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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, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Jones Day's David G. Heiman

    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.

  • December 11, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Stroock's Kris Hansen

    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.

  • December 10, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Willkie Farr's Matthew Feldman

    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.

  • December 09, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Kramer Levin's Kenneth Eckstein

    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.

  • December 08, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: O'Melveny's George Davis

    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.

  • December 05, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Richard Cooper

    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.

  • 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 05, 2013

    Bankruptcy MVP: Chadbourne & Parke's Howard Seife

    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.

  • December 04, 2013

    Bankruptcy MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Gary Lee

    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.

  • December 03, 2013

    Bankruptcy MVP: Weil Gotshal's Stephen Karotkin

    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.

  • December 02, 2013

    Bankruptcy MVP: Skadden's Jay Goffman

    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.

  • November 27, 2013

    Bankruptcy MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Andrew Dietderich

    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.

  • November 26, 2013

    Bankruptcy MVP: Jones Day's Bruce Bennett

    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.

  • 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 06, 2012

    Bankruptcy MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Susheel Kirpalani

    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.

  • December 05, 2012

    Bankruptcy MVP: Kasowitz's David Friedman

    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.

  • December 04, 2012

    Bankruptcy MVP: Cadwalader's George Davis

    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.

  • December 03, 2012

    Bankruptcy MVP: Dechert's Allan Brilliant

    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.

  • November 30, 2012

    Bankruptcy MVP: Kirkland's Paul Basta

    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.

  • November 30, 2012

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 52 Firms

    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.

  • December 05, 2011

    Bankruptcy MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Lisa Schweitzer

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partner Lisa Schweitzer played a key role this summer in orchestrating bankrupt Nortel Networks Inc.'s massive and creative $4.5 billion sale of its patent portfolio — the largest such sale ever — landing her a spot among Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 02, 2011

    Bankruptcy MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Anup Sathy

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Anup Sathy was one of the lead attorneys representing nearly 400 General Growth Properties Inc. affiliates in their monumental and novel restructuring, laying the groundwork for similar special purpose entities and landing him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 01, 2011

    Bankruptcy MVP: Skadden's Jay Goffman

    Despite being the creator of the now-frequent prepackaged bankruptcy in the early 1990s, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Jay M. Goffman has not slowed down his practice. And the past year was a bumper crop that saw the prepack make its way to Australia and Goffman stare down Carl Icahn, landing him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • November 30, 2011

    Bankruptcy MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Andrew Dietderich

    In the middle of the largest real estate bankruptcy in U.S. history, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Andy Dietderich helped General Growth Properties Inc.'s largest shareholder mount a takeover defense from a lowball bid from rival mall operator Simon Property Group Inc., earning him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

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