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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 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.

  • December 14, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Kirkland's Jonathan Schechter

    A robust body of work in his first full year at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, including several blockbuster deals for Starwood Capital Group, has earned veteran real estate partner Jonathan Schechter a spot on Law360's list of 2012 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Weil Gotshal's J. Philip Rosen

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s J. Philip Rosen has built his career taking a hands-on strategy with an impressive body of high-profile real estate transactions, a personal approach that has won him a long list of happy clients as well as a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Stephen Lefkowitz

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Stephen Lefkowitz helped Cornell University beat out 16 other universities around the globe in landing an agreement with New York City to develop a $2 billion science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island, helping to secure him a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Jones Day's Steven Koppel

    Throughout this year, Jones Day partner Steven Koppel has led a team of real estate attorneys in nailing down complex financing for several high-profile New York City development projects aimed at revitalization and growth, cementing his place among Law360's Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 10, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Akerman's Neisen Kasdin

    Behind about a half dozen of Miami's most recent blockbuster land deals and transformational real estate projects — including Swire Properties Ltd.'s $1 billion Brickell CitiCentre project and the $312 million redevelopment of the Miami Design District — stands Akerman Senterfitt LLP's Neisen Kasdin, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 07, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Kramer Levin's Jonathan Canter

    For his representation of Toll Brothers Inc. and Starwood Capital Group in complex negotiations with New York City for the development of a 550,000-square-foot luxury mixed-use project at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP's Jonathan Canter has earned a spot as one of Law360's Real Estate 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.

  • December 22, 2011

    Real Estate MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Steven Wilner

    There are billions of reasons why Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Steven Wilner could be on Law360's list of 2011 real estate MVPs — $7 billion to $10 billion in development deals, to be more precise — but his presence on the list can really be summed up in five words: casino gambling in New York City.

  • November 21, 2011

    Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Robert Sorin

    A lead spot on Google Inc.'s historic $1.8 billion purchase of a Manhattan office building has earned Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP partner Robert Sorin a spot on Law360's list of real estate MVPs.

  • November 18, 2011

    Real Estate MVP: Skadden's Harvey Uris

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Harvey R. Uris has brought extensive business know-how and multidisciplinary expertise to bear on a variety of major real estate deals, including Centro Properties Group's $9.4 billion sale of its U.S. shopping centers to the Blackstone Group LP, making him one of Law360's real estate MVPs of 2011.

  • November 17, 2011

    Real Estate MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Stephen Tomlinson

    When Anglo Irish Bank Corp. decided to shed its U.S. commercial property loan portfolio, it looked to Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Stephen Tomlinson to assist in one of the largest sales of troubled commercial real estate assets since the financial crisis, helping him earn a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 16, 2011

    Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Jonathan Mechanic

    A series of blockbuster real estate deals — including a lease agreement for the anchor tenant of the new World Trade Center building — has earned Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP partner Jonathan Mechanic a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 15, 2011

    Real Estate MVP: Dechert's Rick Jones

    Dechert LLP's Richard D. Jones has helped hundreds of millions of dollars worth of commercial mortgage-backed securitization transactions go through this year as old rules are being applied in new and innovative ways, earning him a spot among Law360's Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 14, 2011

    Real Estate MVP: Bingham's Richard Fries

    In hindsight, the planned conversion of a 32-story windowless building in lower Manhattan to condominiums at the height of the real estate boom seemed doomed to failure. But Bingham McCutchen LLP's Richard Fries managed the Herculean task of finding a new buyer and keeping the whole mess out of court, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.