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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 03, 2012

    M&A MVP: Simpson Thacher's Alan Klein

    Ask Alan M. Klein, a veteran partner in the mergers and acquisitions group at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and a honoree on Law360's list of 2012 M&A MVPs, what he does for a living and he'll tell you he's a traffic cop.

  • November 30, 2012

    M&A MVP: Weil Gotshal's Michael Aiello

    Michael Aiello, one of the youngest corporate practice heads in BigLaw and a sought-after shepherd for public company work, closed five deals worth nearly $14 billion this year, earning him a spot among Law360's M&A 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.

  • November 29, 2011

    M&A MVP: Munger Tolles' Mary Ann Todd

    Guiding Berkshire Hathaway Inc. through the largest acquisition in its history and helping orchestrate its fast-paced $9.7 billion addition of Lubrizol Corp. are just two of the accomplishments this year that make Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner Mary Ann Todd one of Law360's M&A MVPs.

  • November 28, 2011

    M&A MVP: Covington's Scott F. Smith

    When King Pharmaceuticals Inc. was working on a possible combination with Pfizer Inc., Covington & Burling LLP partner Scott F. Smith had the right deal-making expertise for the specialty drug maker to tap him for what became a $3.6 billion merger, helping to earn him a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.

  • November 23, 2011

    M&A MVP: Kirkland's William Sorabella

    Burger King Holdings Inc. and 3G Capital Management LLC had a problem: They both wanted to get a deal done in the fall of 2010, but could not agree on a structure. Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner William B. Sorabella helped lead a team with an innovative solution that cinched the $4 billion deal and earned him a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.

  • November 22, 2011

    M&A MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's James Morphy

    Within the span of two weeks in July, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP mergers and acquisition partner James Morphy cut two deals worth $45 billion — part of the $75 billion in mergers and acquisitions this year that earned Morphy, a managing partner in the firm's New York office, a spot on Law360's M&A MVP list.

  • November 21, 2011

    M&A MVP: Cleary's Ethan Klingsberg

    As Family Dollar Stores Inc. faced a drawn-out fight to fend off a $7 billion hostile takeover by a major shareholder, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partner Ethan Klingsberg encouraged the board to try and make peace while sticking to its growth plan. The moves paid off for the North Carolina-based retailer, which is now thriving, and landed Klingsberg a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.

  • November 18, 2011

    M&A MVP: Baker Botts' David Kirkland

    In the past year, Baker Botts LLP's David Kirkland has been the deal maker par excellence in the energy sector, representing energy service giants John Wood Group PLC, Schlumberger Ltd. and offshore driller Pride International Inc. in transactions valued at $12.5 billion, earning him a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.

  • November 17, 2011

    M&A MVP: Fried Frank's Alan Kaden

    For his work in helping the country's biggest private company, food and agricultural products giant, Cargill Inc., conduct a tax-free spinoff of its public fertilizer subsidiary, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP tax partner Alan Kaden has earned a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.

  • November 17, 2011

    M&A MVP: Morgan Lewis' Michael King

    As energy and mining giants such as BHP Billiton Ltd. enter the market for the U.S.' vast shale oil and gas reserves, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Michael King has been at the center of the action, earning him a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.

  • November 15, 2011

    M&A MVP: Skadden's Tom Greenberg

    Taking a lead role in a pair of $6 billion acquisitions in 2011 — including consumer products giant DuPont's purchase of a Danish food ingredients firm — has earned Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Thomas W. Greenberg a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.

  • November 14, 2011

    M&A MVP: Gibson Dunn's Dennis Friedman

    Advising Hewlett-Packard Co. in its $10 billion purchase of U.K. software company Autonomy Corp. PLC is just one of the deals that has earned Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Dennis J. Friedman a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.