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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 08, 2015

    Project Finance MVP: Norton Rose Fulbright's Michael Pikiel

    Heading Norton Rose Fulbright's infrastructure, mining and commodities practice, Michael E. Pikiel Jr. has represented clients this past year in an $850 million Dallas toll road project and other groundbreaking undertakings, earning himself a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 07, 2015

    Project Finance MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Chantal Kordula

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partner Chantal Kordula secured more than $5 billion in financing to advance an international airport and a gas pipeline in the past year, earning her a place among Law360’s Project Finance MVPs for 2015.

  • December 04, 2015

    Project Finance MVP: Chadbourne & Parke's Rohit Chaudhry

    After leading a team that helped arrange nearly $8 billion in financing for the Freeport natural gas liquefaction facility — what he called the most complex deal of his career — and helping execute transactions for numerous energy projects, Chadbourne & Parke LLP’s Rohit Chaudhry earned a spot among Law360’s Project Finance MVPs for 2015.

  • December 03, 2015

    Project Finance MVP: Andrews Kurth's Giji John

    With a reputation for handling groundbreaking energy project finance matters, Andrews Kurth LLP partner Giji John continued to help his clients navigate a variety of major deals last year, securing himself a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.

  • 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 22, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: Skadden's Paul Kraske

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP energy and infrastructure projects partner Paul Kraske guided renewable-energy companies in securing more than $700 million to fund solar energy projects in Chile, taking advantage of the South American country's abundant solar power resources, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 19, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: Shearman's Cynthia Urda Kassis

    Seasoned dealmaker Cynthia Urda Kassis embraced improved lending conditions to advise multibillion-dollar mining projects across the Americas in 2014, while also adding to her resume several lucrative deals emerging from a robust energy sector, earning the Shearman & Sterling LLP partner a spot on Law360’s Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 18, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: Nossaman's Patrick Harder

    Between leading the charge on a $2.3 billion highway reconstruction project in Florida and spearheading a deal to use a public-private partnership to fund a massive expansion project at the University of California's Merced campus, Nossaman LLP's Patrick Harder had himself a fruitful 2014, landing him on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 17, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: Mayer Brown's Christopher Erckert

    Mayer Brown LLP partner Christopher Erckert helped put together three highly complex infrastructure deals in 2014 in Peru and Mexico, collectively worth over $1.7 billion, establishing himself once more as the go-to Latin America lawyer and earning a place on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 16, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: DLA Piper's Gianluca Bacchiocchi

    DLA Piper partner Gianluca Bacchiocchi has built a career crafting first-of-their-kind financings from diverse lender groups for landmark projects in Latin America, including the $5 billion Lima Metro Line 2 project in Peru, earning him a spot among Law360’s Project Finance MVPs for 2014.

  • December 15, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: Orrick Herrington's Pascal Agboyibor

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Pascal Agboyibor is a go-to adviser to several African nations and corporations that tap his expertise to helm many of the area's most significant power and mining projects, landing Agboyibor a spot on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs for the second year in a row.

  • November 18, 2014

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 78 Firms

    Beginning this week, Law360 will profile 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 06, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Akin Gump's Adam Umanoff

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner Adam Umanoff has spent his career shaping the world's renewable energy landscape, including helping SunPower develop, build and sell its 580 megawatt solar project spanning two California counties, earning him a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs for 2013.

  • December 05, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Ben Shorten

    With more than 14 years of experience in the world of financial advising, Shearman & Sterling LLP's Ben Shorten definitely knows how to get deals done — but the leadership he showed on this year's historic $20 billion Sadara petrochemical plant upped the ante, landing Shorten on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 04, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Chadbourne & Parke's Agnieszka Klich

    With a dizzying array of deals all over the world, Agnieszka Klich, a partner at Chadbourne & Parke LLP's London office, is a global regulatory Sherpa for energy developers, earning her a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 03, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Milbank's Phillip Fletcher

    Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP partner Phillip Fletcher tapped into more than two decades of experience to nail down financing from diverse lender groups in support of multiple landmark projects, including a $20 billion petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia, earning him a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 02, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Shearman's Nicholas Buckworth

    Shearman & Sterling LLP's Nicholas Buckworth has spent the last 12 months — and much of his career — on the cutting edge of project finance for energy deals around the world, breaking new ground in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and earning himself a spot on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • November 27, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Nossaman's Corey Boock

    Nossaman LLP partner Corey A. Boock helped the state of Indiana close a bond issuance for an $800 million project to build a bridge across the Ohio River — the largest financing project of its kind — earning him a spot on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • November 26, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Orrick Herrington's Pascal Agboyibor

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Pascal Agboyibor helps governments, multilaterals and private companies finance infrastructure projects that will drive growth in Africa, including the construction of the world's largest hydroelectric plant, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • November 08, 2013

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 58 Firms

    Beginning this week, Law360 will profile the elite law firm partners whose exemplary work on critical litigation, mammoth deals and first-of-their-kind global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.

  • December 20, 2012

    Project Finance MVP: Gibson Dunn's Tomer Pinkusiewicz

    In 2012, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP project bonds ace Tomer Pinkusiewicz harnessed a number of important trends — green energy, stronger Latin American economies, the capital markets' growing appetite for construction risk — to push groundbreaking project financings across the finish line, earning him a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 19, 2012

    Project Finance MVP: Orrick's Carl Lyon

    Orrick's Carl Lyon engineered creative financing structures to help the Tennessee Valley Authority avoid a debt crunch and a Texas electric cooperative simplify a tedious lien process, all while continuing intense behind-the-scenes negotiations to finance the first new nuclear plant in the U.S. in 30 years, a resume that earned him a nod as one of Law360's Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 18, 2012

    Project Finance MVP: Hogan Lovells' Keith Larson

    Hogan Lovells project finance partner Keith Larson spent his year nailing down several major financing plans for Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company, keeping Petroleos de Venezuela SA relevant and growing as oil stays hot and liquefied natural gas booms, landing him a place among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.

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