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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.
  • December 09, 2016

    Hospitality MVP: Latham & Watkins' Gary Axelrod

    As co-chair of Latham & Watkins LLP’s hospitality, gaming and leisure group, Gary Axelrod spent 2016 representing clients in major transactions from Starwood’s $1.5 billion sale of its timeshare group to a $180 million sale-leaseback on a Boston property, landing him on Law360’s 2016 MVP list.

  • November 22, 2016

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360’s 2016 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals. Here is a list of this year's Law360 MVPs.

  • November 12, 2015

    Hospitality MVP: Paul Hastings' Rick Kirkbride

    Rick Kirkbride, chairman of Paul Hastings LLP's hospitality and leisure practice group, helped broker major hotel deals this year, including the $805 million sale of New York's iconic Palace Hotel to Korea-based Hotel Lotte Co. Ltd., earning him a spot among Law360's Hospitality MVPs of 2015.

  • November 10, 2015

    Hospitality MVP: Latham & Watkins' Gary E. Axelrod

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Gary E. Axelrod guided key client Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. through its $400 million sale of The Phoenician luxury resort to Host Hotels & Resorts Inc., and advised Starwood in the spinoff of its vacation ownership business, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of hospitality MVPs.

  • November 09, 2015

    Hospitality MVP: Dentons' Meghan Cocci

    Dentons' Meghan Cocci engineered more than $700 million in hotel transactions this year and helped Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. spend the proceeds of its 2014 $1.95 billion sale of the Waldorf Astoria New York, landing her among among Law360's 2015 Hospitality MVPs.

  • November 06, 2015

    Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own

    Five exceptional attorneys stand out from the pack by being selected for the Law360 MVP distinction for five straight years.

  • November 06, 2015

    5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins

    Five elite law firms have racked up more than 20 Law360 MVP wins each over the past five years, outshining their competitors with their accomplishments in complex litigation and transactions.

  • November 06, 2015

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms

    This week, Law360 will begin profiling those elite attorneys whose successes in high-stakes litigation, record-breaking deals and complex global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.

  • December 12, 2014

    Hospitality MVP: Skadden's Audrey Sokoloff

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Audrey Sokoloff oversaw Beijing-based Anbag Insurance Group Co. Ltd.'s $1.95 billion acquisition of the iconic Waldorf Astoria New York as well as other big-ticket transactions over the last year, landing her spot among Law360's 2014 Hospitality MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Hospitality MVP: Dentons' Rick Ross

    From guiding the blockbuster sale of the Waldorf Astoria New York Hotel to chaperoning high-ticket deals for properties across five continents, Denton’s Rick Ross had a hand in some of the luxury hospitality world’s biggest market-moving deals in 2014, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2014 Hospitality MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Hospitality MVP: Dentons' Meghan Cocci

    Successfully shepherding the historic sale of the Waldorf Astoria New York hotel was one of several blockbuster deals and developments completed by Dentons' Meghan Cocci this year, earning her a spot among Law360's 2014 Hospitality MVPs.

  • November 18, 2014

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 78 Firms

    Beginning this week, Law360 will profile those elite attorneys whose successes in high-stakes litigation, record-breaking deals and complex global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.

  • November 21, 2013

    Hospitality MVP: Proskauer's Jeff Horwitz

    Work on a string of significant hotel deals over the past year, including the noteworthy $1.9 billion sale of an Accor SA hotel unit to the Blackstone Group LP, has earned by Proskauer Rose LLP's Jeff Horwitz a spot on Law360's list of Hospitality MVPs.

  • November 21, 2013

    Hospitality MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Lawrence Eppley

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's Lawrence C. Eppley has represented Oxford Capital Group LLC in a number of major real estate transactions geared toward hotel development, including the July purchase of a building on the city's historic Michigan Avenue, earning him a spot on the list of Law360's 2013 Hospitality MVPs.

  • November 20, 2013

    Hospitality MVP: Dentons' Meghan Cocci

    Dentons partner Meghan Cocci’s work on a string of high-profile hotel industry deals, including a starring role as lead hotel counsel for lender Brookfield Asset Management Inc. in a contentious, $175 million asset takeover that included a luxury resort in the Bahamas, has landed her a spot on Law360’s list of Hospitality MVPs.

  • November 19, 2013

    Hospitality MVP: Latham & Watkins' Gary Axelrod

    While juggling $3 billion worth of deals this year, Latham & Watkins LLP's Gary Axelrod also managed to strike some of the hospitality industry's more innovative and complex arrangements and add new clients to an already stellar client roster, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Hospitality MVPs.

  • November 08, 2013

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 58 Firms

    Beginning this week, Law360 will profile the elite law firm partners whose exemplary work on critical litigation, mammoth deals and first-of-their-kind global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.

  • December 10, 2012

    Employment MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Karen Kubin

    By notching a win for Brinker Restaurant Corp. in a case that settled the question of whether California employers are required simply to provide breaks for their workers or to ensure the breaks are taken, Morrison Foerster LLP's Karen Kubin won a place among Law360's 2012 Employment MVPs.

  • December 05, 2012

    Private Equity MVP: Ropes & Gray's William Shields

    Advising some of the largest and most influential private equity firms in the world, including TPG Capital, on a variety of U.S. and cross-border transactions has earned veteran Ropes & Gray LLP partner William M. Shields a spot on Law360's list of Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 05, 2012

    Privacy MVP: Ropes & Gray's Douglas Meal

    Ropes & Gray LLP's Douglas Meal helped Sony Corp. win a dismissal order in multidistrict litigation over massive cyberattacks and bagged court approval of Heartland Payment Systems Inc.'s settlement of consumer data breach claims in 2012, landing him a spot among Law360's Privacy MVPs.

  • November 17, 2011

    Real Estate MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Stephen Tomlinson

    When Anglo Irish Bank Corp. decided to shed its U.S. commercial property loan portfolio, it looked to Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Stephen Tomlinson to assist in one of the largest sales of troubled commercial real estate assets since the financial crisis, helping him earn a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.