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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.
  • November 27, 2013

    Energy MVP: Akin Gump's John Goodgame

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's John Goodgame helped shepherd Crestwood Midstream Partners LP through a complex $7 billion merger with Inergy Midstream LP that created a major shale market player, marking just one of several high-value transactions that landed Goodgame on Law360's list of Energy MVPs.

  • November 26, 2013

    Energy MVP: Vinson & Elkins' David Cohen

    Vinson & Elkins LLP partner David Cohen had a hand in closing some of the biggest oil and gas transactions throughout the country over the last year, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2013 list of Energy 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 06, 2012

    Energy MVP: Baker Botts' Hugh Tucker

    Baker Botts LLP’s Hugh Tucker has become a deal-making dynamo for energy giants shaking up their portfolios in a hopping oil and gas scene, structuring Marathon Oil Corp.’s $3.5 billion buy in Texas and preparing several other eye-popping acquisitions to score a slot among Law360’s Energy MVPs.

  • December 05, 2012

    Energy MVP: Covington & Burling's Steve Rosenbaum

    It's hard to do better than perfect, and Covington & Burling LLP's Steve Rosenbaum batted 1.000 in representing the oil and gas industry in several challenges to the federal government's approval of projects launched by environmental groups, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Energy MVPs.

  • December 03, 2012

    Energy MVP: King & Spalding's Scott Greer

    King & Spalding LLP partner Scott Greer's ongoing involvement in negotiating some of the largest energy construction projects in the world, including the first liquid natural gas export terminal in the U.S., has landed him a spot on Law360's Energy MVPs.

  • November 30, 2012

    Energy MVP: Latham's Michael P. Darden

    Latham & Watkins LLP’s Michael P. Darden helped Plains Exploration & Production Co. secure $5.5 billion worth of deepwater oil and natural gas assets from BP PLC among stiff competition and on a tight deadline, earning him a spot among Law360’s Energy 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

    Energy MVP: Orrick's Mark Weitzel

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Marc Weitzel has had a busy year serving as lead counsel to EIF Renewable Energy Holdings LLC in its acquisition of Innovative Energy Systems — a deal that created one of the largest landfill gas-to-energy companies in the U.S. and landed Weitzel among Law360's Energy MVPs.

  • December 06, 2011

    Energy MVP: White & Case's Jason Kerr

    Jason Kerr led White & Case LLP's advisory team for the Nord Stream pipeline project, working to secure project financing, win regulatory approval and negotiate contracts for an ambitious €9 billion ($12 billion) underwater natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, earning him a place among Law360's Energy MVPs.

  • December 05, 2011

    Energy MVP: Sidley Austin's Peter Keisler

    Sidley Austin LLP partner Peter Keisler secured victories for utilities clients in a landmark global warming lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court as well as in a closely watched environmental enforcement case, earning him a spot among Law360's list of energy MVPs.

  • December 02, 2011

    Energy MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Mitchell Hertz

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Mitchell Hertz claims 2011 was a typical year of overseeing energy industry transactions — but the bulk of his deals and his role in the creation of a first-of-its-kind energy infrastructure investment trust suggest otherwise, making him a Law360 Energy MVP.

  • December 01, 2011

    Energy MVP: Morgan Lewis' Mark Haskell

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Mark Haskell was instrumental in clearing regulatory hurdles for Australian mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd.'s first foray into the U.S. shale market and its subsequent $12.1 billion acquisition of operations in three major shale formations, making him one of Law360's Energy MVPs for the year.

  • November 30, 2011

    Energy MVP: Dickstein Shapiro's Larry Eisenstat

    Dickstein Shapiro LLP partner Larry Eisenstat seemingly bent regulators to his will in 2011, winning one client the opportunity to land a groundbreaking power purchase agreement and saving another from potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in losses — a record that landed him on Law360's list of energy MVPs.