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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 08, 2017

    The Law Firms Of The 2017 MVPs

    Law360's MVP award goes to attorneys who have distinguished themselves from their peers in litigation, deals and other complex matters. Find the MVPs at your firm here.

  • December 08, 2017

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 78 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2017 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • December 15, 2016

    Private Equity MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Kevin Rinker

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP corporate partner Kevin Rinker has dived into the health care space this year and last, working with private equity giant Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC on two major deals that totaled $17.6 billion and helped earn him a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 14, 2016

    Private Equity MVP: Jones Day's Andrew Levine

    Andrew Levine has always sought interesting and complex deals in his practice, and this year was no different for the Jones Day partner, as he advised on the $1.56 billion sale of Penton and the $1.5 billion cross-border acquisition of Relypsa Inc., landing him a spot among Law360’s 2016 Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 13, 2016

    Private Equity MVP: Simpson Thacher's Marni J. Lerner

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Marni J. Lerner took on a new role as head of the firm’s private equity mergers and acquisitions practice this year, while also counseling clients including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and a pair of its portfolio companies through impactful transactions, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 12, 2016

    Private Equity MVP: Sidley Austin's Dan Clivner

    Sidley Austin LLP’s Dan Clivner, who serves as co-leader of the firm’s private equity practice as well as co-managing partner of its Los Angeles office, has enjoyed a banner year working on PE transactions and mergers and acquisitions, highlighted by a notable deal where he advised a large client on an unusual topping offer, winning him a place on Law 360's 2016 list of private equity MVPs.

  • December 09, 2016

    Private Equity MVP: Latham & Watkins' David I. Brown

    Latham & Watkins LLP attorney David I. Brown spent the past year guiding a plethora of private equity transactions, together worth nearly $6 billion, for clients including the Carlyle Group and Platinum Equity, landing him on Law360’s list of 2016 Private Equity MVPs.

  • November 22, 2016

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360’s 2016 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals. Here is a list of this year's Law360 MVPs.

  • December 07, 2015

    Private Equity MVP: Weil Gotshal's Douglas Warner

    Douglas Warner of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP used his private equity expertise and his broader transactional know-how to guide 10-figure deals for clients including Irish airline lessor Avolon Holdings Ltd. this year, landing him a place among Law360’s private equity MVPs for 2015.

  • December 04, 2015

    Private Equity MVP: Paul Weiss' Taurie M. Zeitzer

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Taurie M. Zeitzer lived up to her rainmaker reputation in the fields of large-cap private equity and mergers and acquisitions this year, working on deals valued at more than $5 billion and earning a spot Law360's 2015 list of private equity MVPs.

  • December 03, 2015

    Private Equity MVP: Latham & Watkins' Jennifer Perkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Jennifer Perkins is a private equity pro who put her deep knowledge to work on a wide range of transactions this year, including KKR & Co. LP's $2.5 billion sale of Capital Safety to 3M Co., earning her a spot on Law360's 2015 list of private equity MVPs.

  • December 02, 2015

    Private Equity MVP: Kirkland's Srinivas Kaushik

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Srinivas Kaushik applied his penchant for sealing international deals, aided by expertise in India-related transactions and a knack for honing long-term relationships, effectively in the last year, completing a wide array of complex cross-border deals and earning a spot among Law360’s Private Equity MVPs for 2015.

  • December 01, 2015

    Private Equity MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jeff Chapman

    Gibson Dunn's Jeff Chapman steered some of the year's most complex private equity transactions, including Lone Star Funds' $7.6 billion acquisition of Home Properties, building off of a career-altering relationship that only recently brought his focus to private equity and earning him a spot among Law360's 2015 MVPs.

  • November 06, 2015

    Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own

    Five exceptional attorneys stand out from the pack by being selected for the Law360 MVP distinction for five straight years.

  • November 06, 2015

    5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins

    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.

  • November 06, 2015

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms

    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.

  • December 12, 2014

    Private Equity MVP: Simpson Thacher's Anthony Vernace

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s Anthony Vernace championed a series of complex deal as a new private equity partner with the calm of a seasoned leader, including navigating antitrust regulations to lock down the $13.5 billion sale of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., earning him a spot among Law360’s Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Private Equity MVP: Ropes & Gray's Amanda Morrison

    Ropes & Gray LLP partner Amanda Morrison deftly handled a variety of transactions across the private equity portfolio-company life cycle this year, including an “inordinately complicated” $1.4 billion spinoff and the $1.5 billion IPO of a TPG Capital-backed health care company, to land a spot among Law360's Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Private Equity MVP: Simpson Thacher's Marni Lerner

    Thanks to her wide-ranging work representing various private equity firms and many of their portfolio companies — including several of private equity titan KKR & Co. LP's — Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Marni J. Lerner has earned a spot on Law360's list of Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Private Equity MVP: Kirkland's Leo Greenberg

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Leo Greenberg in the past year smoothed out a series of high-stakes deals, including the most complex carveout of his career and a multibillion-dollar transaction that put a young investment vehicle on the map, cementing his place on Law360's list of Private Equity 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 17, 2013

    Private Equity MVP: Michael Woronoff

    Proskauer Rose LLP's Michael Woronoff guided private equity firm Ares Management LLC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in their $6 billion acquisition of luxury department store Neiman Marcus Group Ltd., earning him a spot on Law360's 2013 Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 16, 2013

    Private Equity MVP: Ropes & Gray's William Shields

    While some deals teams hit a lull this year, Ropes & Gray LLP partner William M. Shields stayed busy advising some of the biggies of the private equity world, winning him a repeat spot on Law360's list of Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 13, 2013

    Private Equity MVP: Debevoise's Kevin Rinker

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  • December 12, 2013

    Private Equity MVP: Willkie Farr's Gordon Caplan

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's Gordon Caplan had a hand in some of this year's most complex, uniquely structured private equity deals including Hudson's Bay Co.'s $2.9 billion merger with Saks Inc., landing him a spot among Law360's 2013 Private Equity MVPs.