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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.
  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Stroock's Julia Strickland

    Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP’s Julia B. Strickland has had a busy year both as an ace litigator who delivered courtroom victories for JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and others and as an expert counselor who steered clients through turbulent regulatory waters, securing her a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.

  • December 12, 2017

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's Howard Cayne

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP’s Howard Cayne has scored several wins representing the Federal Housing Finance Agency before state and federal courts in the past year, including defeating attempts by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders to declare the agency unconstitutional, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.

  • December 11, 2017

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Brad Karp

    Working as chairman of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP isn’t enough for Brad S. Karp. The lawyer has found time the past year to help Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Deutsche Bank AG and other financial titans negotiate settlements and fend off lawsuits with billions of dollars on the line, making him one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.

  • December 08, 2017

    The Law Firms Of The 2017 MVPs

    Law360's MVP award goes to attorneys who have distinguished themselves from their peers in litigation, deals and other complex matters. Find the MVPs at your firm here.

  • December 08, 2017

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 78 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2017 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • December 07, 2016

    Banking MVP: Debevoise's Gregory Lyons

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Gregory Lyons helped a wide variety of banks, nonbank firms and trade groups navigate the choppy global regulatory and transactional waters over the course of the last year, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Banking MVPs for 2016.

  • December 06, 2016

    Banking MVP: Mayer Brown's Matthew Ingber

    Following the financial crisis, Mayer Brown LLP partner Matthew Ingber helped devise a way to settle large numbers of claims brought by investors over alleged misrepresentations regarding residential mortgage-backed securities, a blueprint that recently led to a significant settlement and helped land him among Law360’s 2016 Banking MVPs.

  • December 05, 2016

    Banking MVP: Davis Polk's Luigi De Ghenghi

    Among the biggest questions hanging over the post-financial crisis regulatory landscape was how a nonbank firm deemed systemically important could escape enhanced regulation, and it was no surprise that Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Luigi De Ghenghi helped find that answer, earning him a spot among Law360’s Banking MVPs for 2016.

  • December 02, 2016

    Banking MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Andrew Gerlach

    In the past year, Sullivan & Cromwell partner Andrew Gerlach has had a hand in finalizing three of the largest bank acquisitions since the financial crisis, including the long-delayed $3.7 billion sale of Hudson City Bancorp to M&T Bank Corp., earning him a spot among Law360's banking MVPs.

  • November 23, 2016

    Banking MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mitchell Eitel

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Mitchell S. Eitel has for years been one of the banking bar’s preeminent voices, and his work guiding several banks and other financial institutions through a series of complex transactions and thorny regulatory issues earned him a spot among Law360’s Banking MVPs for 2016.

  • November 22, 2016

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360’s 2016 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals. Here is a list of this year's Law360 MVPs.

  • December 04, 2015

    Banking MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert Giuffra Jr.

    Last August, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Robert Giuffra Jr. won a crucial victory for the New York State Banker's Association that will help banks nationwide, getting New York's Responsible Banking Act declared unconstitutional and earning a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs.

  • December 03, 2015

    Banking MVP: Simpson Thacher's David Woll

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's David Woll persuaded New York's highest court to shut down a $330 million contract suit over residential mortgage-backed securities in a decision that had dozens of banks breathing a sigh of relief — and reducing their litigation reserves — landing him among Law360's 2015 MVPs.

  • December 02, 2015

    Banking MVP: Mayer Brown's Matthew Ingber

    Mayer Brown LLP partner Matthew Ingber helped establish a template for courts to approve settlements in private residential mortgage-backed securities litigation by working on the largest settlement of that kind, and a New York state appeals court greenlighted an $8.5 billion deal earlier this year, earning Ingber a spot on Law360's list of banking MVPs for 2015.

  • December 01, 2015

    Banking MVP: Arnold & Porter's Howard Cayne

    Arnold & Porter's Howard Cayne has won a string of federal appellate rulings finding that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac aren't liable for state and local real estate transfer taxes, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs for 2015.

  • November 06, 2015

    Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own

    Five exceptional attorneys stand out from the pack by being selected for the Law360 MVP distinction for five straight years.

  • November 06, 2015

    5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins

    Five elite law firms have racked up more than 20 Law360 MVP wins each over the past five years, outshining their competitors with their accomplishments in complex litigation and transactions.

  • November 06, 2015

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms

    This week, Law360 will begin profiling those elite attorneys whose successes in high-stakes litigation, record-breaking deals and complex global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.

  • December 23, 2014

    Banking MVP: Simpson Thacher's David Woll

    David Woll of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has guided client Deutsche Bank AG past three separate residential mortgage-backed securities cases over the past year, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of banking MVPs.

  • December 19, 2014

    Banking MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Barney Reynolds

    Shearman & Sterling LLP partner Barney Reynolds used his regulatory acumen to earn a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs, whether it was shepherding IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc.'s $11 billion purchase of NYSE Euronext Inc. or pursuing a novel creditor bail-in of U.K. bank Co-operative Bank PLC.

  • December 18, 2014

    Banking MVP: Mayer Brown's Matthew Ingber

    Mayer Brown LLP partner Matthew Ingber spent much of the last year helping establish a template for courts to approve settlements in private residential mortgage-backed securities litigation by working on the largest settlement of that kind, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs.

  • December 17, 2014

    Banking MVP: Davis Polk's Margaret Tahyar

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s Margaret Tahyar guided multiple banks such as Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. through the regulatory changes that began to take effect in 2014, coaching them through the living will process and preparing them for the Volcker Rule to earn herself a spot as one of Law360’s Banking MVPs.

  • December 16, 2014

    Banking MVP: Venable's Greg Cross

    Venable LLP partner Greg Cross' efforts to carve out a significant niche involving the rights and obligations of financial services companies and other participants in securitized debt structure deals, work Cross adds to an already bustling practice, has earned him a place on Law360’s list of Banking MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Banking MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Derek Bush

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partner Derek M. Bush in the past year has played a key role in putting together the largest initial public offering in history for a U.S. retail bank, winning him a place among Law360’s Banking MVPs.

  • December 12, 2014

    Banking MVP: Weil Gotshal's Morgan Bale

    Morgan Bale of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has guided some of the world's most prestigious financial institutions in the bankrolling of more than $30 billion in mergers and acquisitions deals this year alone, placing him squarely ahead of the pack and earning him a spot on Law360's 2014 list of Banking MVPs.