
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September 15, 2021
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Patrick J. Ryan
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Patrick Ryan advised major banks that helped finance multibillion-dollar deals aimed at creating the nation's second-biggest media company, the continent's first U.S.-Canada-Mexico rail network and the world's biggest aircraft lessor, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Banking MVPs.
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September 15, 2021
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Juan Morillo
Juan Morillo of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped a Swiss bank avoid criminal charges as it navigates the fallout from the 1MDB scandal and is helping Mexican industrial executives fight alleged government takeovers of their businesses, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar MVPs.
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September 15, 2021
MVP: Hausfeld's James Pizzirusso
James Pizzirusso of Hausfeld LLP's cybersecurity and privacy practice secured groundbreaking decisions in a Marriott data breach lawsuit involving the theft of 25 million passport numbers, and also drove Equifax to change its business security practices as part of a $1.5 billion settlement with consumers, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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September 15, 2021
MVP: Kirkland's Joshua Sussberg
Joshua A. Sussberg of Kirkland & Ellis LLP spent the last year dealing with a run of bankruptcy cases as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the retail sector, successfully reorganizing industry giants like JCPenney in a challenging environment, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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September 15, 2021
MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Suz Mac Cormac
Suz Mac Cormac of Morrison & Foerster LLP has advised on a bevy of multibillion-dollar deals, including an investment in clean energy company Uplight that valued the business at $1.5 billion, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Private Equity MVPs.
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September 15, 2021
MVP: Morgan & Morgan's James Young
Morgan & Morgan's James Young secured a record $65 million settlement for the state of Montana against Big Tobacco that set a model for other states using false claims law principles to make similar deals, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.
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September 15, 2021
MVP: Nossaman's Paul Weiland
Paul Weiland of Nossaman LLP's environmental practice has advised a California county with regard to the largest proposed dam removal project in American history and delivered a huge win on a closely watched endangered species lawsuit involving bumblebees, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.
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September 15, 2021
MVP: Lieff Cabraser's Kelly M. Dermody
Kelly M. Dermody of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP helped successfully sue the federal government to secure more than $1.5 billion in CARES Act economic stimulus payments for incarcerated Americans, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.
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September 14, 2021
MVP: Davis Polk's John Amorosi
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's John Amorosi helped steer a Symphony Technology Group-led consortium's purchase of RSA from Dell Technologies for more than $2 billion and advised Roper Technologies with its $5 billion acquisition of insurance software provider Vertafore, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Private Equity MVPs.
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September 14, 2021
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mitchell Eitel
Mitchell Eitel of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP served as lead counsel in one of the largest U.S. banking acquisitions since 2008, Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's sale of its U.S. subsidiary to PNC for $11.5 billion, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Banking MVPs.
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September 14, 2021
MVP: Pillsbury's Matthew Morrison
Matthew Morrison of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP represented the Renewable Fuels Association before the U.S. Supreme Court and helped Valero Energy Corp. negotiate a $2.85 million settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over refinery pollution, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.
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September 14, 2021
MVP: BakerHostetler's David A. Carney
BakerHostetler partner David A. Carney has helped Excellus BlueCross BlueShield stave off a proposed class of customers seeking to recover damages over a data breach and Assured Imaging LLC escape claims over a ransomware attack, earning him a place among Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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September 14, 2021
MVP: Debevoise's Sue Meng
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's Sue Meng led a team advising Discovery Inc. on its $130 billion dollar acquisition of Warner Media while simultaneously navigating the complexities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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September 14, 2021
MVP: Venable's Craig A. Thompson
Representing some of the biggest medical companies in the world, such as Merck & Co. in litigation over its shingles vaccine Zostavax and Takeda Pharmaceuticals in multidistrict litigation over its proton pump inhibitors, has earned Venable's Craig A. Thompson a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.
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September 14, 2021
MVP: Tycko & Zavareei's Hassan Zavareei
Hassan Zavareei of Tycko & Zavareei LLP helped get a $66 million settlement against Bank of America for illegal fees upheld, defeated an arbitration agreement that shielded Wells Fargo from litigation stemming from its overdraft practices and got a judge to approve a $17 million settlement from Capital One, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.
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September 14, 2021
MVP: Ropes & Gray's Gregg Galardi
Gregg Galardi, as head of Ropes & Gray LLP's business restructuring department, led the successful Chapter 11 reorganization of $1.7 billion in debt held by licensing business Centric Brands, whose portfolio includes Calvin Klein, Kate Spade, Disney and others, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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September 14, 2021
MVP: Paul Weiss' Jessica S. Carey
Jessica S. Carey of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP helped write a massive report for Credit Suisse on the collapse of Archegos Capital Management and convinced the U.S. Department of Justice to close a long-running Foreign Corrupt Practices Act inquiry into Iraqi pharmaceutical contracts, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Fried Frank's Brian T. Mangino
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Brian T. Mangino advised Humana Inc. numerous times throughout the pandemic, including during its purchase of the remaining 60% interest in Kindred at Home, a transaction with an enterprise value of $8.1 billion, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Private Equity MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Williams & Connolly's Sarah M. Harris
Sarah Harris of Williams & Connolly LLP's appellate practice successfully argued two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in the past year, including one involving a 5-4 decision that found former railroad workers have the right to appeal in federal court if the Railroad Retirement Board refuses to reopen their prior benefits claim, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Appellate MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Kirkland's Jonathan Kidwell
Jonathan Kidwell of Kirkland & Ellis LLP had a busy year advising clients through the environmental side of large deals, including private equity shop KKR & Co. LP's more than $4 billion purchase of an airport services provider and the complex restructurings of Murray Energy and Chesapeake Energy, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Nelson Mullins' Sabrina Conyers
Sabrina Conyers of McGuireWoods LLP was the lead corporate and tax counsel in structuring the largest city-based guaranteed income fund pilot in U.S. history, and also led tax representation for an economic development agency in creating an innovative $100 million community investment fund for Black and Latinx business owners, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Tax MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
MVP: Keller Lenkner's Warren Postman
Warren Postman of Keller Lenkner LLC's arbitration practice won an appellate ruling that said Postmates had to pay more than $10 million to cover filing fees for couriers in a misclassification case, and forced DoorDash Inc. to live up to its agreement to resolve issues with its couriers out of court, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Employment MVPs.