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October 21, 2020
Alexis S. Gilroy of Jones Day helped virtual diabetes clinic Onduo build out its telehealth offerings across the U.S., earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Health Care MVPs.
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October 21, 2020
Wiley Rein LLP's Kathy Kirby took the lead on two major broadcast mergers worth collectively over $7 billion and helped negotiate a compliance program for broadcast stations that fell behind on political advertising reporting requirements, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Telecommunications MVPs.
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October 21, 2020
Brian M. Resnick led a Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP team that advised Dean Foods Co., one of the largest milk producers in the U.S., through its Chapter 11 process, during which it sold its assets to several buyers including the Dairy Farmers of America despite the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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October 21, 2020
David Henkin of Earthjustice scored a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in a long-running Clean Water Act case that ensures polluters aren't handed a giant loophole to get around the law, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Environmental MVPs.
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October 21, 2020
Eric Solovy of Sidley Austin LLP successfully represented clients including Qatar and the European aerospace manufacturer Airbus in cases before the World Trade Organization, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 International Trade MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
Richard I. Ansbacher of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's asset management practice guided record-breaking closings for Permira's €11 billion seventh buyout fund, Dyal Capital Partners' $9 billion Fund IV and BlackRock's $5.1 billion GEPIF III fund, making him one of Law360's 2020 Fund Formation MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
Christine Sohar Henter of Barnes & Thornburg LLP's international trade practice led U.S. tilemakers to victory in placing tariffs on $480 million worth of unfairly traded imports, saved a small business from bankruptcy, and participated in the firm's ongoing monitoring of Chinese tech giant ZTE Corp., earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 International Trade MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
Mark Johnson of Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC helped a nursing home management company secure a big win in a dispute with a California health regulator involving tens of millions of dollars in withheld reimbursements, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Health Care MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
Crowell & Moring LLP partner Gabriel M. Ramsey guided Microsoft through a massive global effort to disrupt a network of millions of computers infected with malicious software and has helped the tech giant seize control of fraudulent websites used by suspected nation-state hackers to steal personal data, making him one of Law360's 2020 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
Over the past year, Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Pantelis Michalopoulos helped Dish Network lock down a massive pact to be the next major wireless carrier as part of the blockbuster Sprint/T-Mobile merger, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Telecommunications MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
Ann D. Navaro is co-leading a Bracewell LLP team that persuaded a federal judge to reject multiple efforts by cities, counties and others to halt construction on a major natural gas pipeline project in West Texas, landing her among Law360's 2020 Environmental MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
In just 18 months, Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Mike De Vries and Adam Alper scored nearly $1.3 billion in verdicts and public settlements across three cases, including a key win on behalf of Motorola Solutions in a trade secret row with competitor Hytera, landing them among Law360's 2020 Trial MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
Paul H. Zumbro of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's bankruptcy practice steered California electric utility PG&E's $50 billion Chapter 11 bankruptcy and related wildfire settlements, as well as the contentious bankruptcy of the Weinstein Co., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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October 19, 2020
Beveridge & Diamond PC's Jimmy Slaughter defended a landfill owner against hundreds of millions of dollars in fees desired by Los Angeles County and helped a waste-to-energy company sink Baltimore's attempt to clamp down on air emissions, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Environmental MVPs.
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October 19, 2020
Irell & Manella LLP's Lisa Glasser and Jason Sheasby secured three nine-figure patent verdicts for their financial services and tech clients in the past year, making the duo Law360 Trials MVPs for 2020.
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October 19, 2020
BakerHostetler's Casie D. Collignon helped set precedent that could let data breach defendants steer future litigation to friendlier venues when she won dismissal of a lawsuit stemming from a cyberattack at a shareholder communications company, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy MVPs.
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October 19, 2020
Maura Kathleen Monaghan of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP represented former directors and shareholders of Purdue Pharma in nationwide litigation over the prescription opioid crisis, securing her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Health Care MVPs.
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October 19, 2020
DLA Piper's Edward "Smitty" Smith steered public interest elements of the blockbuster merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, helping the telecom giants formulate mobile plans and other initiatives to reach communities in need and earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Telecommunications MVPs.
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October 19, 2020
Lisa Schweitzer is helping Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP guide Latin America's largest airline through a multimillion-dollar bankruptcy brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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October 19, 2020
Liza Lenas of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's fund formation practice represented KKR in the formation of its $1.3 billion inaugural social impact fund and a then-unit of TPG on a $2.2 billion technology fund, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Fund Formation MVPs.
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October 19, 2020
Arnold & Porter's J. David Park helped free major South Korean steel producers from anti-dumping tariffs and led the team that won the first-ever appeal of duties issued under a 2015 law empowering the U.S. to address market distortions in certain trade investigations, securing his spot as one of Law360's 2020 International Trade MVPs.
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October 16, 2020
Dan Petrocelli of O'Melveny & Myers LLP led the team representing Twentieth Century Fox in litigation against Netflix over the streaming giant's "brazen campaign" to recruit Fox executives, and won the dismissal of all claims in half-billion-dollar multidistrict litigation against renowned boxer Manny Pacquiao, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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October 16, 2020
Joel Telpner of Sullivan & Worcester LLP's fintech practice is steering the development of the world's first sovereign digital currency and advising a novel blockchain platform that allows users to monetize, borrow and lend cryptocurrency assets, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Fintech MVPs.
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October 16, 2020
Jeffrey Kessler of Winston & Strawn LLP continued battering down the legal ramparts of the NCAA's "amateurism" rules with a major victory in the Ninth Circuit this year, while helping the NFL, MLB and NBA player unions navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, securing his spot as one of Law360's 2020 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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October 16, 2020
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Steven Holley helped Fiat Chrysler defeat a bombshell racketeering lawsuit from rival automaker General Motors and navigate antitrust concerns in connection with its $50 billion merger with French automaker PSA Groupe, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Transportation MVPs.