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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, 2021

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Stephen Neuwirth

    Stephen Neuwirth, head of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's antitrust practice, clinched a $100 million appellate victory for the Washington Nationals and represented minority owners of the Washington Football Team in a multifaceted legal battle, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports & Betting MVPs.

  • September 23, 2021

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's Patricio Grané Labat

    Patricio Grané Labat co-led an Arnold & Porter team that successfully defended the Republic of Costa Rica against a $400 million claim involving a dispute over a gold mine project, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • September 22, 2021

    MVP: Dechert's Eduardo Silva Romero

    Eduardo Silva Romero of Dechert LLP achieved high-stakes victories for Colombia and Guatemala, among others, as each nation faced its own challenges amid the coronavirus pandemic, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • September 22, 2021

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Michelle C. Yau

    Michelle Yau of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC served as the senior attorney representing participants and beneficiaries of the Triad Manufacturing Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in an ERISA suit claiming the company overcharged workers for company stock. Her team won its bids to keep the case in federal court and recently at the Seventh Circuit, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Benefits MVPs.

  • September 22, 2021

    MVP: Weil's Paul R. Genender

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Paul Genender has spent his pandemic shepherding large companies through their bankruptcy confirmation trials, a process he describes as being just like a normal trial except that it moves at breakneck speed, making him one of Law360's Trials MVPs for 2021.

  • September 22, 2021

    MVP: Winston & Strawn's Michael E. Pikiel Jr.

    Michael E. Pikiel Jr. lead a Winston & Strawn LLP team that advised note purchasers in the sale of about $479 million of senior secured notes by Prince George's County Education & Community Partners LLC for a first-of-its-kind project to imagine, build, finance and maintain six new public schools, securing him a spot among Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.

  • September 22, 2021

    MVP: Fenwick's Ran Ben-Tzur

    Fenwick & West LLP partner Ran Ben-Tzur was part of a team that successfully guided cryptocurrency company Coinbase through the direct listing process earlier this year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • September 22, 2021

    MVP: Dentons' Keith Moskowitz

    Keith Moskowitz of Dentons' insurance practice stayed busy this year as national counsel for AIG, successfully defending the insurer against many COVID-19 business interruption cases while also litigating numerous other important insurance disputes, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.

  • September 22, 2021

    MVP: Wiley's Paul F. Khoury

    Paul Khoury of Wiley Rein LLP helped safeguard a $33.5 billion equipment deal for Atlantic Diving Supply Inc. and nabbed Blue Tech Inc. a potential path to a $5.5 billion information technology contract, landing him a spot among Law360's 2021 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • September 22, 2021

    MVP: Keker Van Nest's Laurie Mims

    Laurie Mims of Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP led a trial team that won former shareholders of FerroKin Biosciences more than $80 million in a post-merger dispute with Shire Pharmaceuticals, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • September 22, 2021

    MVP: Covington's Michael Hill

    Michael Hill, of Covington & Burling LLP's commercial and corporate transactional practice, quarterbacked the NFL's media distribution agreements with a quintet of major media companies totaling more than $110 billion, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports and Betting MVPs.

  • September 21, 2021

    MVP: Davis Polk's Kyoko Takahashi Lin

    Kyoko Takahashi Lin of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP worked on the benefits and executive compensation aspects of IHS Markit's merger with S&P Global, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Benefits MVPs.

  • September 21, 2021

    MVP: Reed Smith's John Ellison

    John Ellison of Reed Smith LLP helped secure more than $750 million in indemnity coverage for MGM's settlement with victims of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.

  • September 21, 2021

    MVP: Skadden's David Kavanagh QC

    David Kavanagh QC, the co-head of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's international litigation and arbitration group, served as lead counsel for a $5.5 billion bilateral investment treaty claim against India that ended up changing the country's tax policies, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • September 21, 2021

    MVP: Irell's Morgan Chu

    Morgan Chu of Irell & Manella LLP has won more than $3 billion in patent trial awards for his clients over the last 14 months, including a $2.2 billion victory in March for a client suing Intel over microchip technology, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Trials MVPs.

  • September 21, 2021

    MVP: Jenner & Block's Noah B. Bleicher

    Noah Bleicher of Jenner & Block LLP helped General Dynamics and a small veteran-owned business both win and successfully defend significant protests involving multiple and sometimes simultaneous disputes, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • September 21, 2021

    MVP: Proskauer's Jon Oram

    Jon Oram of Proskauer Rose LLP played a crucial role in helping the NBA and Major League Soccer safely return to competition months after the COVID-19 pandemic forced all major sports to go on hiatus, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports & Betting MVPs.

  • September 21, 2021

    MVP: Skadden's Jennifer Bragg

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Jennifer Bragg was part of the legal team that negotiated Purdue Pharma's guilty plea with the U.S. Department of Justice over its illegal marketing of opioids and helped a testing lab beat a $178 million whistleblower suit, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • September 21, 2021

    MVP: Latham's Jeff Greenberg

    Jeff Greenberg of Latham & Watkins LLP advised LS Power Equity Advisors LLC and Bolt Energy FinanceCo on a $300 million financing of multiple battery energy storage expansions in California, including the world's largest battery storage project, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.

  • September 21, 2021

    MVP: Paul Weiss' John C. Kennedy

    John C. Kennedy of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP steered international cruise line Carnival on several financings amid pandemic shutdowns, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • September 20, 2021

    MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Ben Shorten

    Ben Shorten of Shearman & Sterling helped broker a multifaceted $10.5 billion financial restructuring on a joint venture between Dow Chemical Co. and the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.

  • September 20, 2021

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Deborah L. Stein

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Deborah Stein helped notch a host of victories for Travelers in the carrier's pandemic coverage disputes with policyholders and authored the insurer's brief in the first case to be appealed to the Ninth Circuit, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.

  • September 20, 2021

    MVP: Latham's Jay Metz

    Jay Metz of Latham & Watkins LLP's benefits practice helped guide Airbnb through an approximately $3.5 billion initial public offering — widely reported to be 2020's biggest — and acquisitions of Slack and Xilinx each for tens of billions of dollars, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2021 Benefits MVPs.

  • September 20, 2021

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jane M. Love, Ph.D.

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Jane Love, Ph.D., helped Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. beat a challenge to its blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya in a Delaware federal court case, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • September 20, 2021

    MVP: Foley Hoag's Clara Brillembourg

    Clara Brillembourg of Foley Hoag LLP helped lead a legal team that won a $4 billion victory for Uruguay in a dispute with a foreign investor over the development of the largest mine in the country's history, securing her place among Law360's 2021 International Arbitration MVPs.