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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, 2022

    MVP: Morgan & Morgan's Jean Martin

    Jean Martin of Morgan & Morgan boasts a deep roster of data breach class actions, including a case in which Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $60 million to resolve claims it did not scrub its servers of personal data before selling them to third parties, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy MVPs.

  • September 14, 2022

    MVP: Shearman's Dan Feldman

    Dan Feldman of Shearman & Sterling LLP's project development and finance practice advised lenders on the $12 billion Jazan power plant project in Saudi Arabia, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Project Finance MVPs.

  • September 14, 2022

    MVP: Skadden's Ryan Dzierniejko

    Ryan Dzierniejko of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP served as lead underwriters' counsel on the largest initial public offering in the United States since 2014, representing electric truck startup Rivian Automotive in its $11.9 billion IPO, which earned him a spot among Law360's 2022 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • September 14, 2022

    MVP: Robbins Geller's Paul J. Geller

    Paul J. Geller led a Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP team securing over $600 million in settlements in a class action against pharmaceutical companies over unfair practices that caused the price of EpiPens to skyrocket, and served as negotiator in opioid-related litigation resulting in a $26 billion global settlement, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Class Action MVPs.

  • September 13, 2022

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Andrew Gerlach

    Andrew Gerlach of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP guided Goldman Sachs through its largest acquisition of a fintech company when it purchased GreenSky for $2.24 billion, and he helped Canadian Pacific overcome a $2 billion higher bid to buy Kansas City Southern for $31 billion, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.

  • September 13, 2022

    MVP: Holland & Knight's Maria T. Currier

    Maria Currier has been one of the main players leading the national health practice at Holland & Knight, where she helps package Florida health care companies into billion-dollar deals, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Health Care MVPs.

  • September 13, 2022

    MVP: Orrick's Josh Rosenkranz

    Josh Rosenkranz of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has represented Johnson & Johnson in a series of appeals of jury verdicts finding the company's iconic baby powder caused cancer, including a New Jersey appeal wiping out a $117 million verdict, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Appellate MVPs.

  • September 13, 2022

    MVP: Wachtell's Adam Emmerich & Robin Panovka

    Adam Emmerich and Robin Panovka of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz are advising warehouse-focused real estate investment trust Prologis in its $26 billion acquisition of Duke Realty and represented CoreSite Realty Corp. when it was acquired for $10.1 billion, earning them a spot among Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.

  • September 13, 2022

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Krista Miniutti

    Krista Miniutti of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's real estate practice represented Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust in its $5.1 billion acquisition of a more than 600-property affordable housing portfolio from AIG, among other deals, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Real Estate MVPs.

  • September 13, 2022

    MVP: Morrison Foerster's Greg Smith

    Gregory Smith of Morrison Foerster LLP's agency finance group has guided clients in financing deals such as an $85 million transaction for an innovative clean energy project in Brazil and a $25 million solar energy project in India, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Project Finance MVPs.

  • September 13, 2022

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Deborah Stein

    Deborah Stein of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP successfully defended Mutual of Enumclaw in a closely watched COVID-19 coverage dispute before the Washington Supreme Court while also litigating numerous other important insurance disputes, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Insurance MVPs.

  • September 13, 2022

    MVP: Latham's Serrin Turner

    Serrin Turner of Latham & Watkins LLP secured a groundbreaking decision in April dismissing a class action against the online game developer Zynga with a novel application of U.S. Supreme Court precedent that could extend to other data breach cases, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • September 13, 2022

    MVP: Kirkland's Christine Okike

    Christine Okike of Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped manage a more than $1 billion restructuring for Katerra Inc. and a major Chapter 11 case for Bouchard Transportation Co., and also eliminated more than $1 billion in debt for a leading information technology company, landing her a spot among Law360's 2022 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • September 13, 2022

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Adam Wolfson

    Adam B. Wolfson of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped win three bellwether trials on behalf of injured veterans in the largest mass tort in the nation's history and got class certification for consumers and ATM owners in an antitrust action against Visa and Mastercard over access fee rules, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Class Action MVPs.

  • September 13, 2022

    MVP: Latham's Marc Jaffe

    Marc Jaffe of Latham & Watkins LLP's capital markets practice led electric vehicle maker Rivian through its IPO less than two months after it finished producing its first cars, resulting in the biggest IPO of 2021 with a valuation of $11.9 billion, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Capital Markets MVPs.  

  • September 12, 2022

    MVP: Skadden's Sonia K. Nijjar

    Sonia K. Nijjar of Skadden Slate Arps Meagher & Flom LLP led the team representing video game giant Activision Blizzard when it was purchased by Microsoft for $68.7 billion, the largest all-cash deal in U.S. history, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.

  • September 12, 2022

    MVP: Wiley's Robert E. DeFrancesco III

    Robert E. DeFrancesco III of Wiley Rein LLP's international trade practice scored major relief for domestic industries, including putting triple-digit duties on shipping container chassis and continuing levies worth $1.5 billion on wind tower imports, securing his spot among Law360's 2022 International Trade MVPs.

  • September 12, 2022

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Cybil Roehrenbeck

    Cybil Roehrenbeck of Hogan Lovells LLP helped a consortium of artificial intelligence health care companies become eligible for Medicare reimbursement payments for artificial intelligence services, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Health Care MVPs.

  • September 12, 2022

    MVP: Latham's Melissa Arbus Sherry

    Melissa Arbus Sherry of Latham & Watkins LLP led teams that scored a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court victory over a narrowly missed Tax Court deadline and an important ruling on the enforcement of federal forum-selection clauses, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Appellate MVPs.

  • September 12, 2022

    MVP: McGuireWoods' Lucy Jewett Wheatley

    Lucy Jewett Wheatley led a McGuireWoods team that helped longtime client Lexington Home Brands prevail in a trademark infringement suit against a Swedish home textiles company on all of its claims, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • September 12, 2022

    MVP: Kirkland's Rob Eberhardt

    As part of a $2.3 billion debt financing project, Rob Eberhardt of Kirkland & Ellis LLP led a team that shepherded Vineyard Wind through the process of creating the first U.S. commercial-scale offshore wind farm, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Project Finance MVPs.

  • September 12, 2022

    MVP: Davis Polk's Marshall Huebner

    Marshall Huebner led the Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP team that guided Purdue Pharma to the confirmation of its Chapter 11 plan to settle $40 trillion in mass tort litigation, and also represented a major LATAM Airlines shareholder in the Chilean air carrier's bankruptcy and a major creditor in car rental giant Hertz's bankruptcy, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • September 12, 2022

    MVP: Covington's Anna Engh

    Anna P. Engh of Covington & Burling LLP led a team that successfully defended pharma giant Merck & Co. in insurance coverage litigation of its $1.4 billion loss from a 2017 cyberattack, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Insurance MVPs.

  • September 12, 2022

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert Giuffra Jr.

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP co-chair Robert Giuffra Jr. over the past year guided Allianz to a $6 billion deal over the collapse of its "Structured Alpha" investment funds, scored Goldman Sachs another appellate review in a long-running class certification battle, and helped UBS Group AG beat a high-stakes derivatives suit, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Securities MVPs.

  • September 12, 2022

    MVP: Labaton Sucharow's Carol C. Villegas

    Labaton Sucharow LLP's Carol Villegas helped seal a $39 million deal for investors accusing World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. of covering up its fraying relationship with Saudi Arabia and secured a $73 million settlement for people claiming that a data firm undersold a privacy law's effects on its business, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Class Action MVPs.