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 23, 2021

    MVP: Pillsbury's Mona Dajani

    Mona Dajani of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP was part of a team that clinched a major renewable natural gas business combination, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.

  • 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.

  • 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 30, 2020

    MVP: Willkie Farr's Thomas Henry

    Thomas Henry of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP had a hand in multiple major real estate deals this past year, including a $5.9 billion sale for international investment firm Colony Capital and a $722 million acquisition by Paramount Group, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Real Estate MVPs.

  • October 29, 2020

    MVP: Skadden's Vered Rabia & Neil Rock

    Vered Rabia and Neil Rock of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP are advising Empire State Development Corp. and Moynihan Station Development Corp. as the entities redevelop a New York City post office into a train station and mixed-use development, earning them a spot among Law360's 2020 Real Estate MVPs.

  • October 28, 2020

    MVP: Latham's Gary Axelrod

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Gary Axelrod guided Ascendant Capital through a $450 million real estate investment trust investment on a rapid timeline and steered Loews Hotels through a public-private venture with MLB's Texas Rangers to develop a hotel and convention center, cementing his spot among Law360's 2020 Hospitality MVPs.

  • October 28, 2020

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Erik Quarfordt

    Erik Quarfordt of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's real estate practice led private equity firm Blackstone in its over $4 billion acquisition of Las Vegas resort the Bellagio, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Real Estate MVPs.

  • October 27, 2020

    MVP: Holland & Knight's Stacie Andra Goeddel

    Stacie Andra Goeddel of Holland & Knight LLP brought Marriott International Inc. over the finish line last December, finalizing complex agreements for the hotelier's first W-branded hotel in Houston on New Year's Eve and earning a spot as a Law360 2020 Hospitality MVP.

  • October 27, 2020

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Harris Freidus

    Harris Freidus of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's real estate practice represented real estate fund manager CIM Group in more than $15 billion worth of high-profile projects and in creating a $5 billion fund to invest in eligible low-income areas, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Real Estate MVPs.

  • October 26, 2020

    MVP: DLA Piper's Amy Carbins

    Amy Carbins of DLA Piper helped holding company Transform Holdco close a $1 billion sale of a last-mile delivery company just days after the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and thanks to her work on that and other matters for the client, she has been named one of Law360's 2020 Real Estate 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.

  • December 12, 2019

    MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Steve Wilner

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Steve Wilner steered Qatar Investment Authority in picking up a portfolio of Manhattan's iconic Fifth Avenue properties, and was a key player in the financing of Brookfield Asset Management's $11.4 billion purchase of Forest City Realty, landing him among Law360's 2019 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 11, 2019

    MVP: MoFo's Mark Edelstein

    Mark Edelstein of Morrison & Foerster LLP has helped clients with several loans north of the $1 billion mark for properties in Manhattan, and thanks to his work on those and other matters he's been named one of Law360's 2019 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 10, 2019

    MVP: Fried Frank's Jonathan L. Mechanic

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Jonathan Mechanic led some of New York City's biggest real estate deals of the past year, including Maefield Development's $1.5 billion purchase of 20 Times Square, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 09, 2019

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Harris Freidus

    Harris Freidus, a partner at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, advised sprawling urban real estate fund manager CIM Group on almost every aspect of buying, developing and financing, as well as dirt work and infrastructure for developments in high-density neighborhoods, making him one of Law360's 2019 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 06, 2019

    MVP: Skadden's Audrey Sokoloff

    Audrey Sokoloff of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has recently guided large real estate matters for Google, WeWork, Las Vegas Sands and Twenty-First Century Fox, and thanks to her work for those and other companies, she has been named one of Law360's Real Estate 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.

  • December 10, 2018

    MVP: Holland & Knight's Stacie Goeddel

    Holland & Knight LLP partner Stacie Goeddel demonstrated her gift for helping clients with complicated mixed-use developments over the past year, earning a spot among Law360's 2018 Hospitality MVPs with achievements like aiding Marriott with the takeover of the Trump International Hotel & Tower Panama.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: Weil's David Herman

    David Herman, a New York-based Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP real estate partner, helped steer Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc. through tens of billions of dollars in deals this year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 30, 2018

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Sasan Mehrara

    Sasan Mehrara of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has been involved in a number of high-profile private equity deals this year, including Blackstone's blockbuster $7.6 billion acquisition of Gramercy Property Trust, landing him among Law360's 2018 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 29, 2018

    MVP: Latham & Watkins' Robert Buday

    Robert Buday of Latham & Watkins LLP is the king of billion-dollar real estate deals, guiding Phillips Edison & Co. on two key acquisitions that transformed the company, as well as major deals involving Bass Pro Shops and Hyatt Hotels Corp. to earn a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 28, 2018

    MVP: Jones Day's Robert C. Lee

    Robert C. Lee, co-chair of Jones Day's global real estate practice, helped guide the Greystar Real Estate Partners-led $4.4 billion transaction for a publicly traded real estate investment trust, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 27, 2018

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Joanne Franzel

    Joanne Franzel, a partner in Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s real estate practice group, counseled real estate investment and management firm Jamestown LP in its $2.4 billion sale of Manhattan’s Chelsea Market to Google earlier this year, a deal that helped her earn a spot among Law360’s 2018 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 26, 2018

    MVP: Fried Frank's Robert Sorin

    Robert Sorin of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP steered Google's continued New York City expansion through the multibillion-dollar acquisition of Chelsea Market, while securing new leases for two major Manhattan building projects in the Hudson Yards and One Vanderbilt, counting him among one of Law360's Real Estate 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.

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