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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 12, 2017

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Andy Dietderich

    Among his key contributions in large restructuring cases over the past year, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Andy Dietderich was instrumental in putting together a complex deal that allowed renewable energy giant SunEdison Inc. to confirm a Chapter 11 plan, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2017 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 11, 2017

    MVP: Skadden's Jay Goffman

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Jay Goffman shepherded SunEdison through an enormously complicated bankruptcy and completed a six-day billion-dollar prepack for a foreign vodka company this year, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs for 2017.

  • 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 16, 2016

    Bankruptcy MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Edward Sassower

    For taking an innovative approach to help fragile oil and gas drilling companies shed debt quickly and advancing the complex restructuring of Energy Future Holdings Corp. while the value of its assets fluctuated wildly, Edward Sassower of Kirkland & Ellis LLP earned his spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 15, 2016

    Bankruptcy MVP: Weil Gotshal's Gary Holtzer

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Gary Holtzer represented debtors and creditors alike in some of the biggest bankruptcies of 2016, including multiple billion-dollar oil and gas industry restructurings, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 14, 2016

    Bankruptcy MVP: BakerHostetler's Elizabeth A. Green

    BakerHostetler’s Elizabeth Green took the lead on several large Chapter 11 cases in the energy and health care industries in 2016, securing three plan confirmations and freeing Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC from more than $700 million in offshore oil platform decommissioning obligations, making her one of Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs for 2016.

  • December 13, 2016

    Bankruptcy MVP: Skadden's Jay Goffman

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s partner Jay Goffman continues to be a go-to attorney for some of the biggest restructuring efforts in the world, and his work this year for Russian Standard Bank and SunEdison, among many others, has landed him among Law360’s 2016 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 12, 2016

    Bankruptcy MVP: Ropes & Gray's Gregg Galardi

    The Gawker Media bankruptcy saga dominated the news this year, putting lead Gawker counsel Gregg Galardi of Ropes & Gray LLP in the center of the action and among Law360's 2016 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • 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 14, 2015

    Bankruptcy MVP: Weil's Ray Schrock

    Weil partner Ray Schrock's assistance in guiding the A&P grocery chain to a job-saving asset sale and his work in helping obtain a $300 million emergency boost for foreign exchange trader FXCM Inc. showed his skill in aiding both clients battling long-term headwinds, and those dealing with the unexpected, and landed him on Law360's list of 2015 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 11, 2015

    Bankruptcy MVP: Kramer Levin's Amy Caton

    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP’s Amy Caton has spent the last year guiding big-time bondholders through the shoals and reefs of Puerto Rico’s ongoing debt crisis. Even as she waits to see where the Supreme Court lands on the territory’s shelved restructuring strategy, Caton can bask in the glow of an innovative bond-exchange deal that helped make her one of Law360’s 2015 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 10, 2015

    Bankruptcy MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Stephen Hessler

    Over the past year, Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Stephen Hessler has been at the forefront of one of the largest and most complex bankruptcy filings in U.S. history, helping to steer the Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings Inc. through a plan to resolve its Texas-sized debt load and earning his spot as one of Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs for 2015.

  • December 09, 2015

    Bankruptcy MVP: Jones Day's Scott Greenberg

    Scott Greenberg of Jones Day led embattled telecommunications firm NII Holdings Inc. through a bruising restructuring process, ultimately winning approval of a reorganization plan — over the fierce objections of bondholders — designed to slash $4.35 billion in debt and propel the company out of Chapter 11, earning him a spot on Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 08, 2015

    Bankruptcy MVP: Jones Day's Gregory M. Gordon

    Over the past year, Jones Day’s Gregory M. Gordon steered two of the most difficult Chapter 11 cases in the Delaware bankruptcy court, RadioShack and Specialty Products Holding Corp., to successful plan confirmations and merited a spot among Law360’s 2015 bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 07, 2015

    Bankruptcy MVP: Jenner & Block's Catherine Steege

    Jenner & Block LLP attorney Catherine Steege delivered the winning argument for client Wellness International in one of the most important bankruptcy cases the U.S. Supreme Court heard this year, resolving a question over bankruptcy court jurisdiction and earning her a spot on Law360's 2015 list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 04, 2015

    Bankruptcy MVP: Hughes Hubbard's James Giddens

    Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP's James Giddens has helped former customers of defunct Lehman Brothers and MF Global recoup their money and secured billions for other creditors of the collapsed brokerage firms, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 03, 2015

    Bankruptcy MVP: BakerHostetler's David Sheehan

    After Bernie Madoff destroyed billions of dollars' worth of invested wealth, BakerHostetler's David Sheehan was the lawyer tapped to help Irving Picard pick up the pieces. Years after he began, the Law360 Bankruptcy MVP isn't slowing down — in fact, he's gearing up to fight some of his biggest targets.

  • December 02, 2015

    Bankruptcy MVP: Debevoise's M. Natasha Labovitz

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner M. Natasha Labovitz's work in guiding security screening firm Altegrity Inc. to a crisis-driven restructuring of $1.8 billion in debt and her ongoing efforts on behalf of American Apparel Inc. secured creditor Standard General LP have earned her a spot on Law360's 2015 list of bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 01, 2015

    Bankruptcy MVP: Gibson Dunn's Matt Williams

    Gibson Dunn's Matt J. Williams played a key role in two of the biggest bankruptcy decisions of the year and led the teams that achieved major victories in proceedings against Puerto Rico and GM’s bankruptcy estate, making him one of Law360’s Bankruptcy MVPs of 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 16, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Jenner & Block's Catherine Steege

    Jenner & Block LLP’s Cathy Steege has had a whirlwind year holding accountable the directors of a bankrupt Illinois casino, protecting the benefits of nearly 50,000 American Airlines Corp. retirees and preparing to take on the case of a lifetime before the Supreme Court, earning her a spot among Law360’s Bankruptcy MVPs of the Year.

  • December 15, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Morrison & Foerster LLP's Brett Miller

    Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Brett Miller’s roles as lead counsel of the official committee of unsecured creditors for Energy Future Holdings Corp. and its debtor affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases and head of the team representing the Chapter 11 trustee in MF Global Holdings Ltd. have earned him a spot among this year's Law360 Bankruptcy MVPs.

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