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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 06, 2016

    Real Estate MVP: Kelley Drye's Robert D. Bickford Jr.

    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP partner Robert D. Bickford Jr. worked on two of the biggest real estate deals of the year, a pair of billion-dollar-plus sales of Manhattan skyscrapers for longtime client AXA Financial, helping earn him a spot on Law360's 2016 list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 05, 2016

    Real Estate MVP: Kirkland's Scott Berger

    Thanks to his work guiding various deals north of $1 billion for Starwood Capital Group as well as his work on myriad private equity portfolio deals and hotel matters, Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Scott A. Berger has been named as one of Law360's Real Estate 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.

  • November 30, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Willkie Farr's David Drewes

    David C. Drewes of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP tackled a string of high-profile real estate deals this year, including a massive $690 million sale of apartment buildings and a €1.3 billion mortgage financing agreement, landing him on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 29, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Willkie Farr's Thomas J. Henry

    With a year that included client Hudson’s Bay Company’s $1.8 billion acquisition of 41 U.S. stores in a venture with Simon Property Group, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s Thomas J. Henry landed once again on Law360’s List of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 24, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Stroock's Jeffrey Keitelman

    Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP real estate practice co-chairman Jeffrey R. Keitelman advised on a number of high-profile deals over the past year, including a complex sale and leaseback for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of real estate MVPs.

  • November 23, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Simpson Thacher's Sas Mehrara

    Closing complex, billion-dollar deals for private equity's biggest real estate players, such as Blackstone's $23 billion acquisition with Wells Fargo of GE Capital Real Estate's near-entire portfolio, has earned Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Sasan “Sas” Mehrara a place on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • 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.