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November 06, 2015
Five exceptional attorneys stand out from the pack by being selected for the Law360 MVP distinction for five straight years.
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November 06, 2015
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.
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November 06, 2015
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.
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December 16, 2014
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.
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December 15, 2014
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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December 12, 2014
Jones Day partner David G. Heiman spent 2014 as the lead counsel for the city of Detroit in its historic bankruptcy case, driving it to a restructuring plan to cut $7 billion in debt and invest $1.7 billion into the city’s future, and earning himself a berth among this year’s Law360 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 11, 2014
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP partner Kristopher Hansen has skillfully served clients on both sides of the restructuring aisle, from senior lenders aiming to restructure Caesars Entertainment Corp.'s debt-laden operating arm to debtor Trump Entertainment Resorts seeking salvation in Chapter 11, earning him a place on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 10, 2014
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s Matthew Feldman helped private equity-owned Momentive Performance Materials Inc. secure court approval for its plan to exit bankruptcy $3 billion lighter in debt, a hotly debated, blockbuster ruling that earns him a spot among Law360’s list of Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 09, 2014
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP's restructuring pros can be found working many high-profile bankruptcies, and co-head Kenneth Eckstein's work leading the 45-lawyer group and piloting Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. out of its $1.4 billion bankruptcy this year have earned him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 08, 2014
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's George Davis has recently secured victories ranging from a harmonious prepack for Entegra Power Group LLC that wiped out almost half of its $1.5 billion in debt to a win in a rancorous $570 million lease-rejection dispute in the bankruptcy of Dynegy, making him one of Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs for 2014.
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December 05, 2014
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Richard Cooper has had a whirlwind year flying back and forth to Latin America for a slew of cross-border restructuring deals, drafting new laws in Puerto Rico and introducing Brazil to debtor-in-possession financing, earning himself a spot on Law360's 2014 list of bankruptcy MVPs.
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November 18, 2014
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.
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December 05, 2013
For ten months, Chadbourne & Parke LLP’s Howard Seife oversaw the enormous investigation and subsequent report on Ally Financial Inc.’s potential liability with respect to Residential Capital LLC’s bankruptcy, an undertaking that helped score him a spot among Law360's 2013 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 04, 2013
Gary Lee of Morrison & Foerster LLP has had a knockout year representing bankrupt financial services firms, guiding mortgage giant Residential Capital LLC through one of the most complex bankruptcy proceedings in the past year and earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 2013 bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 03, 2013
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Stephen Karotkin helped steer American Airlines through the conclusion of its historic bankruptcy this year, achieving the near-impossible feat of securing a recovery for stockholders while also managing to clear its massive midbankruptcy merger with US Airways past antitrust headwinds, earning him a spot among Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 02, 2013
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Jay Goffman orchestrated a prepackaged restructuring of international vodka giant Central European Distribution Corp. and helped AMR Corp. creditors pilot American Airlines toward an $11 billion merger with US Airways Group Inc., earning him a place as one of Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.
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November 27, 2013
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Andrew Dietderich helped reshape the flagging film company Eastman Kodak Co. into a viable business, a massive global restructuring that earned him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs for 2013.
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November 26, 2013
Jones Day's Bruce Bennett took the reins in the city of Detroit's historic restructuring and helped bring MF Global Holdings Ltd.'s Chapter 11 case to a successful conclusion, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs for 2013.
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November 08, 2013
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.
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December 06, 2012
Susheel Kirpalani of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP boldly accused Dynegy Holdings LLC of orchestrating a fraudulent transfer of company assets in his examiner’s report on Dynegy’s controversial Chapter 11, a move that helped restore the claims of company creditors and earned Kirpalani a spot among Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 05, 2012
Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP’s David Friedman earned a place among Law360's 2012 Bankruptcy MVPs by tackling some of the year's toughest bankruptcy cases, overseeing the liquidation of Borders Book Group and extracting a $40 million bankruptcy malpractice settlement related to Adelphia Communications Corp.
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December 04, 2012
In seeking to get a fair shake for his noteholder clients in the Dynegy Holdings LLC restructuring, George Davis of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP pulled out all the stops, filing an outside suit, pushing for an examiner and negotiating a revised plan, earning him a spot on Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 03, 2012
Dechert LLP restructuring practice co-chairman Allan Brilliant earned wins this year for creditor clients who asserted competing reorganization plans and for noteholders in a closely watched cross-border bankruptcy, proving himself a go-to expert for creditor advocacy and grabbing a spot on Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.
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November 30, 2012
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Paul Basta had a banner year in 2012, successfully bringing warring parties to the bargaining table in out-of-court restructurings and helping The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc. navigate a rocky Chapter 11 case, earning him a spot among Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.
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November 30, 2012
Over the next several weeks, Law360 will profile the winners of this year's MVP awards honoring attorneys whose achievements in major litigation or transactions have set a new standard for accomplishment in corporate law.