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November 21, 2018
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2018 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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December 18, 2017
Jones Day’s Heather Lennox led the charge this year to restructure the world’s largest private sector coal company, saving it from liquidation and earning her a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 15, 2017
Proskauer Rose LLP’s Martin J. Bienenstock has handled several high-profile corporate bankruptcies this year, including the $25 billion Caesars Entertainment case, but he’s also breaking new ground for the bankruptcy bar by representing the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico in the island’s $125 billion restructuring, earning him a spot among Law360's 2017 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Nicole Greenblatt successfully guided the reorganization of shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource Inc. this summer in a case that gave struggling brick-and-mortar operations hope for survival in an increasingly precarious industry, earning her a spot on Law360’s list of Bankruptcy MVPs for 2017.
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December 13, 2017
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Matt Barr led efforts to bridge the debtor-creditor divide across some of the year’s biggest bankruptcy cases, from working for unsecured creditors in SunEdison’s massive Chapter 11 to guiding global investment holding company China Fishery Group’s $2 billion debt restructuring, netting him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
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.
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December 11, 2017
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.
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December 08, 2017
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.
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December 08, 2017
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.
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December 16, 2016
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.
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December 15, 2016
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.
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December 14, 2016
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.
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December 13, 2016
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.
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December 12, 2016
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.
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November 22, 2016
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.
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December 14, 2015
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.
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December 11, 2015
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.
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December 10, 2015
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.
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December 09, 2015
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.
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December 08, 2015
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.
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December 07, 2015
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.
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December 04, 2015
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.
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December 03, 2015
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.
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December 02, 2015
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.
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December 01, 2015
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.