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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.
  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Dechert's Shari Ross Lahlou

    Shari Ross Lahlou of Dechert LLP's antitrust practice halted the Federal Trade Commission's efforts to block a merger between PeroxyChem and Evonik Industries AG in a high-profile trial, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Competition MVPs.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Matthew Hurd

    Matt Hurd of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's life sciences practice guided several multibillion-dollar deals in the past year, including Bayer's sale of its animal health business and Novartis' merger with biopharmaceutical firm The Medicines Co., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's S. Eric Wang

    S. Eric Wang of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP guided a BP subsidiary's issuance of perpetual bonds that raised $10 billion and advised Goldman Sachs' $6 billion deal on the sale of its iQ Student Accommodation interest, the U.K.'s largest ever private property deal, cementing his spot as one of Law360's 2020 Tax MVPs.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Crowell & Moring's Daniel Forman

    Crowell & Moring LLP's Daniel Forman helped lead Amazon Web Services' successful defense against high-profile ethics claims concerning the $10 billion JEDI deal and secure for Perspecta Enterprise Solutions LLC's corrective action in a $7.6 billion cloud contract, making him one of Law360's 2020 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Jennifer Hobbs

    Jennifer Hobbs of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped global technology investment firm Silver Lake Partners raise $3.95 billion of new capital for Expedia and worked on debt financing for the private equity firm's $1.3 billion acquisition of Sidney-based TEG, a live entertainment and ticketing company, earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Banking MVPs.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: McGuireWoods' Joanne Katsantonis

    Joanne Katsantonis of McGuireWoods LLP's energy practice guided her client Dominion Energy through big deals over the past year, including its decision to sell its gas transmission and storage business to an affiliate of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway in a $9.7 billion deal, earning her a spot as a Law360 2020 Energy MVP.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Tritia Murata

    Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Tritia Murata helped Ralphs Grocery score a trial victory in a case over California's suitable seating requirements, the first such trial of its kind following a landmark Golden State high court ruling, landing her a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment MVPs.

  • October 08, 2020

    MVP: Weil Gotshal's Derek Walter

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Derek Walter has spent the past year helping Bio-Rad Laboratories defend patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and in federal court — including helping the company win a Federal Circuit decision against 10X Genomics — earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Jenner & Block's Martin C. Glass

    In just the last year, Martin Glass of Jenner & Block LLP has represented nearly all the biggest and best-known cannabis companies, from Green Thumb Industries to Cresco Labs, in major acquisitions and other transactions, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Cannabis MVPs.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Irell & Manella's Morgan Chu

    Irell & Manella LLP partner Morgan Chu won one of the biggest patent verdicts of the decade for Sloan Kettering and Juno Therapeutics Inc., days after getting a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court win over patent fees, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Michael Kidney

    Michael Kidney of Hogan Lovells' class action practice successfully defended Ford and Hyundai in consumer class actions over alleged tire and brake defects, earning him a spot as a Law360 2020 Class Action MVP.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Kirkland's Sandra C. Goldstein

    Sandra C. Goldstein of Kirkland & Ellis LLP secured a discovery stay for shipping technology giant Pitney Bowes and garnered dismissal of shareholder claims against former officers and directors of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., including three members of the Murdoch family, earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Securities MVPs.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Davis Polk's Richard Truesdell

    Richard Truesdell Jr. of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's capital markets practice worked on one of the largest IPOs of 2020 in Royalty Pharma's $2.2 billion offering, and also helped with BRP Group's $230 million IPO, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Kirkland's Paul Clement

    Paul Clement of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, who argued his 100th case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court this year, scored a high court victory for an insurer in a $12 billion case over obligations in the Affordable Care Act and represented Little Sisters of the Poor in a fight over religious exemptions to the ACA's contraception mandate, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Appellate MVPs.  

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Scott Barshay

    Scott Barshay of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's corporate practice helped represent Alexion Pharmaceuticals in its $1.4 billion deal for Portola without meeting his clients or opposing counsel in person due to COVID-19, in addition to working on the $15 billion spinoff and merger of Ingersoll Rand's industrial unit, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.

  • October 06, 2020

    MVP: Berger Montague's David F. Sorensen

    David F. Sorensen of Berger Montague PC was part of a team of class action lawyers who negotiated the largest single-defendant antitrust pharmaceutical settlement of its kind, netting him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Competition MVPs.

  • October 06, 2020

    MVP: Skadden's Jessica A. Hough

    Jessica A. Hough of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP represented FGL Holdings as lead counsel in its $2.7 billion acquisition by Fidelity National Financial Inc. and co-led tax representation of Willis Towers Watson's combination with U.K. insurance giant Aon to create a company worth $80 billion, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Tax MVPs.

  • October 06, 2020

    MVP: Debevoise's David H. Bernstein

    David Bernstein of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's intellectual property practice group secured a major trademark victory for Booking.com at the U.S Supreme Court, landing him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • October 06, 2020

    MVP: Dentons' Eric Berlin

    Eric Berlin, co-lead of Dentons' cannabis practice, shepherded hydroponic supply retailer GrowGeneration to a public listing on a U.S. exchange and helped negotiate Cura Partners' sale to Curaleaf, in one of the largest mergers in the space, making him one of Law360's 2020 Cannabis MVPs.

  • October 06, 2020

    MVP: Latham's Ryan Maierson

    Ryan Maierson of Latham & Watkins LLP's energy practice guided Equitrans Midstream Corp. through several transactions collectively valued at more than $10 billion — including Equitrans' acquisition of subsidiary EQM Midstream Partners — in addition to other significant oil and gas deals, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Energy MVPs.

  • October 06, 2020

    MVP: Cooley's Charlie Kim

    Charlie Kim of Cooley LLP's capital markets practice helped guide numerous technology and life sciences companies in key deals, including Vir Biotechnology's initial public offering and $345 million follow-on offering and Uber's $1 billion debt offering, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • October 06, 2020

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Brian Lutz

    Brian Lutz of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's securities practice scored a rare summary judgment victory for Newport Corp.'s former directors in a suit over the company's $1 billion merger and won the dismissal of a multibillion-dollar proposed class action against Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica data-harvesting scandal, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Securities MVPs.  

  • October 06, 2020

    MVP: Hagens Berman's Steve W. Berman

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's Steve Berman helped secure an injunction scrapping a student-athlete pay rule, shepherded a $700 million settlement with Mercedes, and nabbed class treatment for 3 million consumers suing Apple, wins that notched him his fifth consecutive placement as a Law360 Class Action MVP.

  • October 06, 2020

    MVP: Covington's Jay Carey

    Jay Carey, a partner in Covington & Burling LLP's Washington, D.C., office, helped data services giant Optum successfully protest a rival's $600 million U.S. Department of Labor contract award, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • October 06, 2020

    MVP: Jones Day's Shay Dvoretzky

    Shay Dvoretzky of Jones Day's appellate group won a unanimous victory for GE at the U.S. Supreme Court this year in a case that had wide ramifications for the world of international arbitration and participated in two circuit court cases shaping different areas of law, securing him a spot on the list of Law360's 2020 Appellate MVPs.