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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 28, 2021

    MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Pantelis Michalopoulos

    Pantelis Michalopoulos of Steptoe & Johnson LLP opposed former President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on social media companies for moderating content and fought SpaceX to prevent interference with Dish's service, making him one of Law360's 2021 Telecommunications MVPs.

  • September 28, 2021

    MVP: Latham's Tad Freese

    Tad Freese of Latham & Watkins LLP was at the helm of some of last year's biggest tech deals, including Slack's $27.7 billion sale to Salesforce and a California semiconductor company's $35 billion acquisition of a device manufacturer, making him one of Law360's 2021 Technology MVPs.

  • 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.

  • September 27, 2021

    MVP: White & Case's Jasper Wauters

    Jasper Wauters of White & Case LLP represented the United Kingdom in a long-running aircraft subsidies dispute and steered the United Arab Emirates to victory in its first-ever complaint at the World Trade Organization, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 International Trade MVPs.

  • September 27, 2021

    MVP: King & Spalding's Tim Burbury

    Tim Burbury of King & Spalding's construction practice is advising a developer on a $500 billion construction project that aims to build out a new city roughly the size of Belgium, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Construction MVPs.

  • September 27, 2021

    MVP: Williams & Connolly's Enu A. Mainigi

    Williams & Connolly LLP's Enu A. Mainigi successfully represented CVS Pharmacy Inc. on claims by multiple classes of insured drug buyers that the pharmacy chain overcharged them by more than $121 million for generic drugs, helping earn her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Health Care MVPs.

  • September 27, 2021

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Jonathan Karen

    Jonathan Karen of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP steered tech-focused private equity firm Silver Lake to a $20 billion fund closing and Blackstone Group in an $8 billion fund closing, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • September 27, 2021

    MVP: Ropes & Gray's Paul Scrivano

    Paul Scrivano of Ropes & Gray LLP is steering a merger valued at nearly $40 billion between Singapore-based "super app" Grab Holdings Inc. and Altimeter Growth Corp. in a transaction set to be one of the largest ever involving a U.S. blank-check company, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Technology MVPs.

  • September 27, 2021

    MVP: Davis Wright's Ambika Kumar

    Ambika Kumar of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP helped TikTok creators win their bid to block the Trump administration's ban on the app, helping earn her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • September 27, 2021

    MVP: Latham's Matthew Brill and Matthew Murchison

    Known to clients as "the two Matts," Matthew Brill and Matthew Murchison of Latham & Watkins LLP have had a hand in a slew of high-profile telecom matters in the last year, including getting Maine's a la carte cable law invalidated and steering an ongoing challenge to California's net neutrality law, earning them a spot among Law360's 2021 Telecommunications MVPs.

  • September 24, 2021

    MVP: Wiley Rein's Joshua S. Turner

    Wiley Rein LLP partner Joshua S. Turner scored a huge win for the wireless industry by persuading the Ninth Circuit to uphold federal orders aimed at paving the way for thousands of "small cell" sites, landing him a spot among Law360's 2021 Telecommunications MVPs.

  • September 24, 2021

    MVP: Pillsbury's Tamara Bruno

    Pillsbury's Tamara Bruno represented a Northrop Grumman unit in securing more than $100 million in coverage for an underlying securities class action, a leading accomplishment for the institutional policyholder representative, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.

  • September 24, 2021

    MVP: Troutman Pepper's Aaron Abraham

    Aaron Abraham of Troutman Pepper has helped represent JP Morgan Chase in the ongoing construction of its new skyscraper in Manhattan and SL Green Realty's One Vanderbilt tower next to Grand Central Terminal, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Construction MVPs.

  • September 24, 2021

    MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Jonathan Adler

    Jonathan Adler co-led a Debevoise & Plimpton LLP team that advised Clayton Dubilier & Rice on a $16 billion buyout fund, CD&R's most recent and largest to date, landing him a spot among Law360's 2021 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • September 24, 2021

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Kevin Kennedy

    Shepherding multibillion-dollar initial public offerings for companies like Airbnb and managing a switch from an IPO to a direct listing for Roblox, which was valued at $47 billion, during the COVID-19 pandemic are among the accomplishments that have earned Kevin Kennedy of Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Technology MVPs.

  • September 24, 2021

    MVP: Manatt's Barry S. Landsberg

    Barry S. Landsberg of Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP has secured key victories on behalf of hospitals in California, including one that clarified guidance on selecting hearing officers in peer review proceedings, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Health Care MVPs.

  • September 24, 2021

    MVP: Mayer Brown's A. John P. Mancini

    A. John P. Mancini of Mayer Brown LLP secured the reversal of hiked streaming royalty rates on behalf of Spotify and won a quick dismissal of a sprawling antitrust suit against the music streaming industry, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • 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.

  • September 24, 2021

    MVP: Covington & Burling's Heather Finstuen

    Heather Finstuen of Covington & Burling LLP leveraged her experience working with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to land approval for Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler's $52 billion merger and a litany of other transactions, landing her a spot among Law360's 2021 International Trade MVPs.

  • September 23, 2021

    MVP: Mayer Brown's Richard E. Nowak

    Partner Richard E. Nowak successfully led a Mayer Brown LLP team representing Northrop Grumman in a case in which the Ninth Circuit found that calculating benefits is not a fiduciary function, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Benefits MVPs.

  • September 23, 2021

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Sharon K. Robertson

    Sharon Robertson of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has waged a number of legal battles in pay-for-delay schemes this year, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • 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 23, 2021

    MVP: Wilson Sonsini's Rezwan Pavri

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC's Rezwan Pavri led food delivery giant Doordash's $3.36 billion initial public offering, helping the company sell 33 million shares at a higher-than-predicted value, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • September 23, 2021

    MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Sarah Gordon

    Sarah Gordon of Steptoe & Johnson LLP is shepherding The Hartford through hundreds of COVID-19 business interruption suits filed by policyholders across the country, and has nailed down about 75 favorable decisions for the insurer so far, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.  

  • September 23, 2021

    MVP: Sanford Heisler's Vincent McKnight

    As co-chair of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP's whistleblower practice group, H. Vincent McKnight Jr. has helped federal authorities recoup billions of dollars, including a recent settlement that saw Wells Fargo agree to hand over $3 billion, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Government Contracts MVPs.