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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 20, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Paul Weiss' Harris Freidus

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP’s Harris Freidus clocked about $9.5 billion in deals in the last 12 months for a list of clients that includes some of the nation’s largest health care REITs and real estate developers, landing him among Law360’s 2015 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 19, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Orrick's Michael Liever

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP’s Michael Liever spearheaded a staggering $5 billion in real estate transactions over the past year, including a new sports arena in Sacramento and luxury apartment buildings in Seattle, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2015 list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 18, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Kirkland's Daniel Perlman

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Daniel Perlman spent 2015 advising clients on billions of dollars in real estate transactions, including the record-breaking $113 million sale of Chicago's Waldorf Astoria and helping the bankrupt operating unit of Caesars Entertainment Corp. capture value in its real estate, landing him among Law360's 2015 MVPs.

  • November 17, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Stephen Rabinowitz

    The chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP’s New York real estate team, Stephen Rabinowitz, has played an integral role in a wide range of complex and high-profile real estate deals in the U.S. and internationally, including the $2.25 billion purchase of a historic New York office tower that’s reported to be one of the largest single-building transactions in the city’s history, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 16, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Farshad More

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Farshad More advised on a number of high-profile real estate deals over the past year, including the largest Southern California multifamily transaction in almost two decades, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of real estate MVPs.

  • November 13, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Allen Matkins' Tony Natsis

    Handling deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars for property owners and investors in the West Coast's hottest sectors has earned Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP's Anton "Tony" Natsis a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate 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 15, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Simpson Thacher's Brian Stadler

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Brian Stadler's work in negotiating Glimcher Realty Trust's $4.3 billion acquisition by Washington Prime Group Inc., along with efforts on a slate of massive deals by Blackstone Group LP, has landed him a spot on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: Orrick Herrington's Pascal Agboyibor

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Pascal Agboyibor is a go-to adviser to several African nations and corporations that tap his expertise to helm many of the area's most significant power and mining projects, landing Agboyibor a spot on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs for the second year in a row.

  • December 12, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Ross Silver

    Ross Z. Silver of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP closed one of the most complicated real estate transactions of 2014 and helped liquidate more than $800 million for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. a year earlier, part of a track record that has earned him a spot on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Morris Manning's Lauren Prevost

    Morris Manning & Martin LLP’s Lauren Prevost was the quarterback for a team of lawyers that, on top of two multibillion-dollar mergers this year, closed an $11.2 billion merger that created the country’s largest net lease real estate investment trust, making her one of Law360’s Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Stroock's Ross Moskowitz

    Guiding Sterling Equities in the $3 billion redevelopment of Willets Point in Queens and KNIC Partners LLP on the $320 million Kingsbridge Armory project in the Bronx has earned Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP's Ross Moskowitz a spot on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Drew Flowers

    Gibson Dunn's Drew Flowers has had a hectic, successful year, closing such complex real estate deals as The Related Cos. LP's $1.3 billion acquisition of the Time Warner Center, among other massive transactions, and landing on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 08, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Willkie Farr's Thomas Henry

    In the past year, Willkie Farr LLP's Thomas J. Henry represented longtime client Paramount Group Inc. in its $2.3 billion initial public offering, the largest real estate investment trust public offering in history, helping him earn a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 05, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Mark Edelstein

    The economy's continued recovery has shifted the focus of the real estate industry over the past year, but Mark Edelstein and his team at Morrison & Foerster LLP have not missed a beat, as evidenced by his status as the only attorney making a repeat appearance on Law360's list of Real Estate 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 18, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Jonathan Mechanic

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP’s Jonathan Mechanic helped complete some of New York City’s most significant real estate deals in the past year — including Coach Inc.’s $750 million relocation to Hudson Yards — earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 2013 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 17, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Steve Horowitz

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Steve Horowitz racked up sizeable real estate and financing deals in the past year, including unloading a minority stake in New York's iconic General Motors Building to foreign investors for about $1.4 billion, landing him on Law360's list of 2013 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 16, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Richard Giusto

    For his work representing clients in 35 deals valued at nearly $3.5 billion, including Invesco Ltd. in its $185 million sale of the iconic Brill Building in New York, Greenberg Traurig LLP's Richard Giusto earned himself a spot among Law360's Real Estate MVPs of 2013.

  • December 13, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Dechert's David Forti

    Dechert LLP's David Forti helped complete nearly two dozen commercial mortgage backed securities deals in the last year — including one involving a $1 billion loan on the landmark Seagram Building in New York — landing him on the list of Law360's 2013 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 12, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Mark Edelstein

    Morrison & Foerster LLP’s Mark Edelstein oversaw Union Bank NA’s $3.7 billion purchase of a commercial real estate lending portfolio and used creative financing deals to launch or revive projects that are reshaping the New York City skyline, making him one of Law360’s 2013 MVPs.

  • December 11, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Weil Gotshal's W. Michael Bond

    Weil Gotshal & Manges partner W. Michael Bond is on the cutting edge of real estate investment trusts mergers and acquisitions, advising Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in its sale of its largest asset, Archstone Enterprise LP, in a deal valued at more than $16 billion, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate 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.

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