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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 23, 2022

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Isaac Wheeler

    Isaac Wheeler of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's tax practice led a team guiding AT&T to its $106.5 billion spinoff of WarnerMedia and merger with Discovery. He also advised Standard Industries Holdings on the tax aspects of its $7 billion acquisition of W. R. Grace & Co. and helped Goldman Sachs on the tax aspects of its $2.2 billion acquisition of fintech company GreenSky. These were just a few of the deals he worked on to earn a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Tax MVPs.

  • September 22, 2022

    MVP: Skadden's Nathan W. Giesselman

    Nathan W. Giesselman, tax partner at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, has worked on major deals, including a $30 billion joint venture where he represented Intel, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Tax MVPs.

  • September 22, 2022

    MVP: Weil's Edward Reines

    Litigating five high-stakes jury trials in 10 months, including netting a major false advertising verdict for medical test company CareDx against rival Natera Inc., earned Edward Reines of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's patent litigation and appellate practice a spot among Law360's 2022 Trials MVPs.

  • September 22, 2022

    MVP: Williams & Connolly's Thomas Hentoff

    Thomas Hentoff is Williams & Connolly LLP's co-chairman of its First Amendment and media and copyright practice groups, and his work representing Lynn Goldsmith in a copyright infringement case over a 1980s photo she took of Prince, which will hear argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in October, is only one representative case he's worked on that makes him one of Law360's 2022 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • September 22, 2022

    MVP: White & Case's Hansel Pham

    White & Case LLP's Hansel Pham worked with a team to overturn the enforcement of a nearly $18 billion arbitration against the state-owned Saudi Aramco in a fight over allegations of unpaid rent for oil fields, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • September 22, 2022

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Suhana Han

    Suhana Han of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's litigation group practice helped craft the argument that led the Second Circuit to affirm the dismissal of securities fraud claims accusing Volkswagen of conspiring with Daimler and BMW to suppress competition, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Transportation MVPs.

  • September 22, 2022

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Elizabeth Cooper

    Elizabeth Cooper of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's private equity practice represented Blackstone in a number of headline-grabbing investments, including the $1.2 billion acquisition of womenswear brand Spanx and the purchase of sustainability startup company Sphera, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Private Equity MVPs.

  • September 22, 2022

    MVP: Paul Weiss' William Isaacson

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner William Isaacson helped beat the first government antitrust case against Amazon.com Inc., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Competition MVPs.

  • September 21, 2022

    MVP: Sidley's Mehdi Khodadad

    Mehdi Khodadad of Sidley Austin LLP has helped steer many blockbuster deals for Clearlake Capital Group, including the private equity firm's involvement in the $3.1 billion purchase of London's Chelsea Football Club, its $5.4 billion acquisition of Quest Software and its $5.2 billion buy of Cornerstone OnDemand, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Private Equity MVPs.

  • September 21, 2022

    MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Mathew S. Rosengart

    Greenberg Traurig's Mathew Rosengart helped free Britney Spears from a conservatorship led by her father — deemed an "abusive" arrangement by the pop icon — that controlled her life for 13 years, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • September 21, 2022

    MVP: Squire Patton Boggs' Stephen Anway

    Stephen Anway of Squire Patton Boggs LLP's international dispute resolution practice helped Italian utility company Edison SpA persuade an International Chamber of Commerce tribunal to reject state-owned Qatargas' proposed natural gas price hike worth several hundred million dollars, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • September 21, 2022

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Liesl Fichardt

    Liesl Fichardt of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped settle a $198 billion tax battle between Barrick Gold and the Tanzanian government, resolving a long-running dispute that created a template for business-government partnerships in the continent and earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Tax MVPs.

  • September 21, 2022

    MVP: Nossaman's Andrée Blais

    Nossaman LLP's Andrée Blais structures innovative procurement contracts for public agencies spearheading ambitious infrastructure projects such as L.A. Metro's Sepulveda Pass rail transit project, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Transportation MVPs.

  • September 21, 2022

    MVP: Morgan Lewis' J. Clayton 'Clay' Everett Jr.

    J. Clayton "Clay" Everett Jr. helped lead a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP team to an acquittal for DaVita Inc. and its former chief executive on all counts of conspiring with three other companies to suppress competition in the employment market, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Competition MVPs.

  • September 21, 2022

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Karen Dunn

    Karen Dunn of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP proved her enduring worth as a trial ace yet again this year with a successful outcome for Apple in an antitrust suit over its App Store as well as a large verdict against those involved in the racist "Unite the Right" rally, earning her a spot on Law360's 2022 Trials MVPs.

  • September 20, 2022

    MVP: Latham's Jean Pawlow

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Jean Pawlow has represented Netflix as tax counsel in its string of successes in class actions across federal and state courts against claims that it was liable for state-based franchise fees, earning her a spot among Law360 2022 Tax MVPs.

  • September 20, 2022

    MVP: Robins Kaplan's Tara Sutton

    Robins Kaplan partner Tara Sutton's work as a lead negotiator on securing a nearly $590 million settlement for Native American tribes in multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis secured her spot on the list of Law360's 2022 Product Liability MVPs.

  • September 20, 2022

    MVP: Ropes & Gray's Jason Freedman

    Jason Freedman of Ropes & Gray LLP's private equity practice led the team representing TPG Capital in its purchase of a 30% stake in DirecTV as it was carved out from AT&T Inc. into a new $16.25 billion entity, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Private Equity MVPs.  

  • September 20, 2022

    MVP: Morgan Lewis' Levi McAllister

    Levi McAllister of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped Nuvve Holding Corp. establish a first-of-its kind deal with school districts for an electric bus fleet that puts power back into the grid and represents Evergo as it tries to set up its first vehicle charging stations in the United States, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Transportation MVPs.

  • September 20, 2022

    MVP: Jones Day's Melissa Stear Gorsline

    As co-lead counsel for a Canadian gold mining company seeking nearly $1 billion in arbitration against Kazakhstan, Melissa Stear Gorsline of Jones Day helped obtain a landmark ruling last year recognizing the Kazakh government as a legal successor to the Soviet Union, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • September 20, 2022

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Orin Snyder

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Orin Snyder has guided entertainment giants like AMC Networks Inc. through multimillion-dollar litigation, including helping AMC come out on top of a profit participation suit lodged by producers of the hit show "The Walking Dead," earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • September 20, 2022

    MVP: King & Spalding's Norman 'Norm' Armstrong

    Norm Armstrong of King & Spalding LLP led teams throughout the year in successful trial cases and resolutions to regulatory investigations, including a jury win in Delaware federal court that favored his client, German chemical company BASF, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Competition MVPs.

  • September 19, 2022

    MVP: Davis Wright's Rachel Strom

    Rachel Strom of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has spent the past year representing media organizations like Vice, which faced defamation claims from a company that detects gunshots, and Netflix, which was sued by Alan Dershowitz over its Jeffrey Epstein biography, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • September 19, 2022

    MVP: Mayer Brown's John Nadolenco

    John Nadolenco of Mayer Brown LLP has helped get General Motors Co. wins in separate suits over privacy and defective air bags, and helped Waymo LLC keep its trade secrets under wraps following a public record request, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Transporation MVPs.

  • September 19, 2022

    MVP: Eversheds Sutherland's Jeff Friedman

    Eversheds Sutherland tax partner Jeffrey Friedman led Comcast and Verizon's challenge to Maryland's novel digital advertising tax, and he helped SiriusXM secure a key victory in Texas in a sourcing dispute, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Tax MVPs.