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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.
  • 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.

  • September 13, 2021

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Brad S. Karp

    Brad S. Karp of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP led an extensive internal investigation for the board of Credit Suisse following the collapse of hedge fund Archegos Capital, which cost Wall Street banks more than $10 billion, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Banking MVPs.

  • September 10, 2021

    MVP: Shearman's Adam Hakki

    Shearman & Sterling LLP's Adam Hakki defeated investors' spoofing claims for Bank of America, beat U.S. Treasury auction-rigging claims for BNP Paribas and solidified a victory for JPMorgan and other banks over a suit tied to the 2018 "Volpocalypse," landing him among Law360's 2021 Banking MVPs.

  • August 30, 2021

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To 182 Attys From 77 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2021 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • October 09, 2020

    MVP: Wachtell's Richard K. Kim

    Richard K. Kim led a Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz team that advised multiple banks on mergers and other programs amid the coronavirus pandemic and represented BB&T in its merger with SunTrust Bank, the largest of its kind in over a decade, making him one of Law360's 2020 Banking MVPs.

  • October 08, 2020

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mitchell S. Eitel

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Mitchell Eitel shepherded some of the biggest bank mergers of the past year, including guiding SunTrust in its landmark $66 billion tie-up with BB&T and advising First Horizon on its $3.9 billion merger with IberiaBank, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Banking MVPs.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Jennifer Hobbs

    Jennifer Hobbs of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped global technology investment firm Silver Lake Partners raise $3.95 billion of new capital for Expedia and worked on debt financing for the private equity firm's $1.3 billion acquisition of Sidney-based TEG, a live entertainment and ticketing company, earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Banking MVPs.

  • October 06, 2020

    MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Adam Hakki

    Shearman & Sterling LLP's Adam Hakki helmed the firm's litigation practice as it navigates the coronavirus pandemic and secured dismissals in a case accusing the Intercontinental Exchange of manipulating the Libor benchmark and in a suit over alleged misstatements in the registration statement for exchange-traded funds inversely tracking the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Volatility Index, making him one of Law360's 2020 Banking MVPs. 

  • October 05, 2020

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Susanna Buergel

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Susanna Buergel steered Morgan Stanley to a successful resolution in potentially multibillion-dollar agency bond antitrust litigation and went to the mat for underwriters in a post-Cyan securities suit in New York state court, securing her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Banking MVPs.

  • October 04, 2020

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2020 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • November 21, 2019

    MVP: Jones Day's Howard F. Sidman

    Howard Sidman of Jones Day won an issue of first impression before New York's highest court and was the lead attorney defending Wells Fargo in two proposed class actions that were both resolved, making him one of Law360's 2019 Banking MVPs.

  • November 20, 2019

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Elizabeth T. Davy

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Beth Davy has provided ace anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance advice to banks at home and abroad, including helping guide an important Dubai-based bank to a $40 million settlement with New York regulators and counseling Chase on a $5.3 million deal with federal authorities, landing her among Law360's 2019 Banking MVPs.

  • November 19, 2019

    MVP: Weil Gotshal's Allison Liff

    Over the past year, Allison Liff of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP advised Syncreon Group Holdings BV on a global financing and groundbreaking balance sheet restructuring, helped Goldman Sachs' merchant banking division finance its acquisition of Restaurant Technologies Inc., and assisted Sovos Brands in financing its merger with Noosa Yoghurt LLC, landing her among Law360's 2019 Banking MVPs.

  • November 18, 2019

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Brad S. Karp

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP chairman Brad S. Karp led The Blackstone Group out of danger in a multibillion-dollar suit over its asset management and helped the Bank of New York Mellon ink a $72.5 million deal in a suit over American depositary receipts, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Banking MVPs.

  • November 15, 2019

    MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Adam Hakki

    Shearman & Sterling LLP's Adam Hakki wrestled Bank of America free from a high-stakes False Claims Act case alleging foreclosure services overbilling, won the bank's dismissal of litigation that accused it of helping to rig the silver market and steered the Bank of Montreal to a decisive victory in an interest-rate benchmark manipulation case, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Banking MVPs.

  • November 08, 2019

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2019 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • November 30, 2018

    MVP: Latham & Watkins' Joseph Serino

    It's been a busy first year at Latham & Watkins LLP for Joseph Serino, who scored major wins for his clients, including zeroing out a multibillion-dollar JAMS arbitration action against Credit Suisse and defeating a class certification in a case alleging foreign exchange rate-rigging by Deutsche Bank, landing him among the five attorneys named as Law360's 2018 Banking MVPs.

  • November 29, 2018

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Patrick S. Brown

    Patrick S. Brown, a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's general practice group, helped Zions Bancorp. become the first bank to ever check out of Dodd-Frank's "Hotel California," and he has guided several other West Coast bank transactions over the past year, earning him a place among Law360's 2018 Banking MVPs.

  • November 28, 2018

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Susanna M. Buergel

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Susanna M. Buergel helped lead a successful defense to conclusion this year for an unusual shareholder derivative suit against Citigroup officers that could have cost the bank billions of dollars in damages, making her one of Law360's 2018 Banking MVPs.

  • November 27, 2018

    MVP: Mayer Brown's Mark Hanchet

    Mark Hanchet of Mayer Brown LLP scored several big victories over the past year representing HSBC Bank in actions brought under the Anti-Terrorism Act, shaking off two suits for jurisdictional reasons and landing one dismissal that will define the relatively young statute for decades to come, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Banking MVPs.

  • November 26, 2018

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Allison J. Schoenthal

    Allison J. Schoenthal, head of Hogan Lovells' consumer finance litigation practice, has helped financial services clients weather changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and notched victories in mortgage litigation for CIT Bank and other financial institutions, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Banking MVPs.

  • November 21, 2018

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 71 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2018 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • December 18, 2017

    MVP: Willkie's Todd Cosenza

    As vice chair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s securities litigation team, Todd Cosenza has had another year of successes representing high-profile financial institutions, including foiling a multibillion-dollar case against Barclays at New York’s highest court, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.

  • December 15, 2017

    MVP: Latham's Richard Owens

    Latham & Watkins LLP’s Richard Owens helped Deutsche Bank negotiate down a huge government settlement that initially threatened the German banking giant’s survival following a probe into the company’s pre-crisis mortgage securitization practices, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mark Menting

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Mark J. Menting helped banks and other financial institutions close deals worth more than $8 billion in the last year, including a complex transaction that brought two of the biggest names in stock trading together, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.