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November 13, 2013
Jones Day M&A partner R. Scott Cohen has cemented his place as a go-to attorney in the tech sector, thanks in part to a string of recent landmark deals — including a $29 billion megamerger, a record-setter in the semiconductor space — that also landed him among Law360's MVPs.
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November 12, 2013
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Michael Aiello is no stranger to a deal-packed schedule, but his work on such a significant number of large, successful M&A transactions in the past year, including the $7.6 billion sale and continued representation of Health Management Associates, has earned him a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.
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November 08, 2013
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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December 06, 2012
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Daniel Wolf's lead in some of 2012's most complicated, high-profile deals — including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s $7 billion acquisition and subsequent share partitioning of Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and ABB Ltd.'s $3.9 billion cross-border buy of a U.S. electrical components maker — has landed him on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.
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December 05, 2012
For his work this year on a slew of complex life sciences and technology deals including Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s $5.65 billion acquisition of Actavis Group, Latham & Watkins LLP’s Charles K. Ruck has earned a spot on Law360’s list of M&A MVPs.
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December 04, 2012
Leading a multifaceted effort to help Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. extricate itself from litigation and complete a $7 billion sale to Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. highlighted a banner year for veteran Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Nancy Lieberman, earning her a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.
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December 03, 2012
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.
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November 30, 2012
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.
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November 30, 2012
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.
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November 29, 2011
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.
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November 28, 2011
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.
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November 23, 2011
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.
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November 22, 2011
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.
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November 21, 2011
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.
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November 18, 2011
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.
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November 17, 2011
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.
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November 17, 2011
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.
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November 15, 2011
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.
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November 14, 2011
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.