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 02, 2014

    Capital Markets MVP: Simpson Thacher's Leiming Chen

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Leiming Chen championed several jaw-dropping cross-border and China-based deals in 2014, including the historic and heavily buzzed about $25 billion initial public offering of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., earning him a spot on Law360's list of Capital Markets MVPs.

  • November 19, 2014

    M&A MVP: Davis Polk's Gar Bason

    Deep deal-making experience across several sectors helped Davis Polk LLP's Gar Bason keep up with the recent M&A surge and nail down a series of high-stakes transactions, including Baker Hughes Inc.'s $35 billion sale to Halliburton Co. this week, that landed him a spot on Law360’s list of M&A MVPs.

  • December 18, 2013

    Tax MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Steven Clemens

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney Steven Clemens' role in analyzing the tax implications of 3G Capital Partners Ltd.’s $28 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz Co. and the $665 million purchase of investment banking firm Duff & Phelps Corp. led by private equity firm Carlyle Group LP secured his spot among Law360's 2013 Tax MVPs.

  • December 02, 2013

    Energy MVP: Bracewell's G. Alan Rafte

    For Bracewell & Giuliani LLP’s G. Alan Rafte, a spot on Law360’s list of Energy MVPs came from a year of shepherding high-profile, high-dollar divestments involving some of the industry’s biggest names and plenty of moving parts.

  • November 26, 2013

    Energy MVP: Vinson & Elkins' David Cohen

    Vinson & Elkins LLP partner David Cohen had a hand in closing some of the biggest oil and gas transactions throughout the country over the last year, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2013 list of Energy MVPs.

  • December 01, 2011

    Antitrust MVPs: White & Case's Milne & Pace

    Between winning the dismissal of Fair Isaac Corp.'s trademark and competition suit against Experian Information Solutions Inc. and leading Saudi Arabia's national oil company out of the latest antitrust class action targeting OPEC, White & Case LLP's Robert Milne and Jack Pace have proved themselves a formidable team worthy of a spot on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.