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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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September 02, 2022
Law360 MVP Awards Go To 188 Attys From 78 Firms
The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2022 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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September 30, 2021
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Scott Kobak
Scott Kobak of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP represented Blackstone in its landmark $10 billion acquisition of data center company QTS Realty Trust and KKR in its $860 million joint venture to buy a multifamily portfolio in Brooklyn, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 29, 2021
MVP: Fried Frank's Joshua Mermelstein
Colleagues and clients remember Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Joshua Mermelstein, who died in March at age 65, as a meticulous, creative attorney who loved his job and was an inspiration to others. A look at his work over the past year, which included multiple billion-dollar financings, has landed him a spot among Law360's 2021 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 28, 2021
MVP: Kasowitz's Jennifer S. Recine
Jennifer S. Recine of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP was part of a legal team that successfully defended New York's Chelsea Hotel from tenant harassment allegations brought by the city during an agency trial and subsequently took the city to court with a more than $100 million suit, landing her a spot among Law360's 2021 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 27, 2021
MVP: Hogan Lovells' David Bonser
David Bonser of Hogan Lovells heads its global real estate investment trust practice and this summer also became global managing partner of the corporate practice, all while leading a team that represented QTS Realty Trust in its $10 billion acquisition by Blackstone, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Real Estate MVPs.
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September 24, 2021
MVP: Skadden's Agnesine 'Nesa' R. Amamoo
Agnesine "Nesa" Amamoo of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP is co-leading a team representing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in the multibillion-dollar redevelopment of John F. Kennedy International Airport and is co-leading a team that represents the Las Vegas Sands Corp. on a $6.25 billion sale, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Real Estate MVPs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.