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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 18, 2013

    Competition MVP: Weil Gotshal's Steven Newborn

    Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP’s January acquisition of Copano Energy LLC was the $5 billion prelude to a gangbusters year for Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s antitrust practice and its head Steven Newborn, whose shrewd stewardship earned him a spot among Law360’s 2013 Competition MVPs.

  • December 17, 2013

    Competition MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Mark Kovner

    The antitrust and competition practice at Kirkland & Ellis LLP had a hand in nearly 12 percent of all the transactions reported to federal antitrust agencies in the past year, and as a senior member, partner Mark Kovner was involved in several of the year's most prominent cases, earning him a spot among Law360's 2013 Competition MVPs.

  • December 16, 2013

    Competition MVP: White & Case's J. Mark Gidley

    White & Case LLP's J. Mark Gidley employed aggressive litigation strategies to clear Toshiba Corp. from a potential $2.3 billion penalty for alleged price-fixing on liquid crystal display panels, accounting for just one of the numerous high-profile wins that landed him on Law360's 2013 list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 13, 2013

    Competition MVP: Dechert's Paul Denis

    The turbulent $17 billion megamerger of US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines Inc. parent AMR Corp. was just one of the deals that overcame challenges from antitrust regulators during the past year with the help of Dechert LLP's Paul Denis, landing him among Law360's 2013 Competition MVPs.

  • December 12, 2013

    Competition MVP: White & Case's Christopher Curran

    Fighting against claims that Toshiba Corp. took part in a liquid crystal display cartel, White & Case LLP partner Christopher Curran helped exonerate the company in a case brought by Best Buy Co., just one of the recent successes that helped land him among Law360's Competition MVPs.

  • December 11, 2013

    Competition MVP: Davis Polk's Arthur Burke

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Arthur J. Burke helped Bank of America Corp. fight off a substantial chunk of the claims in multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy to rig the London Interbank Offered Rate and advised Comcast Corp. on a $3.6 billion deal with Verizon Communications Inc., landing a spot on Law360's list of Competition 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 18, 2012

    Competition MVP: Robins Kaplan's K. Craig Wildfang

    As co-lead counsel for a class of about 7 million merchants, Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi LLP's K. Craig Wildfang negotiated a proposed $7.25 billion settlement to resolve litigation over Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc.'s alleged collusion on interchange fees, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 17, 2012

    Competition MVP: Lee Van Voorhis

    Baker & McKenzie LLP's Lee Van Voorhis convinced the Eleventh Circuit to allow Georgia hospital Phoebe Putney Health System Inc. to merge with its only nearby rival despite a challenge from the Federal Trade Commission, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    Competition MVP: Munger Tolles' Glenn Pomerantz

    In one year Munger Tolles & Olson LLP's Glenn Pomerantz went from helping the federal government block AT&T Inc. from merging with T-Mobile USA Inc. to convincing regulators to clear Universal Music Group's tie-up with EMI Group, landing him on Law360’s list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    Competition MVP: O'Melveny's Kenneth Nissly

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP litigator Kenneth Nissly landed a jury verdict in favor of semiconductor manufacturer SK Hynix Inc., saving it from a potential $12 billion damages award in a conspiracy case brought by a rival and earning him a spot on Law360’s Competition MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Competition MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Stephen Neuwirth

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Stephen Neuwirth has been on the front line of high-stakes antitrust litigation, recently securing class certification in multidistrict litigation against several railroad companies accused of price-fixing, landing him on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Competition MVP: White & Case's Eric Grannon

    For seven years, White & Case LLP's Eric Grannon has been in the vanguard of so-called pay-for-delay litigation with federal regulators, persuading the Eleventh Circuit in April to uphold settlements with generic-drug makers that protect Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s testosterone-replacement drug AndroGel, earning him a place on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 10, 2012

    Competition MVP: Dechert's Paul Denis

    Paul Denis of Dechert LLP had a banner year in 2012, when he helped Medco Health Solutions Inc. secure clearance from antitrust regulators in its hotly contested $29 billion merger with Express Scripts Inc., the largest transaction of the year, making Denis one of Law360's Competition MVPs.

  • December 07, 2012

    Competition MVP: Skadden's Cliff Aronson

    From defending Express Scripts Inc.'s blockbuster acquisition of a rival pharmacy benefits company to representing HarperCollins Publishers LLC as it faced government price-fixing allegations, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Cliff Aronson has had a standout year that has earned him a spot among Law360's Competition 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 07, 2011

    Antitrust MVP: Skadden's Steven Sunshine

    Challenging AT&T Inc.'s $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. and defending Southwest Airlines Co.'s $1.4 billion purchase of AirTran Holdings Inc. are just two of the many accomplishments that make Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Steven Sunshine one of Law360's Antitrust MVPs.

  • December 06, 2011

    Antitrust MVP: O'Melveny & Myers' Ian Simmons

    With the statutory language stacked against him and the possibility of defeat looming for his client Asiana Airlines Inc. in an appeal of price-fixing multidistrict litigation, Ian Simmons of O'Melveny & Myers LLP first got creative and then got state claims tossed from the putative class action, guaranteeing him a spot on Law360's list of Antitrust MVPs.

  • December 05, 2011

    Antitrust MVP: Gibson Dunn's Joel Sanders

    Joel Sanders of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has helped Micron Technology Inc. dramatically reduce its potential exposure in a price-fixing case and secured the dismissal of a complex case against shipper Matson Navigation Co., earning him a spot on Law360's list of Antitrust MVPs.

  • December 02, 2011

    Antitrust MVP: Latham & Watkins' Alfred Pfeiffer Jr.

    Alfred Pfeiffer Jr. of Latham & Watkins LLP secured a major victory for Lundbeck Inc. when the Eighth Circuit upheld a ruling that found the Federal Trade Commission fell short of showing that the pharmaceutical firm was monopolizing the market on drugs used to treat heart defects in premature babies, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Antitrust MVPs.

  • December 01, 2011

    Antitrust MVPs: White & Case's Milne & Pace

    Between winning the dismissal of Fair Isaac Corp.'s trademark and competition suit against Experian Information Solutions Inc. and leading Saudi Arabia's national oil company out of the latest antitrust class action targeting OPEC, White & Case LLP's Robert Milne and Jack Pace have proved themselves a formidable team worthy of a spot on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.

  • November 30, 2011

    Antitrust MVP: Axinn Veltrop's John Harkrider

    When Google Inc. eyed flight search software company ITA Software Inc. with a market-changing idea for refined results to generic travel queries, it enlisted the expertise of Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP name partner John Harkrider, who successfully steered Google past a barrage of opposition to close the $700 million deal, landing him a place on Law360's list of Antitrust MVPs.

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